Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has announced that its best-selling SUV, the Hyundai Creta has garnered over 1 lakh bookings in just 3 months of its launch. Hyundai Creta is the best selling mid-size SUV of India, including the first and the second generation of the vehicle. First launched in 2015, the Hyundai Creta instantly became the most desirable SUV of India, and was updated in 2020 as well.
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As per Hyundai, sunroof and connected car variants of the Creta are contributing 71% and 52% respectively to the overall bookings, a testimony to the changing aspirations of young Indian customers. The 2024 Hyundai Creta competes against Kia Seltos, Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, Volkswagen Taigun among others in the mid-size SUV space.
Based on Hyundai’s Global Design Language of ‘Sensuous Sportiness’, the new Hyundai Creta gets a completely new design, with a commanding road presence and segment leading features including advanced Level 2 ADAS safety suite, powerful 1.5 Litre Turbo GDI engine and a gamut of convenience and active & passive safety features.
The new Hyundai Creta features 36 Standard Safety Features and over 70 Advanced Safety Features, including the following key safety features:
▪ 6 Airbags
▪ 3 point seat belts for all seats
▪ Disc Brakes on all 4 wheels
▪ Electronic Stability Control (ESC) with Vehicle Stability Management (VSM)
▪ Hill-Start Assist Control (HAC)
▪ Tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) Highline
▪ Surround View Monitor (SVM)
▪ Electric Parking Brake w/ Auto Hold
▪ Blind-Spot View Monitor (BVM)
The new Hyundai Creta also gets Hyundai SmartSense Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) with 19 integrated active & passive safety features including:
▪ Forward Collison Warning & Avoidance Assist (Car/Cycle/Pedestrian/Junction Turning)
▪ Blind-Spot View Monitor
▪ Blind Spot Collison Warning & Avoidance Assist
▪ Lane Keeping Assist
▪ Lane Departure Warning
▪ Driver Attention Warning
▪ Safe Exit Warning
▪ Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go
▪ Lane Following Assist
▪ High Beam Assist
▪ Leading Vehicle Departure Alert
Commenting on the milestone, Tarun Garg, COO, Hyundai Motor India Ltd., said, “The response to the recently launched new Hyundai CRETA has also been overwhelming with over 1 lakh bookings in a span of just 3 months since the launch in January’24.
It is interesting to note that sunroof and connected car variants are contributing 71% and 52% respectively to the overall bookings, a testimony to the changing aspirations of young Indian customers. With new Hyundai CRETA, we have continued our pursuit of introducing exceptional products for the Indian market while strengthening Hyundai Motor India’s commitment towards ‘Make in India’.
Brand CRETA has always created new benchmarks and now with the new Hyundai CRETA we have challenged the status quo by having a female brand ambassador for an SUV in India, a first in the industry. We sincerely thank all our customers for their love and trust in the new Hyundai CRETA and we are confident that we shall continue to establish new milestones and benchmarks in the industry.”