Yes, the festive period ambience isn’t there for obvious reasons. And yes, most of us are even more careful now about where and how to spend money. We’ve always heard a concept – a penny saved is a penny earned. The Indian version will be something like this – a rupee saved is a rupee earned. Existing Hyundai customers can indeed implement that concept by taking advantage of the Navratri Car Care Camp.

Set to run for nine days from October 14, 2020, the campaign will offer a variety of discounts. In addition to offers on tyres and free of cost 50-point health check of the car, Hyundai will knock-off 20 per cent on interior cleaning, exterior beautification, anti-rust treatment and body paint. Not bad, isn’t it! There’s more. The South Korean carmaker will offer 10 per cent discount on wheel alignment and wheel balancing.

Anything else? Yes. For less than five-year-old cars, there will be a mechanical labour discount of 5 per cent on running repair. The figure is 15 per cent on periodic service as well as running repair jobs for vehicles more than five years old. So, is Hyundai offering those discounts everywhere in the country? The answer is no. The Navratri Car Care Camp will run in select cities. We’d suggest that you get in touch with the nearest dealership to confirm before heading out.

Hyundai’s been quite busy ever since India started to ease down lockdown enforcements. And, amid all the activities, the carmaker announced a bookings record for the Creta and added a new base variant to the SUV’s portfolio. Even the Verna got a new entry-level derivative, taking the range’s starting price down to Rs 9.03 lakh. In all probability, we’ll get to witness the introduction of the all-new i20 before the calendar runs out of 2020. The premium hatchback will share stuff, including engines and transmissions, with the Venue.