Low Priced made in Nigeria Hyundai cars now on sale.

Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited has started
phased delivery of low priced made-in-
Nigeria cars assembled at the company’s
plant in Lagos to its provisional dealers
nationwide.
*Hyundai Sonata
This is coming barely three months after
Stallion Group owners of the multivehicle
plant roll-out made-in-Nigeria Nissan range
of vehicles in April.
The Chairman of Stallion Group, Mr. Sunil
Vaswani who broke the news recently said
the new vehicles “will be affordably
priced” in other to give Nigerians a break
from the stranglehold of wholesale vehicle
importers.
Some of the deliveries in the passenger
car segment are Hyundai i10, Grand,
Elantra and iX35 SUV, while the 10-ton
HD160; seven-ton HD 120; five-ton HD78
and three-ton HD65 constitute vehicles in
the light commercial vehicle segment and
28+1 seater Hyundai County bus and 30-
seater Stallion County are in the commuter
bus category.
Hyundai Motors Nigeria has hitherto
announced starting price of between
NGN1.5m and NGN1.9m for the i10 and
Grand models respectively, having
announced in July it was commencing
phased production of affordably priced
Hyundai models.
Hyundai Motors Nigeria plant Managing
Director, Tokunbo Aromolaran has said the
vehicles are built to the world’s highest
automotive operating standard – ISO/TS
16949.
The ISO/TS 16949 is the highest
automotive operating standard in the world
and its benefits include improved quality
processes with streaming supply chains that
leads to better overall product, Mr.
Aromalaran explained.
He said: “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.”
The first phase delivery establishes a
system of record for the complete vehicle
program which will gradually be expanded
to meet the ever-increasing demands for
functional vehicle in Nigeria, the plant
director said.
He enjoined: “Prospective customers to
walk into any of our dealership showrooms
nationwide to buy value-driven made-in-
Nigeria Hyundai certified vehicles.”
Hyundai i10, Grand, Elantra and iX35
SUV are elegantly crafted functional cars
with eye-popping styling, good fuel
economy with fantastic driving experience
and modest starting price for every
desiring buyer.
Mr. Parvir Singh, Group Managing
Director (sale, marketing and Dealer
Development) Hyundai Motors Nigeria
Limited who received the made-in-Nigeria
vehicles on behalf of provisional dealers
described the accomplishment as a
milestone in the history of Nigeria’s
evolving automotive industry, urging
customers to take advantage of the
discounted price to patronize certified
made-in-Nigeria Hyundai vehicles.