General Motors has today named Karl-Friedrich Stracke CEO of Opel/Vauxhall, effective April 1. He succeeds Nick Reilly in the post, although Reilly remains in overall charge of GM's European operations.
Karl-Friedrich Stracke will be Opel's fifth head within the last decade. The timing of Stracke's appointment is surprising because current CEO Nick Reilly has done a good job.
New car registrations in Europe rose for the first time in 11 months as demand from consumers in Germany and France fueled sales at manufacturers including Volkswagen and GM's Opel unit. Registrations in the region advanced to 1.
New car registrations in Europe rose for the first time in 11 months as demand from consumers in Germany and France fueled sales at manufacturers including Volkswagen and GM's Opel unit. Registrations in the region advanced to 1.
Opel/Vauxhall dealers will get new showroom standards designed to strengthen the brand's identity.The General Motors Co. subsidiary wants to sharply increase brand value and position the marque more exclusively within multi-brand dealership
Opel foresees an operating profit this year, its top executive says. "Our internal target is to be profitable this year before restructuring charges," said Nick Reilly, president of GM Europe.
Opel foresees an operating profit this year, its top executive says. "Our internal target is to be profitable this year before restructuring charges," said Nick Reilly, president of GM Europe.
Job cuts at Opel will be less severe than expected, the automaker's union boss said. "We will cut fewer jobs than planned," Klaus Franz, who is also an Opel supervisory board member, told Automotive News Europe.
A "brand campaign on wheels" is how Opel marketing chief Alain Visser describes getting the word out on the new Ampera, the company's Chevrolet Volt-based range extender electric car due to be launched in Europe later this year.
Dan Akerson and Nick Reilly's double act came as something of a surprise in Geneva this week.
Strong Jeep and Ram brand sales propelled Chrysler Group sales to a 13 percent gain in February from a year earlier, to 95,102, for the carmaker's 11th straight monthly increase. The rise lagged the industry's February gain of 27 percent.
Opel/Vauxhall parent General Motors has mounted a spirited defence of its subsidiary's disappointing fourth quarter performance that saw the European automaker post negative numbers.
A decision has still to be made on whether General Motors Europe's Opel/Vauxhall Ampera, with its revolutionary range extender drivetrain, will be made in the UK. But, if it gets the go ahead, it will not go onto the Ellesmere Port production lines for some years yet.
General Motors will put the range extender system used in the Chevrolet Volt and the European Opel/Vauxhall Ampera clone into other vehicles in the future as part of its green assault on the car market.
Opel/Vauxhall will offer an eight-year warranty for the battery system on its new Ampera plug-in hybrid.
Opel/Vauxhall has set itself an ambitious target of becoming profitable this year, despite poor fourth quarter results.
Opel/Vauxhall has set itself an ambitious target of becoming profitable this year, despite poor fourth quarter results.
Ford touts a "dramatic" new door concept for its new B-Max minivan. The B-Max has no B pillar and comes with twin sliding rear doors.
Development of the next-generation Opel/Vauxhall Antara will move to Opel's Ruesselsheim headquarters from South Korea and production of the compact SUV might also switch to Germany.
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