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The Chevrolet Beat Diesel is set to arrive in the later half of next month but that did not stop the Car and Bike Show of NDTV to get their hands on the upcoming car. Some interesting points have surfaced from the review. The Beat Diesel is powered by the same Fiat Multijet engine, which [...]

General Motors had confirmed the launch of the Beat Diesel for the month of June. However the company has postponed it to July, 2011. The reasons for the delay are unknown but could the recent strike at its manufacturing facility be the reason for this delay? We are unsure, but we sure hope that with [...]

Avid Motorbeam reader Harshad spotted the upcoming Chevrolet Beat Diesel at Nal Stop, Pune yesterday. An American was sitting on the front passenger seat and measuring some parameters on the computer. Maybe GM is fine tuning the mileage (expected to be around 25 kmpl) to beat the recently launched Tata Indica eV2 which is currently [...]

General Motors has announced that the their upcoming 1.0 liter diesel engine will go into production in June, 2011. The engine has been developed by GM’s Torino Engineering Center and supported by engineers from GM India. The 1.0-liter turbo-diesel engine will be manufactured at GM India’s Talegaon plant in Maharashtra and will be launched on [...]

The upcoming Chevrolet Beat diesel is being tested rigorously as the launch of the smallest diesel car approaches. Spied near Fatehgunj in Vadodara, the Beat diesel will be powered by a 936cc 3-cylinder common rail diesel motor (Fiat 1.3 Multijet unit with one cylinder removed). The 1.0 liter TCDi mill in the Beat diesel produces [...]

General Motors plans to unveil the Chevrolet Beat EV in April, 2011. The Beat EV is a never seen before vehicle and has been built by GM’s Bangalore research center after its partnership broke up with REVA. The Beat EV won’t be launched any time soon as the vehicle is under concept stage and the [...]

General Motors will launch the Beat diesel in June, 2011. The Beat diesel will feature a 1 liter engine which has been developed by GM India and GM Europe. The engine will be only manufactured in the Talegaon plant only, in the whole world. GM has invested $230 million for the diesel plant which has [...]

GM India has launched the Chevrolet Beat LPG priced at Rs. 4.10 – 4.53 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai). Unlike the regular Venturi-type kit that has been ruling the market till now, the new LPG Beat comes with Advanced Multipoint Sequential LPG Injection Technology type kit which delivers an ARAI certified mileage of 13.29 kmpl. The Beat [...]

The Chevrolet Spark (Beat in India) Z-Spec concept, introduced at the 2010 SEMA Show, magnifies the sporty appearance, stance and driving experience of the upcoming new car with a racing-inspired ground effects kit, rear spoiler, larger wheels and more. The Z-Spec concept demonstrates a cohesive design with a family of factory-engineered accessories and the best [...]

Spy time again. This time the Chevrolet Beat LPG was spied near the Mumbai – Pune highway, on its way to Pune for testing and certification from the ARAI. Two top end LT variants were seen bearing the LPG compliance plates and the LPG sticker on the front and rear windshields. The Beat LPG will [...]