(Reporter Zhang Jianyue) Elantra, a Beijing-based Hyundai car that will be available from the end of this year to the beginning of next year, will be equipped with a domestic engine. This reporter learned from the announcement ceremony of Beijing's Hyundai new car Elantra. Under the notary public of Beijing Notary Office, Beijing Hyundai randomly drawn the lucky draw from all the participants who nominated “Elantraâ€. A participant in Ma Jianjun, a member of Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, won the award and the prize was an Elantra.
According to Guo Qian, the deputy general manager of Beijing Hyundai, the construction of the Beijing Hyundai Engine Plant with an annual production capacity of 150,000 units is nearing completion and will be ready for trial next month. Elantra, which is scheduled to be listed at the end of this year to the beginning of next year, will use the plant’s production. The engine, the localization rate of the first batch of new cars will exceed 40%. It is understood that the engines needed by Beijing Hyundai’s own 100,000 vehicles will be sold back to South Korea in the next year in order to solve the urgent need for the shortage of modern Korean engines.