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Perhaps the most distinctive skill of professional marketers is their ability to

create, maintain, protect, and enhance brands. Branding is the art and
cornerstone of marketing. The American Marketing Association defines a
brand as: a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of them,
intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers
and to differentiate them from those of competitors. Thus a brand denitrifies
the seller or maker.

³What distinguished a brand from its unbranded commodity counterparts is

the consumer¶s perceptions and feelings about the product¶s commodity
counterparts is the consumer¶s perceptions and feelings about the product¶s
attributed and how they perform. Ultimately, a brand resides in the minds of
consumers. A brand can be better positioned by a associating its name with
desirable benefits.

A brand is much more than a name, logo, colors, a tagline, or symbol .

These are marketing tools tactics. A brand is essentially a marketer¶s
promise to deliver a specific set of feature, benefits and services consistently
to the buyers. The marketer must establish a mission for the brand and a
vision of what the brand must be and do.

Brand nodding occur when customers experience the company as delivering

on its benefit promise. The fact is that brands are not built by advertising
but by the brand experience. Brands vary in the amount of power and value
they have in the marketplace. At one extreme are brands that are not known
buy must buyers then there are brands for which buyers have a fairly high

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brand acceptability.

We define brand equity as the positive differential effect that knowing the
brand name has on customer response to the product or service. Brand
equity results in customers showing a preference for one product over
another when they are basically identical. The extent to which customers are
willing to pay more for the particular brand is measure of brand equity.

A brand needs to be carefully managed a so that its equity does not

depreciate. This requires maintaining or improving brand awareness,
perceived quality and functionality, and positive associations. These tasks
require continuous R and D investment, skillful advertising, and excellent
trade and consumer service.

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The passenger car in India has been considered as luxury item. Only a rich
and the super rich could afford a car. In the 50¶s and 60¶s owning a car was
the ultimate statement of having made it in life. There were just 3 major
players namely Hindustan motors, Premier Automobiles and Standard
Motors.

The models they offered were the Baby Hindustan, its later version called
the Ambassador, the Fiat 1100 and the Standard Herald, which fought for
market share in a fairly stagnant market. The Ambassador and the Fiat were
the front-runners with the coming of the third.


There were other players in other segments like the Wily Jeep and Mahindra
& Mahindra offerings. The late 70¶s saw a movement to produce a people
car an attempt to bring the less rich into the fold of the more fortunate ones.
And so a seed was sown called the Maruti 800.

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A number of players have come in the car industry in few years, many new
models, new services and benefits according to the customer taste and
preference.

A new category continuous to be dominated by the leader like Maruti

Udyog, Hyundai, Daewoo, Fiat, Suzuki, Tata etc., but the consumers may
soon be able to pick up the models of different companies.

In recent years passenger¶s car chassis construction has been forced to shape
itself redesigned bodies. While in the field of truck design, body chassis
problem now get simultaneous consideration to a greater extent than ever
before. Cars provided the facility to the owners that are safe, easier to drive,
more reliable and comfortable.

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The motive of the any company is to generally acquire larger market share
high % of sales the Industry, This could be only achieved by building a
higher % of brand loyal customers.

Any company can survive through there is a stiff computational the market
if its has brand loyal customer. Today many major companies in the market

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market try to maintain and improve there branded equity. With out creating
a proper Brand awareness they cannot build brand image.

Strong brands help build the corporate image and also by making it eager for
the companies launch new brands. Today brands are treated, as major
enduring assets of a company-more over brand equity are major contributor
to customer equity. This all can happen only there is proper brand
awareness.

The light four wheeler industry has been expanding rapidly are gone the day
when possessing a small and mid-size cars was seen as a luxury. Now days
it is viewed s a mere necessity.





The overall scope of the present study considers all the variables and factors
that have major impact over the customers in considering particular brands.
This especially included how a customer regally evaluate recognizes the
brand and what position particular brand occupies in the customer mind.

This includes how a customer gets attracted towards the brands and what
makes a brand highly significant over their competitive brand. The study
includes how hand awareness among potential customers can be maintained
and improves.

The project has been done in Pune city only. The survey was confined only
to Hyundai customers to presently posses only Santro. The survey was
especially focused on existing Santro owners for finding how they are
influenced by the brand and what made them aware of the brand. After the

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made in order to improve its brand awareness towards Santro

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Hyundai Business Group is a South Korean company, which entered into

business activities way back in 1947 seeing the rapid industrialization and
modernization-taking place around the world. It brought an international
recognition to its country through its operations round the world and paved
its way to modern economic growth.

Hyundai group is composed of 50 subsidiaries like Ship Building,

Engineering & Construction, Heavy Industries, Machinery, Iron and Steel,
Electronics, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Information and Technology,
as well as Financing petrochemicals energy trade and service sectors.

In 1960¶s it involved in the construction industry. In 1970, it concentrated on

shipbuilding, automobile, steel and machine industries and laid a foundation
for Korean heavy industry. In 1980, it launched high tech industries such as
electronics robot petroleum, space and aircraft. In 1990, developed new
technologies reformed management and stressed training human resources,
with the aim to become the No.1 Corporation in the world.

AYS Automobiles Pvt, Ltd., started the dealership of Hyundai cars at

Rajahmundry for West Godavari Districts April, 1999. So far, AYS sold
about 309 Santro¶s and 100 Accents and 2 Sonato¶s. The company¶s
turnover till date is around 16 crores.

The company has earned an amount of Rs. 72 lakhs by way of dealer

margins and sale of spares & accessories; by earning profit in the first two
years of operations.
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Hyundai specifications and is contributing Rs. 25 lakhs of revenue to the
company. The total value of Machinery & Equipment is worth Rs. 25 lakhs.
The workshop also has an emergency road service to attend complaints 24
hours a day anywhere in the territory. The show room is on the NH-5 and is
designed as per the Hyundai Motor India¶s standard pattern and is well lit to
display the cars.

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Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Hyundai Motor Company, S. Korea and is the second largest and the fastest
growing car manufacturer in India. HMIL presently markets over 18 variants
of passenger cars across four models, the Santro in the B segment, the
Accent in the C segment, the Sonata in the E segment and the Terracan in
the SUV segment. The company recorded combined sales of 150,741 units
during calendar year 2003 with both Accent & Santro emerging leaders in
their respective segments.

HMIL¶s fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing plant near Chennai

boasts some of the most advanced production, quality and testing
capabilities in the country. The company is investing an additional US$ 220
Mn to expand capacity at this plant to 250,000 units a year in line with its
recent designation as HMC¶s global export hub for small cars and to cater to
its upcoming product launches India.

HMIL has sold over 500,000 cars in a record time of just over 5 years since
commencement of commercial production in September 1998 and is all set
to emerge as one of largest exporters of passenger cars and components out

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A computer controlled line that converts sheet metal to body panels of high
dimensional accuracy and consistency.

The Body Shop

A hi-tech line that builds full body shells from panels. Automated robotic
arms are used for intricate welding operations that ensure superior and
consistent build quality.

The Paint Shop

This is one of the most modern paint shops in the country and uses the
environment friendly water based process for superior and lasting exterior. A
unique process management system followed here helps us deliver the most
extensive colour range, independent of minimum batch requirements,
helping customers get their preferred colour anytime.

The Aluminum Fondry

Forges the engine cylinder blocks for our cars to exacting design
specifications.

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One of the biggest engine shops in the country, this unit is equipped with the
most modern tooling and testing facilities to make a wide range of engines in
house.

The Plastic Extrusion Unit

Moulds the dashes, bumpers and other plastic components to perfect fit and
finish.

The Plastic Paint Shop

One of the very few manufacturing units in India to have this facility in-
house, Hyundai¶s plastic paint shop delivers a high grade finish on exterior
plastic components.

The Test Track

With comprehensive performance testing facilities like rattle testing and

ABS brake testing, this track is designed to meet pre-delivery (PDI)
certification standards to exacting Euro specifications.

 
  




A company has five choices when it comes to brand strategy. There are line
extensions, brand extensions, multi-brands, new brands and co-brands.

  


Line Extensions consist of introducing additional items in the same product

category under the same brand name, such as new flavors, forms, colors,
added ingredients and package sizes.

 
 



A company may use its existing brand name to launch new products in other
categories.

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A Company will often introduce additional brands in the same product

category. Sometimes the company is trying to establish different features or
appeal to different buying motives.

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When a Company launches products in a new category, it may find that none
of its current brand names are appropriate.

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Co-Brands are also called as dual branding, in which two or more well
known brands are combined in an offer. Co-branding takes a variety of
forms. One is ingredient co-branding, Second one is same company co-
branding, Third one is joint venture co-branding. And finally there is
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As Companies become more aware of the importance of brand power, they

wonder how they can strengthen their brands. Most managers think the
answer lies in increasing the advertising budget. But advertising is expensive
and it is not always effective. Advertising is only one of nine ways to build
more brand awareness and brand preference.

ù‘ Develop creative advertising.

ù‘ Sponsor well-regarded events.

ù‘ Invite your customers to join a club .

ù‘ Invite the public to visit your factory or office

ù‘ Create your own retail units.

ù‘ Provide well-appreciated public services.

ù‘ Give visible support to some social causes.

ù‘ Be known as a value leader.

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The product may be launched as a manufacturer brand (sometimes called as
National Brand), a distributor brand (also called reseller, store, house or
private brand), or a licensed brand name. Another alternative is for the
manufacturer to produce some output under its own name and some under
reseller labels. Manufacturers brands dominate, large retailers and
wholesalers have been developing their own brands by contracting
production from willing manufacturers.

The private brands offer two advantages. First, they are more
profitable. Intermediaries search for manufacturer with excess capacity who
will produce the private labels at a low cost. Other costs, such as research
and development, advertising, sales production and physical distribution are
much lower. This means that the private brands can charge a lower price and
yet make a higher profit margin. Second, retailers develop exclusive store
brands to differentiate themselves from competitors.

Brands vary in the amount of power and value they have in the market place.
At one extreme are brands that are not known by most buyers. Then there
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The following are the 5 levels of customer attitudes toward his/her

brand from lowest to highest:

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ù‘ Customer is satisfied and would incur costs by changing brand.

ù‘ Customer values the brand and sees it as a friend.

ù‘ Customer is devoted to the brand.

Brand equity is related to how many customers are in classes 3,4 or5. It is
also related to the degree of brand-name recognition, perceived brand
equity, strong mental and emotional associations and other assets such as
patents, trademarks and channel relationships. Companies do not
normally list brand equity on their balance sheet because of the
arbitrariness of the estimate. But clearly brand equity relates to the
premium the brand commands times the extra volume it moves over an
average brand.

The world¶s 10 most valuable brands in 1997 in rank order were

coca-cola, Marlboro, IBM, McDonald¶s, Disney, Sony, Kodak, Intel,
Gillette and Budweiser.

High brand equity provides a number of competitive advantage:

ù‘ The Company will enjoy reduced marketing costs because of

consumer brand awareness and loyalty.

ù‘ The Company will have more trade leverage in bargaining with

distributors and retailers because customers expect them to carry the brand.

ù‘ The Company can charge a higher price than its competitors because
the brand has higher perceived quality.

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name carries high credibility.

ù‘ The brand offers the company some defense against price

competition.

A brand name needs to be carefully managed so that its equity doesn¶t

depreciate. This requires maintaining or improving brand awareness
perceived quality and functionality, and positive associations. These tasks
require continuous research and development investment, skillful advertising
and excellent trade and consumer service.

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Automobile industry in India is currently experiencing demand for the

vehicles of different types. This is due to volcanic increase in the number of
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is the Indian economy which was closed till then.

This is the sectors of the economy which benefited greatly by

globalization and liberalization.

The face of the industry has changed to such an extent just a decade
age one would fail to recognize it as the Indian auto industry. Today the
Indian market does not witness just as Ambassador Fiat competition. Rather
it has become a battle field for it is witnessing cut throat competition
between the world from this brands like FORD, HONDA, MERCEDES,
HYUNDAI, DAEWOO. Infact the leading market leader MARUTI has lost
a sizable crunch of its market share from a magical mesmerizing 80% to
66.2% during the same period.

Hyundai plant was setup in Sriperambundur, 30km outside Chennai in

a record time. This shows a commitment to the Indian customer and Indian
auto industry. The first Hyundai Santro was launched on October 20, 1998.
Santro was set to be the best package for the budget car buyer.

Y.S.KIM (Yang. Soo.Kim) is the Managing Director of Hyundai

Motor India. The Korea and Indian Engineers pore their efforts for the
efforts for the production Santro prototypes. The manufacturing style of
Hyundai Santro has not been the same as Maruti Udyog, which initially
imported C.K.D kits for the first Maruti 800. The manufacturing process
begins with coiled steel arriving from South Korea. The entire auto
industries in India rely on imported steel to manufacture vehicle body
structure, as locally available steel cannot be effective.
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foundry on site to produces cast components like cylinder heads and gear
box casings. The reasons for Hyundai rapid implementation were wholly
owned subsidiary HMI could speed up the decision making process. It did
not have to conduct a local partner which might have slowed things down.

This points towards two things the market has become competitive
and dynamic

1.‘ Even the market leader cannot take its market share and the customers

2.‘ The changing tastes and loyalty of the customers and subsequently the
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The study has been conducted with the following objectives in mind:

1.‘ To know how brand awareness made customer to purchase product

(Hyundai car)

2.‘ To know factors and variables of brand influence them to purchase.

3.‘ To know what position does the brands has in the minds of customers.

4.‘ To know how they became aware of the brand (Santro)

5.‘ To know level of satisfaction about the brand awareness ( Santro)

offered by Hyundai.

6.‘ To find out the market potential for Hyundai cars ( Santro).

7.‘ To know how maintain and improve brand awareness build brand
loyalty.

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  ±Customers of Kothari Hyundai motors


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Questionnaire.

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± Open ended and Closed ended questions.

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collected by the researcher itself for its own purposes. My project report

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designed according to customers.




  Secondary data is the data which is collected prior to
the present study work. Any data that is available prior to the
commencement of the research project is called secondary data and is
also called historical data. I have collected secondary data from the
website of Hundai and geographical unit- Pune city and some other
research papers and reports.

  
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  :- In this type of questionnaire the formal list of
questions to be asked to the respondents to collect facts, views or opinions.
During the course of an interview, the questions are to be asked strictly in
accordance with pre arranged order irrespective of number of interviewers
appointed.








  Here objective of an inquiry is
disclosed to the respondents. The issue involved is relatively unimportant
and more general in practical nature. 

 
    

Random sampling means systematic, pre-determined and pre-arranged

methodology is adopted for selection of sampling elements.



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Even though the project has been done without most car, it suffers
from the following limitations.

1.‘ Due to lack of time all customers, could not be contracted.

2.‘ The study has been restricted to Pune city only.

3.‘ As the project is a simple sample study and is confined to 100

customers only, if may or may not pictures the entire customer
feelings.

4.‘ The awareness levels of the customers may change from time to time
and so there is a possibility of changes in the research results.

5.‘ Few customers refused to respond or could not respond appropriately

due to Lack of time, Ignorance etc.,

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1.‘ AGE GROUP

AGE GROUP NO.OF CUSTOMERS PERCENTAGE

25-45 52 52%

45-65 40 40%

65 And Above 8 8%

Total 100 100%

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people belongs to 25 ± 45 age group, 40% of the people belongs to 45 - 65
age group and 8% of the people belongs to 65 and above. The analysis
shows that most of the people belongs to 25 ± 45 age.

2.‘ GENDER

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GENDER PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

Male 87 87%

Female 13 13%

Total 100 100%

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From the above table we can observe that among 200 customers 87% are
Males and 13% are Females.

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OCCUPATION NO.OF CUSTOMERS PERCENTAGE

Business 38 38%

Professional 30 30%

Student 7 7%

Employee 25 25%

Total 100 100%


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belongs to Business, 30% of the people from Professionals, 7% of the people
from students and 25% of the People belongs to Employees. The analysis
shows that major part of the people belongs to Business category.

4.‘ INCOME STATUS (PER ANNUM)

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INCOME PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

< 20,000 34 34%

20,000-40,000 52 52%

40,000 & above 14 14%

Total 100 100%



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than 20,000 and 52% of them were between 20,000-40,000 and the
remaining 14% were above 40,000. The analysis shows that the people who
having income per annum in between 20,000-40,000 are more.

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NO. OF
FAMILY SIZE PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

1-2 10 10%

3-5 78 78%

5 & above 12 12%

Total 100 100%









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Interpretation:Family size reveals that 10% of the people are having 1-2
family size, 78% of the people are having 3-5 family size and 12% of the
people are having above 5 family size. The analysis shows that the family
size having 3-5 are using more.

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NO. OF
PURPOSE PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

Utility 45 45%

Necessity 51 51%

Status 4 4%

Total 100 100%




 





 
 



Interpretation:

From the table, we can observe that 45% of the people purchase the car for
the purpose of utility, 51% of the people purchase for necessity and 4%
people purchase for status. The analysis shows that most of the people that is
51% purchase for necessity.

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FACTORS NO.OF CUSTOMERS PERCENTAGE

Style 14 14%

Price 18 18%

Brand image 30 30%

Performance 20 20%

Publicity 18 18%

Total 100 100%

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prefer style, 18% of the people prefer price, 30% of the people opt for
Brand image, 20% of the people have a preference on Performance and
18% of the people opt for Publicity for buying the Santro Car. The analysis
shows most of them consider Brand image while buying.

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FACTORS NO.OF CUSTOMERS PERCENTAGE

Myself 20 30%

Family Members 15 15%

Friends 22 22%

Relatives 5 5%

Advertisements 34 34%

Others 4 4%

Total 100 100%

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themselves, 15% of the people are influenced by family members, 22% of
the people are influenced by relatives, 34% of the people are nfluenced by
advertisements and rest of the people are influenced by other factors..

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NO. OF
IMPACT PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

Yes 56 56%

No 44 44%

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Interpretation:

From the table, we see that 56% of the people say that Sharukh Khan has
the impact of increase in sales whereas 44% of the people say that
Sharukh Khan has no impact of increase in sales.

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NO. OF
GOOD VALUE PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

Yes 92 92%

No 8 8%

Total 100 100%












 

Interpretation:

From the table, we observe that 92% of the people feel that Hyundai
products give Good Value for money whereas 8% of the people feel that
Hyundai products do not give Good Value for money.

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NO. OF
PRICING LEVEL PERCENTAGE
CUSTOMERS

Excellent 5 5%

Good 64 64%

Satisfactory 31 31%

Not satisfied - -

Total 100 100%

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Price of the car is Excellent, 64% of the people feel that it is Good, 31% feel
it is satisfactory and none of them are dissatisfied with the Price of the
product. The Highest % of the people feel that the Price of the car is Good.

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SUPERIOR CUSTOMERS PERCENTAGE

Yes 89 89%

No 11 11%

Total 100 100%











 

Interpretation:

From the table, we can observe that 89% of the people say that Santro car is
superior to competitors cars and 11% says that it is not.

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100, which included customers, by questionnaire method to find out the
brand awareness towards Santro with reference to AY S HYUNDAI.

ù‘ Most of the customers relating to Hyundai belong to the category of

employees as they occupy 30% of the entire customers. The next to them
comes industrialists as they occupy 24% of the customers.

ù‘ Most of the customers have bought the car 2 years back.

ù‘ The promotional strategy of Hyundai is advertisement of which

electronic media and by press media are playing a vital role.

ù‘ Out of the models of Hyundai the most popular brand is Santro because it
is possessed by 45% of the customers.

ù‘ Most of the customers are aware of educational programs that are being
conducted by Hyundai to the maintenance of the car.

ù‘ Though the customers are having good awareness levels regarding the
programs being conducted by Hyundai, they are not attending the
programs because of various reasons.

ù‘ The customers find some problem¶s regarding the mileage of Santro

while comparing with the remaining models.

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1. The market of Hyundai cars (Santro, Accent and Sonata) is growing at

rapid speed. Hyundai being one of the dominating and leading players in
passenger car market is expected to attract significant attention among the
investors.

2.In this Automobile segment there has been heightened competition with
other leading players like Maruti, Honda, Ford and many others.

3.As there was competition in small car industry, there was reduction in
prices of the cars and modifications done with the existing product (e.g.,
Santro to Santro Xing) and were introduced in the market. Hyundai small car
segment has occupied second position in the market share.

4.Majority of the people have informed Brand Awareness toward Santro.

Most of the customers are very much satisfied with the services offered by
the company while few of them are not satisfied due to minor problems of
the car.

5.Many of the students rated the Brand Awareness as excellent very few of
them have rated as satisfactory.

6.All the respondents are very happy with the warranty period given for the
cars by the company but many of them have complaints with the mileage
and seating comfort of the car.

7.Many of the respondents have stated that the prices charged on services are
high when compare to other company¶s services (e.g. Maruti)

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1.‘ Basing on the survey findings and analyzing the attitudes of respondents,
the following suggestions can be given regarding the Brand Awareness
towards Santro.

2.‘ The company has to pursue the complaints of the respondents about the
performance of the car¶s engine. This suggestions has been given basing
on the complaints of customers regarding its problems like low mileage

3.‘ Making the Driving seat and Passenger seat more comfortable so that the
driver and passengers could have a comfortable drive.

4.‘ Analyzing the complaints given by many customers regarding

uncomfortable seats has made its suggestion.

5.‘ Transaction and value based loyalty programs can be conducted

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(With Reference to Hyundai Santro)

NAME OF THE RESPONDENT:

ADDRESS OF THE RESPONDENT:

PHONE NO:

1.‘ AGE GROUP:

(a) 25-45 (b) 45-65 (c) 65 & above

2.‘ GENDER:

(a) Male (b) Female

3.‘ OCCUPATION:

(a) Business b) Professional (c) Student (d) Employee

4.‘ INCOME PER ANNUM:

(a) < Rs. 2,00,000/- b) Rs. 2,00,000/- to Rs. 4,00,000/-

(c) Rs. 4,00,000 and above

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(a) 1-2 b) 3-5 c) 5& above

6.‘ PURPOSE OF PURCHASE OF THIS CAR:

(a) Utility (b) Necessity (c) Status

7.‘ WHAT INFLUENCED TO BUY SANTRO

a) Styling b) Pricing (c) Brand Image

(d) Performance (e) Publicity

8.‘ WHO INFLUENCED YOU TO PURCHASE THE CAR?

(a) Myself (b) Family Members c) Friends

(d) Relatives(e) Advertisements (f) Others

9.‘ WHY DID YOU PURCHASE ONLY SANTRO INSTEAD OF ANY

OTHER SMALL CAR?

(a) Quality b) East to drive

(c) Comfort d) Technically good

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10.‘ DO YOU FEEL THAT BRAND AMBASSADOR SHARUKH
KHAN HAS AN IMPACT ON THE INCREASE IN SALES?

(a) Yes (b) No

11.‘ HOW DO YOU FEEL THE PRICING OF THE CAR?

(a) Excellent b) Good

(c) Satisfactory (d) Unsatisfactory

12.‘ DO YOU FEEL THAT SANTRO IS SUPERIOR TO

COMPETITORS CARS IN THIS SEGMENT?

(a) Yes (b) No

13.‘ YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS, IF ANY?

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1.‘ µMarketing Management¶ by Philip Kotler






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