China tensions open door for Hyundai to buy GM's India plant

Chinese rival Great Wall Motors had sought factory as foothold in growing market

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Employees work inside the General Motors plant in Maharashtra, India, in this 2012 photo. The U.S. automaker has been producing cars for export at the facility in recent years. © Reuters

RYOSUKE HANADA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- General Motors is poised to sell its Indian plant to Hyundai Motor, after a chill in relations between New Delhi and Beijing derailed a deal with a Chinese automaker first announced over three years ago.

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