The Hyundai Creta has stolen the award to win the Indian Car of the Year 2016 (ICOTY), beating the likes of contenders like the Maruti Suzuki Baleno and the Renault Kwid .
. This makes Hyundai the only manufacturer to have won this prestigious award third time in a row (Elite i20 in 2015 and Grand i10 in 2014).
The Hyundai Creta is a compact SUV offering from the Korean manufacturer and was launched in India in July 2015. The company has already received more than 74,000 ordersfor this vehicle making it a blockbuster hit. Rightfully, the Creta has now won the award for the Indian Car of the Year 2016 and is indeed very well deserved. It blended all the right ingredients of customer expectations from a car of this segment and even exceeded them to a certain level. The ICOTY 2016 was adjudged by a diverse group of 14 jurors from prominent automotive publications in the country: Yogendra Pratap (Auto Today), Rahul Ghosh (Auto Today), Dhruv Behl (Auto X), Ishan Raghava (Auto X), Rohin Nagrani (Motoring World), Aspi Bhathena (Car India), Aninda Sarda (Car India), Bertrand D’souza (Overdrive), Bob Rupani (Overdrive), Girish Karkera (BBC Top Gear), Sirish Chandran (Evo India), Ouseph Chacko (Evo India), Muralidhar Swaminathan (The Hindu Business Line) and Pablo Chaterji (Mans World).
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Y.K. Koo, MD and CEO, HMIL said, “We are honoured to win the most prestigious automotive award ‘Indian Car of the Year 2016′ for our Make in India, made for the world product, Hyundai Creta. The Creta is a true expression of ‘New Age’ Hyundai setting new benchmarks in the industry. Winning the third successive ICOTY award symbolizes the trust and faith of customers in the Hyundai brand. We thank all our customers, partners, media and jurors who have chosen Creta as the Indian Car of the Year 2016 and made Hyundai the most loved and trusted car manufacturer.”
Th Hyundai Creta is powered by a pair of 1.6-litre petrol and diesel engines and an entry level 1.4-litre diesel engine. All three come mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox while only the 1.6-diesel gets a 6-speed automatic transmission. It competes with the likes of the Renault Duster, Nissan Terrano and the soon to be launched Honda BR-V.
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