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New Delhi, June 01, 2005:
General Motors India registered a nearly
64 percent growth in May 2005 as compared
to last year as Chevrolet Tavera, winner
of Overdrive’s coveted "UV of the Year
2005" award, sold 1610 units in May
to take its tally to 16,659 mark within
a year of its mid-2004 launch.
The global auto major sold 2503 cars in
May as against 1527 cars in the same month
last year to record a growth of 63.92% in
monthly sales. Besides Tavera, these included
615 Chevrolet Optras, 274 Opel Corsas and
four units of imported Forester SUV.
Selling 13114 cars between January and
May 2005 as compared to 8319 in the first
five months last year, the company recorded
a 57.64 % growth in YTD sales. These included
8242 units of Tavera, 3234 Optras, 1617
Corsas and 21 Foresters.
Tavera’s impressive fuel performance (ranked
as “Best in Class mileage” by on mileage
by Overdrive magazine (June 2004). 14.3kmpl)
has been a key contributor to its growing
popularity. The launch of Chevrolet Optra
NY edition with pleasing beige interiors
even on base variants too has been a resounding
success with customers.
Upbeat about the Tavera success story,
Mr. P. Balendran, Vice President- Corporate
Affairs General Motors India said, “To keep
pace with the ever growing demand for Taveras
and other Chevy cars, we are further ramping
up production capacity at our Halol facility
to 80,000 units after the recent hike to
60,000 units.”
“On the anvil are several other initiatives like the recently launched industry
first GM Service Plus offering 24/7 workshop
facility and a ‘Free after 3 service’, to
make owning a GM vehicle an even more pleasurable
experience,” he added.
Introduced in India in 2003, under the
banner “For a Special Journey Called Life”,
the Chevrolet brand was named "The
Best Automotive Brand Of The Year 2004"
by BS Motoring. Besides Tavera, two other
Chevy products, Optra Luxury sedan and Forester
SUV have between them cornered seven awards
to date.
GM India is a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Motors Corporation. Besides the
Chevrolet Optra, GM India manufactures the
Chevrolet Tavera, Opel Corsa, Opel Corsa
Sail and Opel Swing at its facility in Halol,
Gujarat. GM India also sells the imported
Opel Vectra and Chevrolet Forester.
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