Chevrolet Sail hatchback coming this Dusshera-Diwali
2012 Chevrolet Sail hatchback is paving its way to foray into the Indian car market. Buzz has it that Chevrolet Sail hatchback will be launched in India during the festive season of Dusshera-Diwali. Chevrolet Sail will be a part of B+ segment, this premium hatchback will be placed above Chevrolet Beat hatch. Chevrolet Sail hatchback will rival with the likes of Maruti Swift, Hyundai i20 and Ford Figo. Sail is a replacement of Chevrolet Aveo U-VA hatchback which has been a dud seller in India. The car is not present in the diesel version but even before the demand for diesel powered cars soared, the petrol version of Aveo U-VA was unable to generate volumes and hence the company had to replace it with a fresh model.
The 2012 Sail hatchback is developed by the General Motors Chinese partner SIAC, the hatchback will also be launched in diesel variant along with the petrol version. The lack of diesel version pinched sales of Aveo U-VA which hopefully will not be a problem with Sail hatchback. The competitors of Chevrolet Aveo U-VA had an edge over it as they are proffered in diesel engine also. Having a diesel engine option is extremely important to push sales of any model specially when the difference between diesel and petrol prices has widened so much. General Motors India will offer Chevrolet Sail hatchback with 1.3 litre Jet Turbo Diesel (JTD) mill that the car major developed together with the Italian car maker Fiat. The diesel motor will churn out 74 Bhp of power with a peak torque of 190 Nm. The diesel version will be able to return a staggering mileage of 20 kmpl as certified by the ARAI.
This diesel powertrain will also be used to power Chevrolet’ new MPV, Chevrolet Enjoy. Enjoy is basically a rebadged version of Wuling CN100 MPV. Chevrolet Enjoy MPV would be a seven seater utility vehicle. It will be launched in India in the coming months, however no such date has been declared by the company yet. Chevrolet Sail hatchback will also be offered in 1.2 litre petrol powerplant, this engine would be able to generate maximum power of 82 Bhp and a peak torque of 108 Nm. This engine will be harmonized to a 5 speed stick shift gearbox. The petrol trim will run 17kmpl as certified by the ARAI. The fuel economy figures for both the variants of Sail could vary as the official figures are yet to be announced, which will be done during the launch of Sail in India.
General Motors India will also launch a sedan version of this hatchback, Chevrolet Sail sedan. Chevrolet Sail sedan will be placed in the entry level sedan and will also fight out with other sedans in the same segment like Maruti Swift Dzire, Toyota Etios and Tata Manza. Chevrolet Sail sedan will be a replacement of Chevrolet Aveo sedan which again is a low selling vehicle from Chevrolet’s clan. Therefore the Aveo duo, hatchback and sedan both will be replaced by the Sail twins, the Sail hatch and Sail sedan. The success of these cars will depend on the pricing of these cars, therefore it is important to price these cars aggressively.
The cars as mentioned above will rivals some of the best selling cars in their respective segments therefore right pricing is very important to not just sustain the competition, but also outpace their rivals. As speculated earlier Chevrolet Sail price will be placed above Beat hatchback, however details will be unfolded during the launch time only. Let us keep our fingers crossed and hope that Sail proved to be yet another high selling model for General Motors India.
Reference Box: Browse through Chevrolezt Sail pictures gallery on Carkhabri.com to watch the latest and exclusive images of Chevrolet Sail hatchback. Also read what prospective buyers expect from the hatchback on Chevrolet Sail reviews section.
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