The Hyundai Santa Fe was pitted against the popular Toyota Fortuner SUV, and failed. Santa Fe was a CBU, and costly. Fortuner looked like a better deal to buyers.
Definitely modern, sophisticated looks. It found buyers in India, but just not enough buyers. Fortuner and even Ford Endeavour stayed ahead of it in sales.
The Hyundai Tucson was a soft-roader or crossover. But India found the price too high. Today, the Hyundai Creta sells well as the market has become more mature.
Launched in 2004, but buyers prefered the Corolla Altis, and later Honda Civic. The Elantra found few buyers in India. Discontinued in 2010.
The Sonata Gold's design was inspired by Jaguar S-type. It even looked good. But this was when Honda Accord and Toyota Camry ruled the segment, and the Sonata did not find enough buyers.
The Rs 18 lakh price tag killed it. The fluidic design looked good on the Sonata, and it was quite feature-rich. It sold better than the Sonata Gold, but still not enough. Discontinued in 2015.
Definitely modern, sophisticated looks. It found buyers in India, but just not enough buyers. Fortuner and even Ford Endeavour stayed ahead of it in sales.
The Getz in India was the predecessor to the i20. Launched in 2005, it was a hot hatch with 110 bhp and 235 nm of torque. But Maruti Swift took away all its sales, offering higher economy and fun too.
2900 cc engine, 148 bhp and 343 Nm torque. It should have worked, but did not. Probably Hyundai was still considered a small car maker in India then, and trust factor was low.
An Accent with a small boot - a notchback. It was supposed to be a fun, enthusiast car - but perhaps the car was too low on style. Or the power was not enough. The Accent sold well, but the Viva did not.
The Sonata Embera came before the Fluidic and tried really hard against the Accord and Camry. It was a good car, but thoroughly boring too! Accord stayed strong, and Embera lost. Gone by 2008.