Affordable, made-in-Nigeria Hyundai cars rolled out
Nigerian made Hyundai car has finally come true, courtesy, the Stallion Group.
The Chairman of the Stallion Goup, Mr Sunil Vaswani, who broke the news on Sunday, promised that the new vehicles “will be affordably priced.”
He said that the car is targeted at giving Nigerians a break from the shylock tendencies of wholesale vehicle importers. The made-in-Nigeria Hyundai vehicles are being assembled at the Hyundai Motor plant in Lagos.
According to the Stallion Group, Hyundai passenger will be priced between NGN1.5m and NGN1.9m.
The cars in this range include Hyundai i10, Grand, Accent,Elantra and iX35 while in the truck and bus segments, the 10-ton HD160, seven-ton HD 120, five-ton HD78 and three-ton HD65 as well as 28+1 seater Hyundai County bus and 30-seater Stallion County bus are now being supplied to the market.
Stallion Grouphad in July announced the commencement of locally produced Hyundai range of vehicles, having inaugurated and rolled-out the first set of made-in-Nigeria Nissan automobiles in April.
Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited, HMNL'S plant Managing Director Tokunbo Aromolaran said the vehicles are certified to the world's highest automotive operating standard – ISO/TS 16949.” ISO/TS 16949 is the highest automotive operating standard in the world and its benefits include improved quality processes at the facility along with streaming supply chains both leading to a better overall product,” he explained.
According to him, the has supported its ambitious growth plans by prioritizing the need for a faster and more efficient environment to facilitate concurrent product development and support a rapidly changing requirement for a vehicle programme. .
“Today, we are glad to inform Nigerians that we have delivered on our promise to make available affordably priced vehicles – thanks to strong-willed President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the indefatigable supervisory roles of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment headed by Dr. Olusegun Aganga,” he said