Hyundai ships first DKD consignment to Sudan

With an order for over 2,000 units, the first shipment to the East African country comprised 96 DKD units of Hyundai's compact car 'i10', the company said in a statement.

"We are today embarking on a new journey with the shipment of the first consignment of DKD cars which is also a first for us as well as the automotive industry here in India. Sudan has already been importing HMIL cars and the i10 in DKD is an addition to this," Hyundai Motor India Managing Director H S Lheem said.

The DKD units offer certain advantages to importers and this automatically make imports a lot more attractive, he added.

The company's Sriperumbudur plant was nominated by Hyundai Motor Company as its global manufacturing hub for small cars meant for exports. It was earlier exporting 'Santro' to the Sudanese market.

Hyundai has sold about 1.85 lakh units of 'i10' since its launch eight months ago, of which 1.1 lakh units were sold in the overseas countries.

It has recently launched a new variant of 'i10' with 1.2 litre Kappa engine.