Opel City Car to Have an Electric Version
29 Apr 2010, 07:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The upcoming Opel/Vauxhall city car, which is scheduled to enter the market in late 2012, will have its design finalized by the end of May 2010, as autocar reports, citing Nick Reilly, the Head of G...
Opel/Vauxhall's Viability Plan Moving Forward
14 Mar 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last month, Opel/Vauxhall’s CEO presented the carmakers’ viability plan, a scheme aimed at ensuring their financial crisis survival and their return to profit in the future. The measu...
Opel CEO Brings Ampera to Geneva
2 Mar 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A few days ago, Opel has revealed through a press statement that a first prototype of the production Ampera will be driven to the 2010 Geneva Auto Show through a journey that started at Opel's ...
Opel Unveils Plan for the Future
9 Feb 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel/Vauxhall CEO has just unveiled the so-called "Plan for the Future" that is expected to help the two automakers survive the crisis and even return to profit. To get straight into de...
Opel CEO to Announce Revival Plan Today
9 Feb 2010, 08:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly will hold a press conference today at 11 o'clock CET to announce his new plans for the German brand and its British sister Vauxhall. Entitled "Plan for the Fu...
UK and Germany Consider Potential State Aid for GM Europe
6 Feb 2010, 19:50 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Following GM’s European branch request for 2.7 billion euros in state aid either as loans or loan guarantees, British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and German Economy Minister Rainer Brue...
Opel CEO Denies More European Job Cuts
2 Feb 2010, 08:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly said in a statement that there is no plan to go beyond the initial 8,300 job cutting plan in Europe, despite claims from unions that approximately 2,000 more employees ...
Reilly: It's Time for Opel to Be Clear Winner Again
19 Jan 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / If you're one of the ones involved in the Opel business, you surely heard about CEO Nick Reilly's letter submitted to employees last week in which he talks about a number of topics, includ...
Opel CEO Backs GM: Don't Attack It!
19 Jan 2010, 08:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel and Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly announced a few days ago the new management team to revive the two companies, with some members coming from the US to represent GM when making critical decisions. I...
GM Grants 650M Euros to Fund Opel
18 Jan 2010, 09:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After announcing its new management team that is supposed to help save Opel, Nick Reilly also confirmed that General Motors will give the German brand 650 million Euros until the company manages to ...
Opel's Management Team to Be Unveiled Today
15 Jan 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nick Reilly will unveil today Opel's new management team that will be in charge of the revival of the German group. At least, this is what European government and unions are expecting as Reilly...
Opel CEO Promises New Product Offensive
8 Jan 2010, 10:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although Opel used to be one of our favorite subjects, at least ever since General Motors announced its intentions to sell the majority stake, the German manufacturer gradually stepped out of the he...
Opel Restructuring Talks to End in Mid-February
18 Dec 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Talks on Opel's future are continuing but restructuring negotiations are expected to come to an end in mid-February, Opel's labor leader Klaus Franz told Reuters. Franz revealed that the t...
Opel/Vauxhall CEO: 2010 Might Be Rough
18 Dec 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Both Opel and Vauxhall are currently going through the most difficult period in their history, with parent manufacturer General Motors looking into ways to turn them back to profit. After scrapping ...
Confirmed: Opel Working on Small SUV and Minicar
17 Dec 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its fight for survival, Opel will direct its efforts towards several new products, including an electric vehicle, a small SUV, a minicar plus a hybrid model, all of these to be launched i...
Opel's New Management Team to Be Unveiled Next Week
14 Dec 2009, 09:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel's saga continues with a new rumor, this time concerning the new management team that is meant to push the company towards a successful future in the auto sector. It is now believed that Op...
Opel Viability Plan Delayed to January
11 Dec 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nick Reilly, currently in charge of Opel and Vauxhall, revealed that Opel's viability plan might be delayed until January, despite the fact that he initially gave assurances the plan will go pu...
GM Europe Needs 3.3bn EUR
6 Dec 2009, 17:05 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Following Saturday’s Conference Call with GM Europe President Nick Reilly, assurances were made that GM won’t cut more or fewer jobs in Germany, regardless of how the German government w...
Reilly: Opel Will Enjoy Authority within New GM
3 Dec 2009, 07:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is still working on the viability plan for Opel and, at the same time, it holds negotiations with all involved parties to ensure the company's success. Following the meeting of t...
New Opel CEO Promises to Act Fast
23 Nov 2009, 08:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nick Reilly, who's working as interim CEO of both Opel and Vauxhall, said in a statement that negotiations with employees, union and government officials are going well and promised to act fast...