GM to launch mini car in India next year

The mini car would be rolled out from the Halol facility and this would get the benefit of excise duty cut for small cars.

Global auto major General Motors on Thursday said that it would launch a mini car in India in the first half of 2007.

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"The mini car would be rolled out from our Halol facility and this would get the benefit of excise duty cut for small cars announced by the government in the 2006 General Budget," GM India President and Managing Director Rajeev Chaba said.

The company also launched a sports car, Chevrolet SRV, with price starting from Rs 6.97 lakh ex-showroom in Delhi on Thursday.