India appears to get attention from all car makers recently. After Volkswagen which will build the Up! in India, General Motors has opened a new Design Center in Bangalore. The Indian Designer is the eleventh design studio based abroad for GM and is located at the GN technical Center-India, one of the four technical centers GM owns in the Asia-Pacific region.
The studio, which will initially have about 60 employees, comes at a time when GM is having some success after struggling for years to penetrate the Indian car market thanks to a modified range that take sinto account the local tastes. Until recently GM only offered saloons while Indian market favours compact cars. In 2007, GM has more than tripled its sales over the same period in 2006. In 2008, the American car maker will open its second factory. The current plant manufactures the Chevrolet Tavera, Optra, Aveo, Aveo U-VA, SRV and the Chevrolet Spark. Almost all models are also sold in Europe.
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