NEW DELHI — General Motors India will be putting its best foot forward at the 2010 New Delhi Auto Show, displaying the Chevrolet Captiva Xtreme with turbodiesel power alongside its Volt and Spark EVs.
Riding on the success of the Captiva here, Chevrolet's Captiva Xtreme will come with an automatic gearbox, new foglamps, chrome inserts on the mirrors and roof bars. The Captiva Xtreme will feature the 148-horsepower 2.0-liter turbodiesel engine that also powers the current model.
GM India has taken a firm step toward going green, and at the Delhi show the company will display the Chevrolet Spark Electric, the first product of a recently signed joint venture between Reva and GM India. A compressed natural gas variant of the Aveo will also find its way to GM's green stall, along with the eagerly awaited Volt hybrid.
In addition, GM India's latest entry to the Indian market, the Chevrolet Beat, will also be on display.
Inside Line says: General Motors looks to captivate showgoers on the Subcontinent. — Hormazd Sorabjee, Correspondent
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firstclass says:
01:12 PM, 12/19/2009
For anyone who thinks that Daewoo's bankruptcy killed the company think again. Chevrolet currently owns somewhere around 70 percent of Daewoo. If you lift the hood on the Chevrolet Captiva you'll see a stamp that reads GM-Daewoo. The Captiva is also known as the Daewoo Winstorm in South Korea and the Saturn Vue in America. Before anyone freaks out it should be noted that the platform was developed by GM in North America not by Daewoo.
Given it's lineage you'd think this little SUV would have little to offer its buyers but this compact SUV is pretty competitive. Its styling is quite conservative and upscale compared to most of its opposition it will find in India. If GM can keep this up we may be seeing more wolf in sheep's clothing Daewoo here in the US.