NEW DELHI: Car major Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) on Tuesday said it has received 60,000 export orders for its small car 'i10', which was launched in October 2007.
"HMIL started accepting export orders for the i10 from December, 2007, and received 60,000 orders from the overseas market creating a record of clocking the fastest 50,000 units of export orders in just three months," the company said in a statement.
The company would ship around 26,000 units by March 2008, and subsequently it would be exported to all the major markets across the globe covering over 90 countries by the end of the year, it added.
The small car 'i10', manufactured at the Chennai plant, made its debut in Europe at the Bologna Motor Show, Italy, in December last year and was also displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in January 2008.
Keeping its export market expansion plans, HMIL has also started a training programme to train staff of all its overseas distributors in Chennai factory premises.
The first batch of 31 sales managers from about 21 countries, like Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia, would undergo the training programme from March 11-14, it said.
