It has been learned from the sources that the Indian subsidiary of the American auto major, General Motors is planning to source engines from the Sonalika Group for its multi-purpose vehicle Tavera.

While the move comes in the wake of meeting the improved emission norms in the country, it is believed that a formal announcement regarding the sourcing of Bharat Stage IV compliant engines from Sonalika is likely to be done within this week.

According to the sources close to the development, General Motors India has finalised the deal and signing of the agreement will be carried out within next few days.

However, the VP of GM India, P. Balendran said that the company is currently in discussions with two-three Vendors and a formal decision will be made by the company in the coming few days.

However, the Chairman of Sonalika Tractors, L. D. Mittal declined to comment on the issue. It is to be mentioned here that Sonalika has already upgraded its own utility vehicle Rhino to the new emission norms.

It may be noted here that GM India had to stop selling Tavera in 13 cities, including Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore, as the auto major could not upgrade engines to comply with BS IV emission norms which came into effect from April.