Chevrolet will stop sales in India and South Africa
- After deciding to withdraw from the European and the Russian market, the Chevrolet brand (the largest brand in the General Motors group: 4.18 million worldwide sales in 2016) has announced that it will also withdraw from the Indian and South African markets. In 2016, Chevrolet sold only 29,000 cars on the Indian market (with a total market of 3.67 million units) and 20,000 cars on the South African market (out of total sales of 520 000 units).
- In both markets, Chevrolet has small assembly plants (one in India and one in South Africa).
- In India, the Talegaon plant (59,000 units produced in 2016, mainly Spark) will continue to manufacture vehicles for foreign markets (this proportion will increase from 50% to 100% of units produced) pending a possible sale to another manufacturer (which GM prefers to factory closure).
- In South Africa, the Port Elizabeth plant (22,000 units produced in 2016) will cease manufacturing Chevrolet models. It will be sold to Isuzu, which already owns half of the plant, through a local joint venture. Isuzu will continue to manufacture mid-size pickups there.
- In addition, Chevrolet will sell its shares in Isuzu to a joint venture in East Africa and withdraw from this part of Africa. All these decisions will take effect before the end of the second half of 2017.
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