Japan

From 1995 to 2000 Toyota in an agreement with GM sold the third generation model Chevrolet
Cavalier as the Toyota Cavalier in Japan in exchange for the Geo/Chevrolet Prism in an effort to
avoid additional restrictions on their exports to the US. The OHV Chevrolet straight-6 engine was
used and reverse-engineered by Toyota when they created the Toyota Type A engine when GM had
a factory manufacturing GM cars in Japan at Osaka Assembly during the 1920s. In the mid-2000s,
Suzuki imported and marketed the Chevrolet TrailBlazer and the Chevrolet Optra wagon in Japan.
Suzuki, a GM partner, also assembled and marketed the Chevrolet MW microvan. The MW was
originally a rebadged Suzuki Wagon R+ and later a rebadged Suzuki Solio. Suzuki had also
marketed the Chevrolet Cruze subcompact in the past.
Earlier efforts during the 1970s and 1980s saw a partnership with Isuzu and Suzuki, with
the Chevrolet Chevette in the 1970s from Isuzu, and the Suzuki Cultus from Suzuki during the
1980s, which was rebadged as the Geo Metro.
General Motors Japan Limited currently distributes and markets the Sonic, Captiva, Camaro,
and Corvette in limited numbers through an agreement with Yanase Co., Ltd. dealerships. In the
2000s, General Motors Asia Pacific (Japan) had distributed and marketed the TrailBlazer also. As of
2010, Mitsui Bussan Automotive distributes and markets the Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet
Express, Chevrolet HHR, Silverado, and Traverse.
Previously, it had also marketed the Starcraft versions of the G-Van and Chevrolet TrailBlazer.
Mitsui Bussan Automotive had been importing and distributing certain GM models since 1992, but
will cease their GM import business in November 2011, as GM Japan wants to consolidate the
distribution channels. The Chevrolet models that have been imported by Mitsui will no longer be sold
once existing inventories are depleted. Thus there were three distinct distribution channels for
Chevrolet-branded vehicles at one time in Japan.
Malaysia
Chevrolet entered the Malaysian market in 2003, replacing Opel. Between 2003 and 2009, a joint-
venture between GM and DRB-HICOM called Hicomobil, marketed the Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet
Optra, Chevrolet Nabira and Chevrolet Lumina.[41] The joint venture was ended and Naza was taking
over Chevrolet's dealership as Naza Quest Sdn Bhd in 2010. The lineup of Chevrolet cars available
were Chevrolet Sonic, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Captiva, Chevrolet
Orlando and Chevrolet Colorado.
In 2018, Naza Quest Sdn Bhd ceased to distribute new Chevrolet vehicles in Malaysia, but
continues to provide warranty support and aftersales service for existing Chevrolet customers. [42]
Middle East
In the Middle East, Chevrolet-badged cars, trucks, SUVs, and crossovers are sourced from GM
Korea (in South Korea), GM in North America, and GM Holden (in Australia). The Middle Eastern
market has a separate division called Chevrolet Special Vehicles, which (as of December 2007)
sources the high-performance 400 bhp (300 kW) CR8 sedan from Holden Special Vehicles.
The Holden Commodore is badged as the Chevrolet Lumina in the Middle East, as well as South
Africa. The longer wheelbase Holden Caprice was sold as the Chevrolet Caprice in the Middle East.
The Middle East fleet (particularly Saudi Arabia) also includes the likes of Cruze, Malibu and Sonic in
the Sedan category, Captiva in the SUV category, Tahoe and Traverse in the Wagon category and
Avalanche and Silverado in the Truck category.[43]
Pakistan
In Pakistan, Chevrolet introduced its cars in collaboration with a local automobile manufacturer
called Nexus Automotive. The lineup from Chevrolet Pakistan included the Chevrolet
Optra, Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Joy, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet Cruze, and Chevrolet Colorado.
Philippines
Chevrolet has been in the Philippines for a long time, assembling the Chevrolet Bel-Air, Chevrolet
Impala, Chevrolet Malibu and even the 1st generation Chevrolet Camaro by the Yutivo family-owned
General Motors plant.[44] Other than Chevrolets, the plant also
assembled Opels, Pontiacs, Holdens, Buicks, and Vauxhalls for the Filipino market.
GM withdrew from the Philippines in 1985 and returned in the 2000. During Chevrolet's absence in
the market, many cars like the Chevrolet Suburban and the Chevrolet Astro have been imported new
in the country via grey-market and sold to retailers.
Chevrolet's current Philippine operations are under the control of The Covenant Car Company Inc.
[45]
 The company was officially incorporated on July 1, 2009 and assumed business operations on
October 1, 2009.[46]
There are at least 24 dealerships around the country as of 2020. Its current lineup include
the Chevrolet Spark, Chevrolet Sail, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet
Colorado, Chevrolet Trax, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Chevrolet Suburban, and the Chevrolet Tahoe.
In 2018, the Corvette was added to the roster, making it the most expensive vehicle in the lineup. It
is legally imported, as the government has seized and destroyed expensive vehicles that were
bought into the country illegally. [47]
In 2019, the Camaro returned to the Philippines with a 2.0-liter turbo engine at 275 hp and 398Nm to
compete with the Ford Mustang[48] ever since it was introduced in 2010. [49]
South Korea
Many global-market Chevrolet vehicles are designed and manufactured by GM Korea of South
Korea, but they had been sold under the Daewoo Motors brand in South Korea until February 2011.
The Daewoo brand was fully replaced by Chevrolet in March 2011. All Daewoo products relaunched
under the Chevrolet brand, with the release of the Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet
Orlando and Chevrolet Aveo. In 2015, the Impala was added to the lineup as Chevrolet began
importing the American-built sedan to South Korea for the first time. [50] In 2018, Gunsan plant was
shut down on May 31 and VIDAMCO plant in Hanoi, Vietnam was sold by Vinfast in June.[citation
needed]
 Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Orlando was discontinued on May 31. Also Chevrolet
Captiva discontinued in July 2018.Their Best-Selling vehicle is Chevrolet Spark and Chevrolet
Malibu.[citation needed]
Thailand
The American-built Chevrolet Colorado pickup is also manufactured in Rayong, Thailand. Starting in
2003, the Holden Commodore was badged as the Chevrolet Lumina in Thailand for
the VY and VZ model series. Exports lasted until 2005. [51]
General Motors is currently exploring cost cutting options as part of its restructuring plan. One of
these options involve expanding the Rayong, Thailand plant to add additional capacity to export
Colorados to the U.S. This would allow the Shreveport, Louisiana plant to be closed (where the
Colorado is also produced). This scenario is plausible only if a free-trade agreement is signed
between the U.S. and Thailand, as the American tariff on imported pickup trucks from non-FTA
countries is currently 25%. The United Auto Workers is the most vocal opponent to a change in the
tariff structure.
In addition to the Colorado pickup trucks, General Motors began assembling Chevrolet Captiva sport
utility vehicle in its Rayong plant during June 2007. The Thai-assembled Captiva is based on THETA
platform under the program code C100. Also produced at the General Motors' Rayong plant are the
Chevrolet Aveo (launched in September 2009 under the platform T100) and Chevrolet Cruze
(launched in November 2010 under the platform GLOBAL DELTA). [52]
Chevrolet stopped selling its vehicles throughout Thailand in 2020, and sold the Rayong plant to
Great Wall.[53] Aftermarket sales, repairs and warranties will be honored for its Thai customers
through authorized shops.[53]
Production, Retail Sales and Registration of Chevrolet brand in Thailand during 2011 (Units) [54]

Model Production Retail sales Registration

Aveo 10,918 8,344 6,536

Captiva 7,912 6,095 6,071

Colorad
13,014 8,768 9,184
o

Cruze 13,554 8,296 6,129

Uzbekistan
General Motors Uzbekistan, or GM Uzbekistan, became the new name of Uz-Daewoo Auto in March
2008 as part of a new joint venture owned by Uzavtosanoat JSC (75%) and General Motors
Corporation (25%) with a factory in Asaka producing a variety of Chevrolet models.[55] Currently, in
Uzbekistan producing models, such as, Damas (N150), Matiz (M150), Nexia (N150), Spark (M300),
Epica, Malibu and Captiva (SUV).

Australia
Even though the Australian market of today mainly consists of Australia's own automotive
companies alongside European and Asian automobile brands, Australia once had its fair share of
American cars as well.
Bodies for the local assembly of Chevrolets were built in Australia as early as 1918 [56]:11 and by 1926
the newly created General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd had established assembly plants in five
Australian states to produce Chevrolet and other GM vehicles using bodies supplied by Holden
Motor Body Builders.[57] The merger of General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd with the troubled Holden
Motor Body Builders in 1931 saw the creation of General Motors-Holden[58] and the ongoing
production of various GM products including Chevrolet. GMH departed from traditional US body
styles with the release of the Chevrolet Coupe Utility in 1934[56]:4 and the Chevrolet "Sloper" Coupe in
1935.[56]:5 Post-war production recommenced in 1946.[59] From 1949 Australian Chevrolets were to be
locally assembled from components imported from Chevrolet in Canada although local production of
the Coupe Utility body continued until 1952.[60] 1968 was the last full year of Chevrolet assembly in
Australia.[61]
Classic Chevrolet models such as Bel Air, Biscayne, Impala etc., are still found in many states
around Australia. From the early 1970s to the early 1980s the Chevrolet name was also used on
various light commercials in Australia. These ranged from the LUV (a rebadged Isuzu KB) to the
third generation C-series trucks. From 1998 to 2001 the Chevrolet Suburban was sold in Australia as
the Holden Suburban, which is expected to return under the Chevrolet badge with the twelfth
generation models.
Chevrolet and Holden share a number of models and model names including Malibu, Caprice,
Colorado, Volt, Spark/Barina Spark, Sonic/Barina, Cruze, Equinox, and VF Commodore/Chevrolet
SS. The Holden VF Commodore was exported from Australia to the United States as the Chevrolet
SS until Holden ended production in May 2017 during its transition to a distribution platform of
vehicles that are sourced from GM's American and international plants that is expected to badge as
Holden vehicles.[62]
In 2018, the Chevrolet brand returned to Australia and New Zealand with the launch of the Camaro
2SS Coupe and the Silverado 2500HD/3500HD. These vehicles retained the Chevrolet badge and
nameplate, and converted to RHD in Australia. In addition to the relaunch, Holden Special
Vehicles added the Camaro and Silverado to their performance lineup. [63]
With the Holden brand retiring in 2021, GM will continue to export RHD Chevrolet models to the
region under the “General Motors Specialty Vehicle” network, which would expand more American
models in that region.[64] Chevrolet is also looking at making the Camaro part of the V8 Supercar
Series in 2022, where it would succeed the Holden ZB Commodore after its contracts with both
Holden and the teams involved with the series expire in 2021. [65]
In Australia and New Zealand Chevrolet's are often called Chev's as well as Chevy's.

South Africa
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In South Africa, Chevrolet was GM's main brand name until 1982, with a number of Vauxhall
Motors and Holden derivatives being built under the Chevy name from 1965. In the 1970s, the
advertising jingle "braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and Chevrolet"[66] (adapted from the US "Baseball,
Hot Dogs, Apple Pies and Chevrolet") came to epitomise the ideal lifestyle of white male South
Africans. Holden in Australia used the jingle "Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden cars".
Originally, Chevrolets were CKD kits of US models assembled in their plant in Port Elizabeth.
However, since South Africa was right-hand drive and the US was left-hand drive, along with
encouragement by the South African government to use local content, Chevrolets such as
the Biscayne were eventually made entirely in South Africa, along with GM's "own car for South
Africa": the Ranger.
By the 1970s, larger South African Chevrolets were based on Australian General Motors-Holden's
models, the Kommando being based on the Holden Kingswood[67] and the Constantia on
the Statesman,[68] while the smaller Firenza was based on the Vauxhall Viva. The Chevrolet
Nomad sold in South Africa was entirely different from the Nomad sold in America; whereas the
American Nomad was originally conceived as a station wagon version of the Corvette and eventually
became the station wagon version of the Bel Air, the South African Nomad was an SUV of truck
proportions before SUVs were popular. Due to local content laws the cars usually received different
engines than in their home markets.
However, these were replaced by Opel models like the Rekord, Commodore, and Senator, and in
1982 the Chevrolet brand name was dropped in favour of Opel. Because of the political climate at
the time, GM decided to divest from South Africa in 1986, and a local group eventually bought out
GM's South African operations (including the Port Elizabeth plant) and renamed the company Delta
Motor Corporation, which concentrated on Opels, Isuzus, and Suzukis, built under licence.
However, thanks to an improved political climate in the 1990s, GM decided to reenter South Africa,
eventually buying out the whole of Delta. In 2001, the Chevrolet name made a comeback, used on
the Lumina, a rebadged Holden Commodore, and later on, on the Daewoo range of cars. Current
Chevrolets (2013) include the Spark Lite (a rebadged Daewoo Matiz), Spark (a third-generation
Matiz based on the 2007 Chevrolet Beat), Aveo Sedan and Hatch, the Sonic Sedan and Hatch (the
second generation Aveo), Cruze Sedan and Hatch (underpinned by the front-wheel drive GM Delta II
platform), the Lumina Sedan (including the Ute model), the Chevrolet Orlando (a five-door, seven-
seat compact MPV manufactured by GM Korea under the Chevrolet division for worldwide markets),
the Chevrolet Captiva a mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) developed by GM Daewoo (now GM
Korea) the South Korean subsidiary of General Motors (GM) and sold under the Chevrolet brand,
the Chevrolet TrailBlazer (a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the Chevrolet division of
American automaker General Motors and based on a pickup truck chassis in this case the 2012
Chevrolet Colorado), and a pick-up version which was previously based on the Opel Corsa known
as the Corsa Ute; but the current model which in collaboration with GM Brazil who developed it, is
the Chevrolet Utility which is based on the Chevrolet Agila platform (a vehicle developed in Brazil
and built in Argentina).
In 2017, GM withdrew from South Africa, with its truck division and its plant changing hands to Isuzu
while at the same time ending all sales and the dealership network of the Chevrolet brand. GM
worked with both Isuzu and PSA (the new owners of Opel, which GM spun off the division to) to
ensure existing customers receive parts and technical support during and after the company exit the
country.[69][70]