GM India starts regular shipment of Chevrolet Beat Sedan to Latin America

  • GM India India’s third largest passenger exporter in May
  • Exports from the Talegaon facility have tripled in the past year

Talegaon, Pune: General Motors India has now begun regular shipment of sedan version of Chevrolet Beat from its Talegaon export hub to Latin America Markets.

A consignment of 1200 Chevrolet Beat sedans was today loaded for shipping to Latin America, following the start of production on June 5, 2017.

“Our Talegaon facility is a key export manufacturing hub for GM,” said Asif Khatri, VP – Manufacturing, GM India.

“GM India’s exports have more than tripled in the past year.  GM was India’s third largest passenger vehicle exporter in May – recording our highest monthly total of vehicle exports at 8,297 units.”

Earlier this year, GM India began exporting the Chevrolet Beat hatchback to Latin American markets. GM India is proud to share that the hatchback exceeded customers’ expectation in our export markets.

“We are very happy with the launch readiness.  Our highly skilled and committed workforce at Talegaon has developed a mindset of zero defect to delight customers.  The excellent quality is supported by a classic design, enhanced connectivity options, and ride and handling of the Chevrolet Beat sedan and we are confident that it will help us build on our success in the export markets,” said Asif.

GM India exports the Chevrolet Beat hatchbacks and sedans to a number of left-hand-drive markets in Latin America.