It has been just a matter of few months that General Motors launched the hatchback Beat in the Indian market but the overwhelming response of the product has persuaded the company to launch the diesel variant of the product as well.

General Motors India Vice-President P Balendran said that the company is planning to launch the diesel variant of the Beat very soon in the Indian market. It is to be mentioned here that the company as of date produces the Captiva, Optra, Cruze, Aveo, Aveo U-VA, Spark, Beat and Tavera in the country from its manufacturing facilities in Halol in Gujarat and in Talegaon Maharashtra.

While the company's majority of sales were driven by its popular small car 'Spark', the Beat which was launched at the auto expo in the Indian market is currently running on a 30-40 days waiting period.

Moreover, Balendran also mentioned the fact that the company is planning to launch the diesel model in the first quarter of 2011 (calendar year).

However, he also said that there is no plan to add the petrol variant of the Cruze to the portfolio as the diesel variant has already exceeded the expectations of the company.