Spyshots: 2010 Opel Insignia OPC
1 Apr 2009, 09:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What we have here are the newest spyshots showing the OPC flavor of the last-generation Opel Insignia, a model that brings several styling and engineering upgrades over the standard Insignia. Just l...
Merkel Visits Opel, Govts Could Buy 29 Percent of the Company
31 Mar 2009, 13:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The German soap-opera Opel is currently involved in continued today with a new episode starring Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and a couple of other officials who visited the Insignia production s...
Aftermarket Agila B by Steinmetz
29 Mar 2009, 14:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While global automakers are still desperately looking for new ways to cope with the economic recession, tuning companies are pretty busy improving their last-generation models and bringing a couple ...
German Vouchers Bring Opel the Best Result in 10 Years
27 Mar 2009, 14:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The automotive market is so unstable that companies that were close to bankruptcy become over night leaders in their segments with thousands of models sold in a very short period. Opel, the German m...
Ford Would Not Be Happy if GM Went Bankrupt in Europe
20 Mar 2009, 15:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford of Europe fully supports the European division of General Motors to get the requested funds and survive the economic downturn, CEO John Fleming told Automotive News Europe. Basically, Fleming s...
GM Europe Hires Berger to Help Save Opel
19 Mar 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The European unit of General Motors hired consultancy Roland Berger to help parent company establish a better survival plant for Opel. More specifically, Roland Berger will assist General Motors in ...
German Officials to Meet US Reps to Save Opel
16 Mar 2009, 15:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Germany's economy minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg will meet with representatives of the United States to discuss the possibilities to help General Motors' brand Opel. According to The ...
Vauxhall Launches ecoFLEX Zafira in the UK
16 Mar 2009, 16:21 UTC · By: Andrei Toma / General Motor's UK brand, Vauxhall, launched the new ecoFLEX Zafira, the latest in the company's ecoFLEX range. The revised vehicle receives a new 1.7 liter diesel engine with combined emi...
Opel Vauxhall Dealers Want to Step In
16 Mar 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The dealers of GM's struggling brands Opel and Vauxhall are considering stepping in and try save the dramatic situation the companies find themselves in. They plan to raise some 400 million eur...
GM to Sell Insignia as a Cadillac
14 Mar 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its attempt to revamp sales in the United States and rely more on European cars and less on large-displacement models having absolutely no interest in reducing CO2 emissions and fuel cons...
Opel's Fate Depends on Detroit 3
11 Mar 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Speaking about Opel's future and about the chances to help the German brand cope with the economic recession, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted state aid will only be approved after the ...
GM Will Meet with EU on Friday the 13th
10 Mar 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No superstition seems to be strong enough to keep European Commission representatives to meet with the ones of General Motors and other stakeholders this Friday. With the future of some 300,000 peop...
Opel Says It May Close German Factories After All
10 Mar 2009, 14:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though several officials clearly stated that Opel does not intend to close any of its production facilities, it may seem like the German brand may actually shut down some plants after all. Acco...
Merkel: Opel Is Not Vital to the Economy
9 Mar 2009, 19:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German chancellor Angela Merkel requires a better survival plan to be forwarded by Opel, but warns that even if it does so and the plan is approved, it is unlikely the aid will come in the form of c...
German Interior Minister: Insolvency Could Be Opel's Only Hope
6 Mar 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a interview for the Handelsblatt business daily that insolvency may prove to be Opel's only chance to remain in business and, even if most pe...
German Govt. Unsatisfied with Opel's Survival Plan
5 Mar 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Representatives of the German government said the company can't make a decision whether to direct the requested funds to Opel as the rescue proposal is "inadequate", Autonews informed...
GM Europe's Bankruptcy Would Mean 300,000 Lost Jobs
4 Mar 2009, 11:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM Europe's failure to save itself from a possible bankruptcy would mean the loss of 300,000 jobs on the continent, affecting the people working in manufacturing plants, suppliers and dealers, ...
2011 Opel Ampera Pictures Galore
3 Mar 2009, 11:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After the fairly limited in details teasers we already told you about, Opel today rolled out full details about the so-called "revolutionary" Opel Ampera. Just as expected, the car incorpo...
Opel Nears Collapse, Needs Immediate Aid
2 Mar 2009, 17:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motors' European subsidiary Opel is sinking ever deeper into the financial turmoil that shakes the automotive industry. The company has now reached the point when it says that without i...
Opel Ampera Official Photo
2 Mar 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Opel already announced two weeks ago or so that its "revolutionary" electrically-propelled Ampera model is going to be showcased at the Geneva Motor Show this month, but all we got was a t...