The current generation of Hyundai Santro was launched in the year 2018. The company had huge hopes from the hatchback. The first generation of the Hyundai Santro (launched in 1998) had a huge success in terms of sales as the tall-boy design and other features of the car were well liked by the audience. The first generation of the Santro was considered as a good alternative to Maruti Suzuki cars in India. However, when the second generation of Hyundai Santro was launched the car had a huge competition from many cars manufacturers apart from Maruti Suzuki. Various small cars from manufacturers like Renault, Tata, Ford, Chevrolet offered small cars that were direct competitors of the Santro.