Lowell Paddock will assume the position of President and Managing Director of General Motors India from January 1, 2012 replacing Karl Slym who has served in that position since October 2007, a press release from GM India explained today.
Mr Paddock was the GMIO Vice President of Program Management and Planning, where he was in charge of GM’s products for the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the GM-AvtoVAZ joint venture and GM Korea.
Karl Slym has a great sense of humor and always talked his heart. Indian Autos Blog shared a good relationship with him.
Meanwhile Karl Slym relocates to China as Executive Vice President of SAIC and Wuling Motors to oversee operations of its increasing lineup of mini vans and LCV’s. Under Slym, the company’s market presence improved and witnessed many strategic launches that include the Beat, Beat diesel, Spark LPG and the Cruze.
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We plan to look within the General Motors portfolio for alternate technology vehicles
Karl Slym, President and Managing Director of GM India, in a chat with NDTV profit on the way ahead with electric vehicles.
It’s true that we are looking at (launching) cars in various different segments, but I don’t think it’s fair to say we are trying to launch a Nano.
President and Managing Director of GM India Karl Slym when someone asked him if his company is going to launch a Tata Nano competitor in India.
“We get a choice of separate products now from our joint venture in China with SAIC, the first part of it is that we shall pick up LCVs from that portfolio, and secondly bring in three varieties of these vehicles to India at Halol.
Our facility at Halol, having manufacturing capacity of 85,000 units, is capable of producing LCVs for which we are planning to start manufacturing in 2011. It’s very exciting as its going to be a whole new segment for us to begin with here.”
- President and Managing Director of GM India Karl Slym tells The Hindu
The success of its two hatchbacks – the Aveo U-VA and the Spark and new releases from other automakers – has spurred GM India to think of bringing the Chevrolet Mini sooner than ever!
GM is now working out all odds to bring in the ‘Mini’ and heat up the premium hatchback space. The Chevrolet Mini which is based on the Beat concept (showcased two years back in New York Auto Show) will come with frugal Petrol and Diesel engine options; expected to be positioned above the Chevrolet U-VA and priced around that range.
The Chevy Mini as it appears (in pictures), would be a large hatchback- possibly the largest hatchback India has seen (we’ll leave out the SRV for now)! But this is just a speculation (a visual perception), as no dimensions have been revealed yet.
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 ]
