Will we ever see the real Chevrolet here?

[amit]

Gm launched one of America's most well-known brands - Chevrolet. But what chevrolet do we have here?
Chevrolet Forrester - Japanese Suburu
Chevrolet optra - Korean Daewoo
Chevrolet Tavera - japanese Isuzu

Here are some chevy cars avaliable in USA. Will Gm ever bring some of them here? Some models i feel can possibly work here.

Chevrolet Malibu - starting from $19,400 apporx. 2.2ltr ECOTEC 145 bhp engine. or pick a V6 200hp for $21,400approx. here are some pics.



A look at the interiors


Chevy Cavalier - starting $15,000 upto $18,000 (approx Rs. 8.5 lakhs) with the same 2.2 ECOTEC 145hp engine





Lastly, probably THE car that chevy has in it's line up for india. The handsome Equinox SUV. $21560 and the AWD for $23,535 (apporx Rs. 10 lakhs!)3.4L V6 185hp engine with 5speed automatic transmission. This SUv really should have a good potential here.








yea, pricing is something that needs to be looked at. Gm can't import them here cuz the duties will make the cars prohibitively expensive. Equinox will probably sell for Rs. 20 lakhs almost at mercedes levels! So Gm needs to talk to it's vendors and indigenise these cars to meet the pricing target. Will GM get adventourous?

[Shan2nu]

It's basically a "name" game. The Froester with a Subaru badge or the Optra with a Daewoo badge wouldn't have sold as many units, as they have sold under the Chevy brand.

Regards...
Shan2nu

[_Crazi4Speed_]

Thats true...Chevy has a better name than the other brands..but I really dont think you would want the unreliablilties of Chevy cars to be in India..equinox is a good looking suv..but copies a lot from the enoy(another gm) and MDX i feel..

anyhow..even if it were imported through CBU, where I think the duties are not 101 but 65%, it would come to 17 lakhs, which i feel is not bad..surely it would come in the mercedes level, but you cant compare a lower end C class to a huge SUV..they have different mrkts..so it would sell even if the price tag is around 18..and mind you the CRV is also priced at 19k USD which is very close to 22k for this car..so if the crv is priced 15 lakhs this would come to around 17 lakhs or less..making it a great buy since its a bigger car and it surely has better looks than the honda..though this would have the true feel of an SUV where the CRV feels more like a car..so again depends..but I would like to see the equinox in india..one car which I can exempt from the being under the "bad build qualities of the chevy" label..

cheers..

[navin]

why? in my days (when the jap cars we eating detroits lunch) chevy was NOT particularly what you wanted in your garage.

[lamborghini]

since the name game is going so well
what do u guys say about a ferrari palio ........
seriously.
im so happy that fiat launched ferrari in india but i think the ads for the chevy models are better
if fiat can launch pureblood ferrari cars im sure gm can launch pureblood chevy and the the halfbreed daewoos and beauty of a forester

[VTEC11]

Believe it or not, the quality of General Motors (and other american cars) has been rising slowly since the 90's. I myself was surprised after sitting in a 2000 or so malibu. The powertrain was soooo refined and quite could have mistaken it for a japanese car.

Also, american cars generally sell with big cash rebates and/or 0% financing offers.

[GreenHex]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Shan2nu @ July 21 2004,00:22)]It's basically a "name" game. The Froester with a Subaru badge or the Optra with a Daewoo badge wouldn't have sold as many units, as they have sold under the Chevy brand.

Regards...
Shan2nu

The Chevy Malibu is the Opel Vectra.

That aside, I feel that GM has messed-up the naming of their vehicles in India. The Subaru brand is better suited to the kind of vehicles launched with the Cheverolet name.

To an Indian, a Cheverolet is a huge, H-U-G-E car, no vans and Santro and M800 equivalents need apply...

Also the Chinese version of the Optra (whatever they call it) looks so much better

God knows where/ which ad agency/ auto drivers/ Santro drivers these companies get their inputs from!

mvk

P.S. - My bias is showing, right?