General Motors unveiled a face-lifted version of the Beat at Chevrolet’s centennial anniversary celebrations at Detroit, USA.
The second-generation Beat gets new front and rear fascia with re-profiled front and rear bumpers, reshaped honeycomb grille that houses a slightly bigger Chevy bow-tie emblem, new fog lamps and modified headlamps and brake lamps. It also gets new outside rearview mirrors and alloy wheel design. The company claims the interiors have received a mild update as well.
The bigger news is that GM has revealed a new global engine family, the Ecotec, that will power the Beat and the rest of its models worldwide. This engine family has motors ranging from 1 litre to 1.4 litres and will have a three- and four-cylinder setup. This new range will replace all petrol engines in the GM line-up from 1-litre to 1.8-litre displacements. Some versions will include direct injection, turbo-charging and also twin-cam technology. Engine production will be carried out at multiple plants and components will be exchanged internationally. GM will manufacture as many as two million engines of the new family per year globally.
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