Hyundai to launch diesel version of Hyundai i20

Hyundai Motor India is set to introduce a diesel variant of its premium compact car, the ' i-20', by the end of 2009. Hyundai began selling the diesel variant of i-20 model for the European market earlier, it is now considering offering a similar option to its domestic customers.

The ' i-20' model was launched in December.The company sells the car with a 1.2-litre petrol engine for the domestic market and the company has announced that a diesel variant for the domestic market will possibly come if market demands.

This will ensure that Hyundai   avails the excise duty benefit on compact cars. . Hyundai aims at selling an average of 2,000 units of its  i-20 on a monthly basis. It received an order of 2,500 units in the month of January The company has delivered 1,700 till now and the remainingwill be sold in the current month.

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