Barely three months after delivering the made-in-Nigeria Nissan range of vehicles, the Stallion Group has delivered yet again on another promise with the manufacturing and assembling of Hyundai range of vehicles.
The Chairman of the Stallion Group, Sunil Vaswani, said on Sunday that the new vehicles “will be affordably priced,” in order to give Nigerians a break from the stranglehold of wholesale vehicle importers.
The made-in-Nigeria Hyundai vehicles are being assembled at the Hyundai Motor Plant in Lagos. Some of the Hyundai passenger cars which are priced between N1.5 million and N1.9 million are i10, Grand, Accent, Elantra and iX35 while in the truck and bus segments, the 10-ton HD160, seventon HD 120, five-ton HD78 and three-ton HD65 as well as 28+1 seater Hyundai County bus and 30-seater Stallion County bus are now being supplied to the market.
The West African conglomerate, the Stallion Group-owned multi vehicle assembly plant had in July announced the commencement of locally produced Hyundai range of vehicles, having inaugurated and rolled out the first set of made-in-Nigeria Nissan automobiles in April.
Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited Plant Managing Director, Tokunbo Aromolaran, said in a statement that the vehicles are certified to the world’s highest automotive operating standard – ISO/TS 16949. “ISO/TS 16949 is the highest automotive operating standard in the world and its benefits include improved quality processes at the facility along with streaming supply chains both leading to a better overall product,” he stated.
The plant had supported its ambitious growth plans by prioritising the need for a faster and more efficient environment to facilitate concurrent product development and support a rapidly changing requirement for a vehicle programme, Aromolaran added.
“Today, we are glad to inform Nigerians that we have delivered on our promise to make available affordably priced vehicles, thanks to strong-willed President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the indefatigable supervisory roles of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment headed by Dr. Olusegun Aganga,” said.
According to him, the first phase of delivery, which has already begun, establishes a system of record for the complete vehicle programme, which will gradually be expanded to meet the ever-increasing demands for functional vehicle in Nigeria.
“Prospective customers can now walk into any of our dealership showrooms nationwide to buy value driven made-in-Nigeria Hyundai certified vehicles.
Hyundai i10, Grand, Xcent and Elantra are elegantly crafted functional cars with eye-popping styling, good fuel economy, and fantastic driving experience with modest starting price that is affordable to every desiring buyer,” Aromolaran said.
Also, Group Managing Director, Stallion Automobile Division, Parvir Singh, who received the vehicles on behalf of Hyundai Motors Nigeria, described the achievement as a milestone in the history of Nigeria’s automotive industry.
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