| GM moving on India roadmap with Chinese partners | 06-NOV-09 |
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| General Motors, which has been in talks with its Chinese partners SAIC and Wuling for bringing their products to India, is likely to finalise plans on the type of vehicles and manufacturing road map soon. |
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| General Motors mulls minivan launch in India | 19-OCT-09 |
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| General Motors India will launch its light commercial vehicles, popularly called minivans, in the domestic market in the medium future. “The launch of the light commercial vehicles in association with our Chinese partners would happen in the medium term,” says Karl Slym, President & Managing Director. |
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| GM India targets 30% growth in sales | 01-OCT-09 |
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| The company is on course to record a double-digit growth in 2009 (it follows the January to December calendar year. GM India had a growth of 9.4 per cent in 2008, to touch a sales mark of 65,702 units. It is hopeful of selling 75,000 units in 2009, a growth of close to 15 per cent over last year, said Karl Slym, president and managing director. |
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| GM, Reva tie up for electric vehicles | 25-SEP-09 |
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| General Motors’ Indian subsidiary signed an agreement today with Bangalore-based Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) to jointly develop and produce electric vehicles for the Indian market. They hope to be able to produce one for sale by next year. |
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| Bhupesh Bhandari: Are celebrities worth their price? | 11-SEP-09 |
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| Purists will tell you that celebrity endorsement is nothing but lazy advertising. Instead of working on the brand, companies use a celebrity to create awareness and get the message across in a jiffy. The cost of creating the campaign may go up, but the money and time required to rub the brand in get reduced by a huge margin. |
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| New GM to pursue Indian business aggressively | 10-JUL-09 |
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| With General Motors today coming out of bankruptcy with the launch of a new company, the Indian subsidiary of the US car giant said it will aggressively pursue its operations without modifying the business plans. |
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| GM India to increase ad spend to rev up brand image | 19-JUN-09 |
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| Hit by the bankruptcy proceedings of parent group US auto behemoth GM Corp, its Indian arm General Motors India is preparing to increase its brand communication spend to refurbish its brand image in India. |
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| Damage control | 16-JUN-09 |
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| How Karl Slym is steering General Motors India after its US parent filed for bankruptcy. |
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| A tale of two launches | 10-JUN-09 |
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| The Toyota affair was big for a recession-era car launch. Two huge halls were joined together at a suburban five-star hotel, a mock globe was hung at the middle with the slogan “The pride of the world” written across it. Huge projection screens dominated and the audio system could have made Bryan Adams happy. |
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| GM India says all investments complete | 06-JUN-09 |
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| General Motors India had completed all investments intended for the country well before its parent’s bankruptcy filing, said Karl Slym, president & MD. “We are lucky. We have committed our investments for both our manufacturing facilities located at Halol and Talegaon ahead of the bankruptcy filing. We have sufficient resources until next year. |
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| Business as usual, says GM India | 02-JUN-09 |
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| GM India on Monday said its operations would continue as usual and it was not included in the court reinvention process of GM’s US operations. |
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| GM India is no affected, says company | 01-JUN-09 |
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| "GM India operations are not included in the US filing for Chapter 11. Consequently, all GM India dealers, warranty and customer support services will remain unaffected and continue to function as normal," General Motors India said in a statement. |
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| GM to launch Chevrolet Cruze by Sept | 26-MAR-09 |
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| Brushing aside rumours of taking Tata Motors’ Nano head on, General Motors (GM) today announced that it would launch its minicar next year from its Halol plant. |
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| Auto maker plans another mini car | 27-FEB-09 |
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| General Motors (GM) India said it was planning to launch a “mini car” along with other two models next year. The mini car is likely to be based on the auto maker's Beat concept, showcased at the New York Auto Show two years ago. |
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| GM to drive into used car mkt | 27-FEB-09 |
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| General Motors (GM) India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based General Motors Corporation, is all set to enter the Rs 30,000-crore used car market. The project, christened Chery Ok, will be rolled out in all the metros and "B Class" cities in five weeks, the company said. |
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