Launched days back in Korea as the GM-Daewoo Matiz with a 4-cylinder, 16-valve DOHC engine with a displacement of 1,000 cc that delivers 69 hp, the new Chevrolet Spark, as it will be called in India, was caught testing at an unknown location. The new Spark will co-exist alongside the existing Spark as a premium offering.
The Indian Spark will be powered by a 1.2-litre, 82bhp Chevrolet Family-B petrol engine. At a later stage, it will be joined by a 3-cylinder 936cc, 57bhp Multijet diesel from Fiat. With close to 140 Nm of torque, this is going to be an exciting drive in the city.
The new city car from GM, which will be in India by this year end, rolled out of Daewoo’s plant in Korea as the Matiz a few days ago. The production of the rebadged Chevrolet Spark with a different grill, will be launched in Korea with a 1.0-liter and 1.2-liter petrol engine capable of delivering 66 PS and 78 PS respectively.
During the launch of the new Chevrolet Tavera Neo-2 (Price Rs 9.58 lakh) today in Chennai, General Motors India announced that it will be introducing two car models by next year. General Motors India President and Managing Director Karl Slym said, “As of now we are working on it but we are expecting the cars to hit the market next year. Out of the two cars one may be in [ Read More ]
In Italy, Chevrolet has unveiled the LPG-powered Matiz (Spark) which comes with a choice of two engine options-the 4-cylinder of 995 cc 65 hp engine which is available in India, and the 3-cylinder 796 cc 51 hp, which was used on the Daewoo version in India. This move is to cash in on the demand for LPG-powered small cars which has recently risen to new heights in parts Europe. The [ Read More ]
The Chevrolet Beat a.k.a next-gen Matiz/Spark, was photographed while testing a few days ago. The car has nearly come to the completion of its test cycle and is set to encounter a production line very shortly. Designed by Indians and developed by the Koreans, the Beat will undoubtedly be introduced in India right after its International launch, or maybe parallely with European markets. A 1.2-liter turbocharged petrol engine will find [ Read More ]
