The Hyundai Getz won its second prominent award in recent times when it rolled away with the title of 'Car of the Year' at the 4th CNBC-TV18 Autocar Auto Awards 2005. But again, it was the Fusion that took home the honour for 'Best Driver's Car', just like it almost beat the Getz to the title at the BS Motoring Awards for being the more 'Fun to Drive' automobile. Seems like the Ford super-hatch / mini-SUV is one sweet drive.
Skoda, which seems to be getting used to winning too, took away the maximum number of accolades with the Superb winning the Viewer's Choice Award and the Best Styling & Design Award. The Octavia RS was adjudged the Best New Variant of 2004.
Some of the other winners included the Hyundai Elantra for the Best VFM Car, the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado for the Most Technologically Advanced Car and Maruti Udyog winning the Manufacturer of the Year.
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Posted by: cardealerships | Friday, August 19, 2011 at 22:10
Hyundai service people no longer look after customers complaints.Getz has a long list of problems which were never in accent and Santro.So better borrow a car from a freind for 1 week and drive before buying
Posted by: Rohit Jain | Monday, August 14, 2006 at 21:26
I am about to purchase a car for myself. I am confused between getz and swift. It is regarding the whole package as a whole
Posted by: Ranvijay | Monday, December 05, 2005 at 15:09
Well, it's actually an Indian award, Jon. Autocar is one of India's more prominent motoring monthlies and does an annual edition of these awards in collaboration with the Indian business-television channel arm of CNBC.
Quite frankly, being overpriced is one of the perceptions that the Getz is having to fight even here, I guess more so because you're unlikely to find a more value-conscious consumer than the Indian one. And since the average Indian ends up owning only one (at the maximum, two) cars during his entire lifetime, he's going to make damned sure that he makes every penny count. One of the key things working against the Getz here is that it's priced exactly the same as Ford's 3-box sedan, the Ikon. (What you might know as the Fiesta, but with a boot.) Indian consumers perceive a sedan as a 'status symbol' as compared to a hatchback and therefore, in most cases, will not agree with a hatch being priced so high, all the good stuff about the Getz notwithstanding.
I own one though, and I'm not complaining. Not one bit. :-)
Posted by: Navneet | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 at 10:54
Is that a US award? The Hyundai Getz took a clean sweep in the 2004 in the UK but suddenly seems to have been forgotten now. Sales are really down in the UK because of the Kia Picanto which is basically a Hyundai with a smaller price tag. Hyundai need to get a grip of the younger market and get a cheap sports model out there with free insurance or something.
Posted by: Jon Wright | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 at 04:24