General Motors India delivered a total of 3,612 new Chevrolet vehicles in April 2015, representing a 1,690-vehicle drop compared to the 5,302 units sold in April 2014.
The automaker continues to blame external factors for the sales drop:
“The overall customer sentiment has not picked up as expected and the rural markets are also facing challenging times. The fuel price hike last night is also expected to impact demand going forward,” said Paramu Balendran of GM India communications.
“We expect the interest rates to be reduced in phases and some of the reform-oriented announcements made by the government to be implemented in a timely manner to aid economic recovery,” added Mr. Balendran.
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GM still blames external forces , well just how low in sales can you go with the present lineup before there are NO SALES ? Who or what is to be blamed then ? GM is so far off the pace in India that it is frankly embarrassing . I see in the picture , rows and rows of what look like Chevy Sparks . Hey , they don’t sell well in North America so what strange logic says that they will sell better in some other country , like India ?? GM’s most terrible failure , ever , is it’s insisting on telling/sending customers what GM wants to sell to them….not necessarily what the customers are buying in their trending marketplace . Old habits die hard , this one is , in my opinion , GM’s worst one ever !!
The spark cannot come too soon, GM will still not introduce the sonic twins, the trax is still not launched, the sail sedan does not have a proper 1.3 or 1.5 liter petrol engine, so the conclusion is that they are just not interested in the Indian market.