The company despatched a large consignment of 760 units in July to Algeria. The consignment included 350 units of Santro and 410 units of Accent. The company has sold 121,559 passenger cars in India so far, which includes 109,382 units of Santro and 12,177 units of Accent.

On the company's plans to roll out the diesel version of Accent, HMIL president AP Gandhi said,that although the consumers response to the diesel Accent was good, HMIL would concentrate more on the petrol versions and give a low key promotion to the car in the Indian market. On the Peugeot diesel engine, Gandhi said that the parent company has not developed a diesel engine for the `Accent' but added research and development work was on in Korea. "We expect to have our own diesel engine fitted Accent by the end of next year," he said.

At present, HMIL, is selling three petrol versions of the`Accent' and has sold over 10,000 units of the car since its launch in October 1999."The company is targeting to achieve a 15 to 20 per cent jump in turnover during 1999-2000 compared to last year's sales of about Rs. 2300 crore," Gandhi said. HMIL had sold 75,895 cars in the last fiscal and has targeted to touch the one lakh figure by the end of March 31, 2001.

Diesel `Accent' in Aug
Chennai, Aug 2 Hyundai :Motor India Ltd (HMIL) will commence countrywide sales of the diesel version of its mid-size car `Accent' from the first week of this month which would be priced at about Rs 6.34 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

"The diesel `Accent DLS' will be sold all over the country from the first week of August. The car, launched in June this year, is powered by a 1.5 litre "TUD-5" Peugeot diesel engine which will deliver 57 brake horse power (bhp)," HMIL president AP Gandhi said.