The Chevrolet Spin MPV has been spotted testing in Bangalore.
The Chevrolet Spin MPV has been spotted testing in Bangalore. General Motors has its R&D centre in Bangalore. It was entering a building in ITPL, Whitefield where the General Motors design team was present.
The Spin MPV was showcased at an event in Delhi in July. It was shown along with Trailblazer SUV which will be launched soon. But the car snapped in Bangalore had a camouflage wrap. This may have been done only to confuse the general public. No major exterior changes are expected.
The Spin MPV is 4.36 metres long, 1.73 metres wide and 1.68 metres high. It has a wheelbase of 2.52 metres and a ground clearance of 191 mm. The MPV weighs 1,277 kgs.
The exterior gets the traditional Chevrolet dual front grille which is now flanked by huge bug-eyed headlamps, body coloured bumpers with round fog lamps and wrap around tail lamps. The roof gets roof rails for extra practicality. On the inside, the dashboard gets a beige and brown dual tone theme. The feature list includes a music system with USB, AUX-in and Bluetooth. The music system and the Bluetooth function can be controlled using steering mounted controls. The MPV can seat seven people in a 2+3+2 configuration and the seats are upholstered in fabric.
The Spin MPV will be powered by a 1.3 litre Multijet diesel that will be sourced from Fiat. It will produce 74 bhp at 4,000 rpm and 190 Nm of torque between 1,750 rpm and 2,500 rpm. It will be mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. With a growing interest in automatic cars, Chevrolet may also introduce an automatic transmission variant.
The American company will be looking to localise production as much as possible to keep costs down and price the MPV competitively. It will sit above the Enjoy MPV and will rival the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, Honda Mobilio, Renault Lodgy and the Toyota Innova which is the best selling vehicle in the segment. The Spin will be launched sometime next year or maybe even early 2017.
The Chevrolet models on sale currently are the Spark, Beat, Sail, Sail hatchback, Enjoy, Cruze, Captiva and the Tavera. They will soon be joined by the Trailblazer which will be launched on the 20th of October.
Source – Team-BHP
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