General Motors will be pulling the plug on the Chevrolet Aveo and U-VA models soon. These two cars have been in the Indian market for a long time with no significant sales figures. Recently in the month of April, the sales figures plummeted to about a meagre 140 units. It is no rocket science that General Motors is planning to phase out the Aveo and Aveo U-VA models from the Indian market. These vehicles will be replaced by the Sail hatchback and sedan models by September 2012.
Naturally with the sales of the Aveo twins so poor, it is no surprise that General Motors will stop production any time soon. If GM was serious about battling Maruti Suzuki’s Swift and DZire, the company would have bought in the Sonic twins. But GM thought otherwise and instead chose the Sail, which even before the launch looks a decade old.
The reason for the dwindling sales of the Chevrolet Aveo and Aveo U-VA models is the absence of the diesel engine and the current market is totally focused on diesel power. The upcoming Chevrolet Sail hatchback and sedan will be having both petrol and diesel options, thus helping General Motors gain the lost volumes. Apart from this, General Motors is also coming up with its MPV, the Enjoy by the end of this year. Both Sail and Enjoy are models that GM is sourcing from its JV with Chinese partner SAIC, so don’t expect much from them.
