Following Frech car major Renault, General Motors today opened a design centre in India to support its global operations. The GM India Design Studio in Bangalore will study local product design requirements, as well as contribute to mid-cycle enhancement of its global models and advanced design of future products. With the addition of this studio, General Motors now has 11 such studios across the world. “By 2012, each of our product we make will have contribution from the Bangalore design studio,” and “This is an important step in GM’s growth in this crucial market,” GM India President and Managing Director Karl Slym said. The studio in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, where GM already has a research and development center, will “contribute to the mid-cycle enhancement of existing models and the advanced design of future products,” the company said.