Sister Brand Kia has opened the door to be used as a base for her tasman.
Hyundai has clearly indicated that before the end of the decade, a traditional double-canbing is still interested in starting.
This is happening
The last reported as a subject of material within Seoul’s main office in 2020, the new CEO of Australia, Don Romano, has indicated that a Hyundai Bad Bakki will debut within the next three to four years to rival Toyota Hills and Ford Ranger.
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“I want a UT that can compete with number one and number two UTE in the country. And my goal will be here for three years, it will have to be achieved in the product plan and not necessarily in the market,” Romano said.
“We are the only major brand without a UTE … there is an opportunity, I think, and we have to be a part of that opportunity”.
Clearly Hyundai
With a long Q&A carsales.com.auRomano said that while the Sister Brand Kia’s Tasman’s Tasman presents the most viable opportunity to rapidly enter the segment, a different Hyundai product is of more importance.
He said, “I don’t want to do this, I want to do something that is uniquely Hyundai,” he said, it presents a much better solution than re -preparing it before adding the stage of Tasman.
He said, “There is nothing wrong with the body-on-frame platform that is using for Kia Tasman. It’s a great platform, I have no problem with this, I just have to make sure that the design is uniquely Hyundai,” he said.
Further questioned, Romano also described Unibody Santa Cruz as “zero chances”, which is being sold below despite last year’s reports. The next generation is probably becoming a world model,
Tasman is not about to use
In response to Roman’s comments, Kia Australia Product Head, Rolland Rivaro stated that it is “100%” to use Tasman’s platform for Hyundai.
“The success of the group is good for Kia … We have invested heavily in all these new ladder-frame platforms-if it has maximum use in the entire group, it can only be good,” Rivaro said. Carcellus,
“There is no reason that both can not succeed.
“From the perspective of manufacturing efficiency, they (Hyundai) can help us increase the costs of development, there are many advantages of the growing use of something we invested,” he concluded.
Stay
While can still be formally approved by Hyundai, sales may eventually include South Africa, which is the major driver behind the project based on Australia.
However, at the moment, the focus lives on Tasman, where Local sales are expected to begin Around the second quarter of this year.
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