Light commercial vehicle (LCV) market is growing rapidly in India, and almost every local car manufacturer present with their LCV vehicles. Now General Motors are set to enter in LCV market and will launch cargo and passenger versions by early 2012. GM planing to launch 5-10 seaters pick up with one-tonne payload capacity in Indian market.GM will use its Chinese joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) to enter the segment.
“Yes, we are working very aggressively for the launch of commercial vehicles in India and GM hopes to corner sizeable numbers in the market soon after their launch,” said GM India president Karl Slym.
“Halol facility will be the main hub for these commercial vehicles that we plan to offer with diesel and alternate fuels. We are investing Rs 250 crore at Halol and will increase the production capacity there to 100,000 vehicles , most of which will be used for commercial vehicles,” Slym said.
“The diesel engines on these will be below 1.5 litres and these would come up from out powertrain facility at Talegaon,” Slym said.
“We have decided for a separate sales network as the customer profile for LCVs will be different to a regular car customer,” Slym said.
New GM pick up compete with the Tata Motors’ Ace.
