General Motors India has a grim face about its plan of not upgrading Tavera’s engine to comply with BS-IV emission norms. If the report is to be believed then Sonalika, a local car manufacturer, will provide the new BSIV-conforming 2.0-liter engine for Tavera. Although Chevrolet Tavera which is produced by Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors got upgraded recently, General Motors didn’t update the... 

General Motors India has no (medium-term) plans to bring their Chevy Volt to the Indian market. During an interview, GM India VP Ankush Agora said that though they had been studying the scope of launching electric vehicles in India, it is still subjected to lot of factors like support from government in terms of infrastructure, incentives, etc. Negotiation is already in place but they don’t... 

 General Motors India, in partnership with SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and Wuling Automobiles (maker of China’s largest selling vehicle), recently announced that they would be launching ‘Sunshine’ in India. ‘Sunshine’, with an estimated cost of around Rs 4-6 lakh, will join the ranks of Toyota Innova and Mahindra Xylo segment. It aims to target buyers from the B plus... 

General motors, gearing up to launch its huge range of automobiles in India said that it will be investing a lot to upgrade its current facility in Halol alongside increasing its vendor base to 200 from the existing 150. The plant which operates at two shifts has a production capacity of 85000 units yearly.  Furthermore, the passenger cars from SAIC would be sold under the brand “Chevrolet” while... 

As reported yesterday by RushLane, Mahindra and Mahindra have successfully completed buying a 55% stake in Reva Electric Motors, Bangalore. Though Mahindra did not disclose the total amount, it said it will invest another $9.5 million to give Reva’s R&D a boost. Reva’s CTO, Chetan Maini who joined the company as a mechanical engineer keeps his post under the Mahindra banner. M&M COO, MR.... 

Indianautosblog.com reported spotting a Chevrolet Beat with a difference. The General Motors bestseller was spotted in the city of Pune with an inlet for LPG on its side.  This car was having a red number plate which implies GM was testing Beat’s performance on city roads. After seeing the success of Spark LPG, Chevrolet would surely want to introduce more variants with LPG option. Reports suggest... 

This year’s budget will affect prices of all cars. In 13 cities, car manufacturers will have to improve their engines to BSIV standards and to BSIII in rest of India. This bill was passed by the Mashelkar Committee to reduce pollution levels in India. Major car manufacturers like Fiat, Hyundai, General Motors, and TATA are set to increase prices of their products by 1st week of April. Despite the... 

All the research over the years has given General Motors the product of the future, EN-V. A car, whose weight and size is three times lesser than an average car today, will not only solve problems like pollution, parking and traffic, EN-V will also help lowering accidents indigenously. EN-V will have the futuristic approach towards driving. Apart from GPS and electric motors the EN-V will have the... 

General Motors India had earlier announced that the company was planning to launch new models in Indian market in the next 18 months including an entry level Sedan based on Chevrolet Aveo. NDTV has recently reported that the new sedan would replace the existing Aveo and GM India was also planning to launch a new SUV based on third generation 300-series platform.  The new SUV would cost around 8-10... 

After the major set back it faced last year, General Motors finally sees a new day. It has reported a record growth of 126 percent in sales in the month of February, riding high on the success of the popular Chevrolet brand. It sold 11, 111 units in February 2010 against 4, 921 units in February last year. Surprisingly, this is the first time the company has crossed ten thousand units in a single...