List of articles tagged: Beat

GM announces weekend bonanza for Spark and Beat buyers, Mercedes to get the ML 250 CDI to India after the new ML 350 sold like hot cakes, BMW showed off the stunning Zagato Coupe concept while Maruti Suzuki gears up for Gujarat.

Audi launches A4, Fiat and Tata India split up, Tata Motors to build new UK factory for F-Type, and Nissan UK to put bonkers Juke R into limited production. 

GM hopes small car makes it big in the world's biggest car market with a long list of features that includes ten airbags and a touchscreen audio system. 

Sat-nav system will feed off smartphone navigation, project map onto dashboard screen. Will be compatible with Android and iPhone systems and will debut on 2013 Beat, Sonic in the US market later this year. 

The website for Chevrolet Beat diesel is now live. Last week we had driven the Beat diesel and we have shared our first impression of the car.

Toyota had launched the Etios Liva, its first hatchback for the Indian car market. The prices commence at Rs 3.99lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The Liva at present will be available with a 1.2-litre petrol engine which will produce 80bhp of power. The Liva is based on the Etios platform and most of the interior bits of the hatchback and sedan will be shared. The ARAI mileage figure for the Liva is 18.31kmpl. Read our review of the Etios Liva. Read our first drive for the Etios Liva.

General Motors India today showcased the Chevrolet Beat Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) as part of the ongoing celebrations of World Environment Day. The demonstration vehicle will be used by GM India to showcase the effectiveness of battery electric vehicle technology in India.  GM India engineers will also use the vehicle to address potential cost savings to help make BEVs more affordable for global customers.  

John Paul Xavier from Industrial Design Centre at IIT Mumbai won General Motors India’s ‘Design the next Chevrolet Contest’.Sachin Panchal from DSK International School of Design in Pune was declared the first runner-up of the contest.Students from various engineering colleges and institutes across the country participated in the contest. Around 1000 entries were received and 40 were shortlisted.

After GM India launched the Beat LPG on the 11th of this month, they are all set to launch the Beat Diesel the coming April. Karl Slym, President & Maniging Director, GM India, said, ' The diesel version of the Beat will be launched a couple of months from now and the same technology used in the locally developed Smartech engine, will be used to power the diesel variant. The only thing I would say now that it will be a 1-litre engine.'

General Motors India has registered a growth of 6% in sales in January 2011, compared to the corresponding period last year. It sold 9984 units in January 2011 against 9421 units in January 2010. Second to Ford India in terms of sales the company will definitely be all charged up to hit the 10,000 mark in the coming months.