General Motors to hike car prices from October 1

General Motors India will increase prices of all its models from October 1 to offset the impact of rising input costs and currency fluctuation.

The company sells a range of models starting from entry level small car Spark to the high-end sports utility vehicle Captiva in the Indian market.

"The details, such as quantum of hike, are still being evaluated but we have decided to increase the prices of all our models from October 1 due to high input costs, currency fluctuation and freight costs," General Motors India Vice President P Balendran said.

The prices of the company's vehicles start at Rs 2.85 lakh for Spark and go up to Rs 24.6 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) for the Captiva.

General Motors's decision comes three days after Honda and Maruti Suzuki announced plans to increase prices of their respective products. Both cited rising input costs and impact of adverse currency movements as the reasons for the price hike.

While Honda Cars India will raise the prices of its three models - Brio, Jazz and City - by up to 2.6 per cent with effect from October 1, Maruti also said it would hike the prices within a week and was working out the details.

With inputs from PTI