Chevrolet Beat diesel launched at Rs 4.29 lakh

General Motors on Monday, 25 July, 2011, launched the diesel version of its small car Beat in India, priced between Rs 4.29 lakh and Rs 5.45 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). P Balendran (L), vice president at GM India, and Vikas Jain, director sales of GM India, at the launch of Chevrolet Beat diesel car in Mumbai on 25th July, 2011.

Till now, the company was selling the Beat in petrol and LPG variants.

According to ARAI standards, the Beat diesel gives mileage of 24 kilometres per litre, the company claimed. P Balendran (L), vice president at GM India, and Vikas Jain, director sales of GM India, at the launch of Chevrolet Beat diesel car in Mumbai on 25th July, 2011.

The company launched the diesel car with a 1.0-litre engine, which has been developed specifically for India by GM's Technical Centre in Bangalore, in collaboration with GM Powertrain, Europe.

The all-new 1.0 XSDE SMARTECH Common Rail Diesel engine from Chevrolet has been made exclusively for India. It offers a power output of 58.5 PS and a torque of 150 Nm.

There are nine colour options available for the Chevrolet Beat diesel car.

Its engine is equipped with Launch Support Logic which assists the driver to launch the car on slopes. P Balendran (L), vice president at GM India, and Vikas Jain, director sales of GM India, pose with the Chevrolet Beat diesel car during its launch in Mumbai on 25th July, 2011.