Chevrolet Cars in India

Chevrolet was founded by Louis Chevrolet, a race car driver and son of Cooper Chevrolet, and William Durant (founder of General Motors). Chevrolet is not new to India. Maharajas, freedom fighters, the common man and Bollywood   were familiar to Chevrolet because the company was started before the Indian independence. Nawab of Hyderabad who was considered the richest man in the world at the time used Chevrolet Tourers as official cars.
Chevrolet came to India in 1928 and established an automobile company in Bombay (Mumbai) with an assembly plant constructed in Sewree. General Motors was the first automobile company to open an assembly plant in India. Vehicle Production started in 1928 with the National Series AB Touring. The company struggled a lot in the year 1952-1953. The’ socialist’ Indian government forced to shut shop along with other foreign companies. The’ socialist’ Indian government’s motto was to give first preference to Indian products to improve national economy, so Chevrolet stopped their production in India.

Chevrolet re-launched and established as Chevrolet Sales India Private Limited (CSIPL) in the year 2003.  It replaced Opel as the only brand offering by General Motors India Private Limited. CSIPL operates vehicle manufacturing plants in Halol, Gujarat and Talegaon Dabhade, Maharashtra; it maintains headquarters in Halol and Gurgaon and a large technical center in Bangalore. Chevrolet’s Halol and Talegaon Dabhade manufacturing plants have a combined production capacity of 385,000 vehicles annually. Many of Chevrolet vehicles sold in India are imported from GMDAT either as completely built units, or assembled with varying degree of localized manufacturing. Chevrolet India currently sells three hatchbacks, three sedans, one MUV and One SUV. Chevrolet is currently having 240 dealerships and 231 service centers in 198 cities across India which will be increased to 300 by 2011.

Chevrolet got many Awards like National Safety Award, National Safety Award in automobile industry for General Motors India - Halol, GM India bags the Prestigious National Energy Conservation Award 2008, Overdrive Car Maker of the Year 2007, General Motors India NDTV Profit Car India Awards 2007 Carmaker of the Year General Motors India. This shows the hard work of the company and the steps they have taken in safe guarding the travelers.

At present Chevrolet selling 8 products in India they are Chevrolet Optra magnum, Chevrolet Tavera neo 2, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA 5, Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Captiva, Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Beat. The built up quality of  Chevrolet cars are great and giving good mileage and powers, overall company is giving good value for money. The Chevrolet brand quickly proved that it is trustworthy in Indian market. The positive point of this company is they know the Indian people’s tastes and their expectations. There are two discontinued cars of this company are Chevrolet Forester and Chevrolet SRV due to failure in Indian market.

Chevrolet Future Cars and Development:

Chevrolet is planning to introduce its new product ‘Chevrolet Volt’ in upcoming years to compete with other companies like Toyota and Honda. The Chevrolet brand is currently undergoing a product restructuring in North America along with all other GM brands in order to fit into the parent company's turnaround efforts and to rebuild GM. General Motors has recently been in development to make more fuel efficient Chevrolet vehicles in order. The Monte Carlo, discontinued in 2007, is said to be replaced by the Camaro, also a coupe. At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the production version of the Chevrolet Spark was displayed under the nameplate of Spark. General Motors announced that the Chevrolet Spark would go into production in the US. Along with the Spark, General Motors will introduce two more models: the plug-in hybrid 2011 Chevrolet Volt; and the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, successor to the Cobalt. Chevrolet is starting a second generation Aveo which will make release summer of 2010. At the Auto China in 2010 General Motors showed the Volt MPV5 concept, a MPV based on the electric Volt sedan. Chevrolet Volt MPV5 is also electric with a range of 32 miles.

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