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GM Design the Next Chevrolet award grabbed by IIT-B

Published On Apr 18, 2011 06:01 PM By Vikas for Chevrolet Beat

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On the 15th of April 2011, a contest was held at IIT Mumbai by one of the renowned auto maker, General Motors. The contest was about designing of the next Chevrolet. John Paul Xavier who is a product design department student of IIT Mumbai managed a top position in this competition. ‘Design the Next Chevrolet’ contest was a big success and brought up many new ideas from the young brains. The event was organized in association with an established car information firm in India. The contest brought up some real unique ideas and concepts for next Chevrolet. The Indian potential was clearly seen in the competition. 

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As reward to this winning concept, John Paul Xavier was awarded with a brand new Chevrolet Beat.  The kick start of this contest was in September 2010 and it received a great positive response from the young brains. More than 1,200 applications were received for the contest.  Addressing the big success of this competition, Mr. Sumit Shawney who is the Vice President in Sales and Marketing and After sales of General Motors commented that in coming time, the designs taken from Asia and India will be employed by the company. He also stated that looking at the current potential in India, more and more companies will establish their design studios in India.

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He was extremely proud to disclose that Chevrolet had completed a successful century in operations. He said that in Bangalore, the company has a well established technical and design set up which is capable of employing a work force of over 2000 engineers in various capacities. At present the small car is available in three variant and the Chevrolet beat price starts from Rs 3,55,000 - Rs 4,66,324 (ex-showroom), New Delhi.

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