OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2012. GM Uzbekistan held a presentation of a new Chevrolet Cobalt car in Tashkent.

The event was attended by representatives of relevant ministries and agencies, General Motors, diplomatic corps, accredited in Uzbekistan, press and television.

As was noted during the presentation, the national automotive industry, founded under the iniative and leadership of President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, has become a symbol of a high creative potential of our nation during the independence period. Strategy of advancement, based on establishment of equal and mutually beneficial relations with authoritative companies of the world, is aimed at production of competitive products of world standards.

Uzbek cars rapidly gained popularity and trust of not only local customers, but in other countries as well. Demand is strengthened by successful set of customer qualities. Developed network of dealerships is a vivid illustration for this. Our cars are exported to many countries of the world. Dealers operate in 104 cities of the CIS.

Uzavtasanoat joint-stock company united over 40 companies, including joint enterprises with South Korean, US, Italian, German, Dutch partners, where cars, buses, trucks and autocomponents are produced.

Uzbek carmakers regularly update and enlarge models’ list based on demand and preferences of customers.

Despite continuing global financial-economic crisis, Uzavtosanoat joint-stock company and its partners from General Motors Corporations decided to produce a new model.

Chevrolet Cobalt – is modern model of automobile, which was developed by global team of General Motors for developing markets. The car will be produced in four specifications.

Cobalt is equipped with four cylinder petroleum engines with the volume of 1.5 liters and power of 106 horse powers. The car has five-step mechanical transmission. The car consumes approximately 6.2 liters of fuel per 100 km. The car will be only model of B class in developing counties, which can be ordered with six-step automatic transmission.

Wide saloon is designed for five passengers. It has comfortable seats. Some models of the car will be equipped with air conditioners, poured disks, audio system, safety pillows, electronic mirrors, etc.

Splendid design, modern security system and dynamic characteristics of Cobalt will allow to increase sales of the company not only in Uzbekistan, but also abrod. According to estimates of specialists, Chevrolet Cobalt will enjoy huge popularity. It is expected that over 120,000 cars of this model a year will be produced by GM Uzbekistan.