Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
According to GM India President and MD, Karl Slym, Chevrolet is looking at launching its new mid-size sedan - the Chevrolet Cruze - in the Indian market within the next six months. Positioned a notch above the Optra, the all-new Chevy Cruze is expected to take on cars like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla Altis.
The Cruze, which may be launched with diesel and petrol engine options, will be built at GMI’s plant in Halol, Gujarat, and could have up to 30% locally sourced components right from the begining. The company will then look at increasing the percentage of local content in the car over the next few months.
Of course, GMI realizes that for volumes, it will have to continue to concentrate on the smaller cars segment. In recent months, GMI’s sales growth has primarily been fueled by the Spark compact hatchback, which is now being made at Halol as well as Talegaon.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Chevrolet is giving out significant discounts on its cars, in order to boost sales in the festive period. The Chevrolet Spark is being offered with ex-showroom discounts of up to Rs 58,000 while the Tavera is available at a discount of Rs 46,000.
Prospective Chevrolet Optra 1.6 buyers have never had it so good - the car is now available at a discount of Rs 57,000, along with a three-year/60,000km warranty coverage and free maintenance for three years/45,000km (whichever is earlier). The free maintenance offer even includes replacement of parts like oil, wiper blades, brake pads and various other consumables.
[Via: indiaautomotive]
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Chevrolet Cruze has been developed not by GM’s designers and engineers in North America, but by its European and Asia Pacific teams. It will debut at the Paris Motor Show in October and go on sale in Europe and Asia next year. About a year after that the Cruze will go on sale in the U.S., and that version will be built at GM’s plant in Lordstown, OH.
GM CEO Rick Wagoner was at the plant today to announce a $500 million investment in its U.S. operations to build the Cruze here, with more than $350 million earmarked for the Lordstown plant where the current Chevy Cobalt and Pontiac G5 are built.
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
General Motors has announced that they will soon unveil a new compact car called the 2010 Chevrolet Cruze, ready for release by mid-2009. The fact that it will be launched at the 2008 Paris Auto Show in October, and that it will also be available in the United States, hints at a new “world” car that will rival the Toyota Corolla and the Ford Focus in international reach. The car has already been spotted undergoing testing in USA.
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