New Delhi Mar 11: Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) has received 60,000 export orders for its small car i10, which was launched in October 2007.

"HMIL started accepting export orders for the i10 from December 2007, and received 60,000 orders from the overseas market creating a record of clocking the fastest 50,000 units of export orders in just three months," the company said in a statement today.

The company would ship around 26,000 units by March 2008, and the car would be exported to all the major markets across the globe covering over 90 countries by the end of the year, it added.

The i10, manufactured at the Chennai plant, made its debut in Europe at the Bologna Motor Show, Italy, in December last year, and was also displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in January.

HMIL has also started a training programme for the staff of all its overseas distributors at the Chennai factory. "This familiarisation and understanding of the i10 and HMI as a company will help them to further establish the product in their respective markets. This is also the beginning of a trend, which, by itself, is a first for the industry where overseas partners are trained in India," the statement said.