General Motors to launch new cars in India

World's largest auto manufacturer General Motors is going to introduce new cars at the Delhi Auto Expo 2010. Auto Expo 2010 will be held at Pragati Maidan from 5th to 11th of January 2010. These new cars will be the most awaited Chevrolet Volt, sports model Chevrolet Camaro, newer version of Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Captiva Extreme, electric model of Chevrolet Spark and CNG variant of Chevrolet Aveo. Apart from these models, company's long awaited small car Chevrolet Beat and other existing models like Chevrolet Tavera, Chevrolet Optra Magnum, and Chevrolet Aveo UVA will also be showcased.

Mr. P. Balendran, Vice President, General Motors India said that the Delhi Auto Expo is an ideal platform to highlight our new cars and it gives an opportunity to show General Motor's technological advancement and innovation.

Last year General Motors had shown their interest for environment friendly cars. And now with the Chevrolet Volt, LPG and Electric version of Chevrolet Spark and the CNG variant of Chevrolet Aveo, the company will prove their technological advancement. It is expected that these new cars will be commercially launched in the Indian auto market by the end of 2010 or early 2011.

The Indian auto market is strongly dominated by the small cars as more than 70 percent car buyers prefer cars ranging from 3 to 5 lacs. And to tap this opportunity, most of the auto manufacturers have plan to show case their new cars that falls in this range in auto expo 2010 . General Motors already said that they are going to showcase three new cars for this segment: LPG Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Aveo UVA and Chevrolet Beat. Other new cars of this segment that will be showcased at Delhi Auto Expo are Ford Figo and Volkswagen Polo.