GM bullish on dealership expansion

General Motors India will expand its pan-India dealership network from 195 at present to almost 250 by the end of March 2010.

“We are growing by 10 per cent and hope to keep the momentum going by increasing the network of dealerships and service centres,” General Motors director & vice president (corporate affairs) P Balendran said at a conference call here.

Replying to a query, he said 80 per cent of the Indian four-wheeler market was dominated by small cars. “We have entered into a technical collaboration with Bangalore-based Reva Electric Car Company to roll out electric variant of our bestselling small car, Chevrolet Spark,” he said. The car is likely to hit the market by the middle of next fiscal. The company was also developing CNG and bio-diesel versions of its existing cars for half-million dollar, he added.