The nameplate was revived in 2018 to replace the Eon, and was produced until 2022.

Hyundai derived the name Santro for the Indian market from Saint-Tropez, a French city famous for fashion, because the company wanted to project it as a ‘fashionable’ car.

It was also sold in Europe as the Atos Prime and in South Korea and Indonesia as the Kia Visto.

A bi-fuel version of the engine that uses both petrol and CNG is also available.

The Indian version of the Santro with driver airbag scored 2 stars for adult and child occupant protection in the Global NCAP's frontal offset crash tests under its Safer Cars for India project in 2019 (similar to Latin NCAP 2013).