14 Jan 08
Chevrolet has confirmed that it will put its Beat concept - first seen at the New York Motor Show last spring and now again in Detroit - into production.
The Beat was one of three concepts based around the same platform - shared with the Vauxhall Agila and Suzuki Splash - but with different styling. Chevrolet held an online vote and 1.9m car fans choose the Beat design over the 4x4-lookalike Trax and hot rod-look Groove.
The Beat will go into production in Korea in mid-2009 with a view to global sales; it may even be sold in North America as well as the UK, mainland Europe, India, Korea and Latin America.
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