Chevrolet Aveo U-VA to hit market next week

Kozhikode, Jan 15 (UNI) Sale of Chevrolet Aveo U-VA, a new brand launched by automobile giant General Motors India, would roll out across the country next week, Corporate Affairs' Vice President P Balendran said today.

Talking to newspersons prior to formally launching the new variant in the city, he said its diesel avatar would hit the roads by June, 2007.

Available at a price tag of Rs 3.99 lakh, Chevrolet Aveo U-VA combines modern Italian design, generous features and roomy interiors, setting a new benchmark in this segment in terms of product attributes.

The Aveo U-VA was a global product sold in Europe, North America and other parts of Asia and was re-engineered for India after extensive testing across the country, he claimed.

Mr Balendran said ''to meet local preferences the ground clearance is increased to 188 mm, suspension reinforced, airconditioning improved and full chrome head lamps were developed.'' Aveo U-VA was the third new product to enter the market after Aveo Sedan and SRV premium sportsback, he said.

The five-door premium product, with equal number passenger capacity, had received a number of international awards such as ''best car for the Bucks'' from forebs.com, ''inter-American car of the yar'' from the Inter-American Federation of Automoitive Journalists, he claimed.

The company had 96 dealers with equal number of workshops across the country to provide after sale services by expert engineers, he added.

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