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General Motors is Getting Ready for The Cruze

Monday, July 20th, 2009

General Motors has introduced a scheme where it will buy back the older Opel models that it sold in India in exchange for the Chevrolet Optra Magnum.

GM’s LPG and CNG variants to arrive soon

Friday, June 13th, 2008

The Chevrolet Spark, Aveo U-VA, and the Aveo will soon have LPG and CNG variants. The launch date of these variants cannot be confirmed at the moment but they will be in showrooms within a year. However, there are clear indications that the Spark LPG variant will be the first ...

Oil’s well that ends well

Saturday, May 24th, 2008



GM Maintenance Promise : It Works!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

General Motors came to India with its Opel brand in 1996. Being a contemporary luxury car, Opel Astra became an instant hit. But the party got over as soon as people started realizing the maintenance cost of the German Astra. GM introduced Corsa which proved to have the same problem. ...

Chevrolet at Auto Expo 2008

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Chevrolet – the company which was Opel till some years back, in India. Controlled by GM, Chevrolet has been rapidly gaining a firm foothold in the Indian market. To showcase its prowess and to strengthen the brand image GM had the all-new Cadillac CTS, Hummer H3, concepts like Chevrolet T2X, ...

Skoda Fabia - Finally Here!

Friday, January 11th, 2008

At one end of the spectrum is the Tata Nano – an ultra small car which can be had at the lowest price one could ever think of, for a car, and at the end of the spectrum is the Skoda Fabia – a premium hatchback, the price of which ...

GM India Launches Chevrolet Captiva Luxury SUV

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Update: Chevrolet Captiva is launched. The SUV has a 1991cc, 4-cylinder, 16 valve, VCDi diesel engine which outputs maximum power of 150ps@4000 rpm and torque of 320Nm@2000 rpm. The Rs.17.73 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) Captiva is available in five colors. For complete specifications and price of the car, please follow the following ...

Chevrolet Optra Magnum vs Honda Civic vs Skoda Octavia

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

It was pretty simple, seemingly. A good friend of mine was interested in buying a car and his budget was about 10-12 lakhs. Not a bad budget that, you'll say. I said the same. And what followed was pandemonium. Why? I'll tell you.

All-new Toyota Corolla coming to India by mid-2008

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

The premium luxury car segment was once dominated by one name - Toyota Corolla. It was set as the benchmark and the segment's new entrants had a path cut out to try and beat the Japanese major at its game. Skoda's Octavia did sell well, but the Toyota Corolla was ...

Hyundai Elantra to boil the D Segment in India

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Hyundai has been beleaguered by its own success. Plagued with the image of being a maker of econo-cars like Santro and the Accent, the Korean giant has been struggling to present itself as a lifestyle brand, something that its rivals have achieved well. So what should Hyundai do to establish ...

Ford to bring in its bestseller - Focus - in India

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Ford - world's third largest automaker - has not really seen a steady journey in India thus far. Started with the Escort it did and went on to offer some "josh" in its lineup with the introduction of Ikon.

Chevrolet Optra Magnum Tested by CarWale.com

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

GM's latest offering, the Chevy Optra Magnum has been tested by CarWale.com. The complete road-test report along with photographs can be found here. And yes, don't forget to drop in your comments. ;-) Test report URL: http://www.carwale.com/Resources/RoadTests/ChevroletOptraMagnum/ More on Chevrolet Optra Magnum: Specs, Features, Colours, Pictures Chevrolet Optra Magnum Onroad Price

GM Launches Diesel Optra “Chevrolet Optra Magnum”

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Sensing the needs of Indian market, GM launched the all new Optra Magnum here in India. This car has a diesel engine, this is the first time GM has launched a diesel car in India after the launch of Aveo, U-VA and Spark in recent past; all in petrol versions. ...