Vauxhall

2012 PARIS AUTO SHOW

Opel prices Adam below Fiat 500, Mini

Sept. 27, 2012 09:40 CET
Opel/Vauxhall has priced its new Adam minicar just under its main rival, the Fiat 500. Opel/Vauxhall says the entry-level Adam will cost 11,500 euros ($14,870) in Germany when it goes on sale in January. The cheapest Fiat 500 starts at 11,600 euros.... Read More »

 

GM backs Opel as Europe chief Girsky pledges turnaround at carmaker

Sept. 11, 2012 09:29 CET
For GM's Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, it's time to prove himself at Opel/Vauxhall. As a GM director, Girsky opposed the sale of the unit in 2009 and now as head of European operations, he is taking direct responsibility for making that decision work, and he's committed to fixing the carmaker.... Read More »

 

Opel revisits mid-size convertible sector with the Cascada

Sept. 11, 2012 06:01 CET
Opel/Vauxhall will enter its third new segment in less than a year when it launches the mid-size Cascada convertible in early 2013.... Read More »

 

Opel will reduce production in two German plants

Aug. 23, 2012 13:58 CET
Opel/Vauxhall, the European unit of U.S. automaker General Motors, said it would halt production for a total of 20 days at its main factory in Ruesselsheim and its engine plant in Kaiserslautern between September and the end of the year.... Read More »

 

Opel's new design boss leaves GM

July 30, 2012 09:17 CET
Opel/Vauxhall's designated design chief, Dave Lyon, has left parent company GM less than a week before taking up the post. Lyon's departure adds to management turmoil at Opel as the unit struggles to restructure its operations.... Read More »

 

Opel picks Thomas Sedran as interim CEO

July 17, 2012 13:06 CET
Opel has appointed Thomas Sedran as its interim CEO. The former restructuring consultant will serve as the money-losing GM unit's boss until a permanent chief executive is found, Opel said.... Read More »

 

Opel says its new Adam minicar is aimed at 'trendy, urban' buyers

July 11, 2012 14:51 CET
Opel/Vauxhall released pictures of the company's new Adam minicar, saying it has packed the model with features aimed at attracting "trendy urban customers."... Read More »

 

COMMENTARY

Should General Motors and Ford pull out of Europe?

June 25, 2012 06:01 CET
Do General Motors and Ford Motor still need to compete in Europe? Do they really need to keep building and selling cars in a market that has shifted from being low growth/low margin to no growth/no margin? Why continue losing money in Europe when China is forecast to become a 30 million unit-a-year market by 2020 and U.S. new-car sales are poised to return to 16 million a year much sooner than expected?... Read More »

 

2012 ANE CONGRESS

Opel will make its cars more affordable, CEO says

June 21, 2012 12:14 CET
Opel/Vauxhall is reversing its upscale pricing strategy and will make its cars more affordable to win back buyers, CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke told the Automotive News Europe Congress in Monte Carlo on Thursday.... Read More »

 

Dynamic executives honored as Automotive News Europe Rising Stars

June 20, 2012 22:00 CET
PSA, Ford, GM, Kia, Volvo and Johnson Controls were among the companies to have an executive named as a Rising Star by Automotive News Europe. Fifteen young and talented leaders were honored for their achievements in this year's awards presented in Monte Carlo.... Read More »

 

General Motors taps Europe design chief to run Cadillac, Buick styling

June 19, 2012 10:09 CET
General Motors is transferring Opel's design chief to the United States to lead Cadillac and Buick styling and is moving the head of Buick and GMC styling to the top design post in Europe.... Read More »

 

GM, Opel union want restructuring plan ready by November

June 14, 2012 13:46 CET
General Motors and German labor union IG Metall have given themselves just over four months to create a "roadmap" to help restructure the money-losing operations of the U.S. carmaker's European brand Opel.... Read More »

 

Opel, union discuss Bochum plant closure

June 13, 2012 18:04 CET
GM's money-losing Opel unit said on Wednesday it was in talks with union representatives to close its factory in Bochum, Germany, when production of its Zafira Tourer minivan runs out. The move would extend operations in Bochum until 2016, a year longer than expected, according a statement from the automaker.... Read More »

 

GM Korea says it won't shift Chevrolet production to Europe

May 24, 2012 12:21 CET
GM's Korea boss says there are no plans to shift production of Chevrolet vehicles from factories in South Korea to Europe, where GM recently announced a restructuring at its Opel subsidiary. There had been speculation that some output could be moved to Germany to replace capacity lost through the transfer of the next-generation Astra to the UK and Poland.... Read More »

 

UK may have offered illegal subsidies to GM for Astra production, report says

May 22, 2012 12:43 CET
The UK government may have offered illegal subsidies to General Motors to secure production of the Astra compact at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, a German news agency reported, citing Opel's labor chief Wolfgang Schaefer-Klug.... Read More »

 

Future of Opel's Bochum plant still uncertain

May 21, 2012 12:18 CET
The future of Opel's factory in Bochum, Germany, remains uncertain after CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke gave no guarantees that the plant will escape closure under restructuring to end losses at General Motors Co.'s European division.... Read More »