Hyundai Creta achieves one lakh bookings

Hyundai has announced that the Creta has received 1 lakh bookings. In a bid to reduce the waiting period, the carmaker announced a plan to increase production by 30 percent to 13,000 units per month. Of the total production, 10,000 units would be allotted to the domestic market.

The SUV achieved this record milestone within eight months of its launch in July 2015. Moreover, it has received over 5 lakh enquiries, with a total of 56,000 units being delivered until now.

“Like in the domestic market, Creta has generated a great response in global markets with more than 28,000 orders. To reduce the waiting period, we are increasing Creta production by 30 percent to total production of 13,000 units of which 10,000 units will be allocated for the domestic market,” said YK Koo, MD and CEO of Hyundai Motors India Ltd in a company statement.

According to the company, the Creta has also received a good response in Latin America (Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Panama), Middle East (Oman, UAE, Saudi) and Africa (Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria).

In India, there's a waiting period of up to 10 months for the Creta diesel automatic version. Hyundai has been gradually increasing production of this popular model to cope with the rising demand. Initially, the carmaker produced 5,000 units per month before increasing production to 7,000 units in October 2015. Subsequently, it went up to 9,000 units in November and then to 10,000 units.

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