Opel News

Opel is aiming to increase its sales volume in China sixfold to offset the effect of the dwindling European market, chief executive Karl-Friedrich Stracke told Handelsblatt in an... Read more about Opel aims to hike China sales to 30,000 to offset weak European market

Opel is the first ever automaker to use an iPhone to display preselected data from the CAN bus (Controller Area Network) for further analysis. All the electronic control units in the... Read more about Opel launches Astra GTC OPC Power App for iPhone

After having survived a very bad sales drought in Germany, Opel is now preparing to increase its market share to over 10% with the aid of new models like the Mokka SUV and Adam minicar,... Read more about Opel aims to increase its market share to over 10% in Germany

Opel, General Motors Co.'s loss-making European arm, finally got out of its sales slump in Germany as the brand saw its market share increase in May 2012 to 7.9 percent, according to... Read more about Opel ends sales slump, secures 7.9% German market share in May

Opel unveiled the all-new Astra Sedan, the fourth version of its popular model, which joins the five-door hatchback, the Sports Tourer station wagon and the GTC. By the time of its launch... Read more about New Opel Astra Sedan makes its debut

A decision has yet to be made on the potential closure of one of the facilities in the European region owned by Opel/Vauxhall, CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke revealed. He further disclosed... Read more about Opel CEO Stracke: No decision yet on potential closure of Bochum plant

Opel held an extraordinary all-employee meeting today and CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke revealed a plant for returning the company to profitability as quickly as possible. The plan includes... Read more about Opel/Vauxhall CEO Stracke outlines plan for returning the firm to profitability

Opel/Vauxhall denied reports by German media that hundreds of employees at the company’s engineering center in Ruesselsheim, Germany, are at risk of losing their jobs. The Spiegel... Read more about Opel dismisses reports of job cuts being planned at German plant

The changes to be implemented for the European operations of General Motors would be more radical than anticipated, according to a Der Spiegel magazine report. Sources inside Opel told... Read more about PSA to build the next-generation Opel Zafira

Opel may soon return to profitability as labor leader Wolfgang Schaefer-Klug has announced that a deal with management over restructuring may be achieved in two to three months. Opel... Read more about Deal with management over the restructuring of Opel may come in 2-3 months

As you may know already, Opel is working hard on its new small city car and thanks to our German sources we found out some new details. First of all, the name of the car will be Opel Adam... Read more about Opel Adam will debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show

Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke is seeing “many signs of progress” in the business of General Motors' Opel/Vauxhall unit, according to an internal letter that he sent to staff. He said... Read more about Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke seeing many signs of progress

It may take "a while" before Opel, the German unit of General Motors, turns a profit, according to GM CEO Dan Akerson. He also said that he would not rule out shutting down plants as he... Read more about GM CEO Dan Akerson disclosed Opel will take time to generate profit

Opel is considering shifting some production of its Astra compact car to Poland from one of its plants in Germany, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports, citing source privy to the works... Read more about Opel may move production of Astra from Germany to Poland

Opel’s labor leaders gave a warning to parent company General Motors Co. that shutting down one of its oldest factories in Germany would not just ruin the automaker’s image but would also... Read more about Opel’s labor leaders warn GM that it will face huge costs to close Bochum plant

General Motors Co.'s Opel unit is thinking about selling its Eisenach plant in Germany, where it currently manufactures its Corsa subcompact, according to German newspaper Handelsblatt,... Read more about Opel considers selling German plant where Corsa is built

The Vauxhall/Opel Ampera is on a winning streak as it got an award at 13th International Monte Carlo Rally for electric and alternative propulsion cars after having been recently given... Read more about Opel Ampera wins the Monte Carlo Rally for electric and alternative propulsion cars

It’s the 50th anniversary of General Motors Co.'s car plants at Bochum in western Germany and Ellesmere Port in northwest England but the mood is far from festive at these plants amid... Read more about Opel plants’ golden anniversary brings mood far from festive

On July 1, Alfred Rieck will start working at Opel/Vauxhall as its new sales and marketing chief. Rieck is the successor of Alain Visser, who left GM to pursue other business... Read more about Alfred Rieck is the new sales and marketing chief at Opel/Vauxhall

On Wednesday, Opel/Vauxhall's board met while under pressure from parent General Motors Co. to end losses. Meanwhile, thousands of employees in the UK and Germany facilities fear that... Read more about Workers at Opel/Vauxhall’s UK, German plants fear closure as board meets

General Motors Co. Europe President Karl-Friedrich Stracke said that all Opel/Vauxhall plants will be open through 2014 but he said that no actions will be banned in its efforts to post a... Read more about Opel CEO kills rumors, says that plants will be open through 2014

The person appointed as Opel’s new sales and marketing chief is Alfred Rieck, the replacement for Alain Visser, who on March 1 will be the head of global marketing at Chevrolet, Opel's... Read more about Alfred Rieck is Opel’s new sales and marketing boss

The latest small gasoline engine lineup of Opel/Vauxhall is set for launch in September at the Paris motor show in the Junior minicar. Parent company General Motors Co. and its Chinese... Read more about Opel/Vauxhall’s newest small gasoline engine family to debut in September

Opel managers will be presenting a business plan to the company's board on Wednesday that will likely include shutting down two facilities in the European region to slash manufacturing... Read more about 2 Opel plants in Europe may close as part of GM’s plan to cut capacity