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GM To Build Corsa Based Opel & Chevrolet Compact SUV’s In Antwerp
GM plans to present an all-new compact SUV/Crossover based on an extended Opel Corsa platform in 2009/2010, offered both, in Opel and Chevrolet flavours and built in GM’s Antwerp site in Belgium. According to German newspaper, Automobilwoche, the compact SUV/Crossover will be available in FWD and 4WD versions and placed under the Antara and Captiva in Opel’s and Chevrolet’s line-up respectively. Although a long shot, Chevy’s version could be inspired from the New York Show Trax concept featured in the photo. The news comes about month after GM announced that the next generation Opel Astra, due in 2010, wouldn’t be built at the Antwerp site in Belgium, thus raising several questions about the plant’s future that currently employs 4.500 people. Even though GM plans to cut 1.400 jobs by the end of the year, the decision to build the compact SUV/Crossovers in Antwerp means the plant will continue to operate until 2016. In this case, something is better than nothing. Via: Le blog auto , Source: Automobilewoche
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Scoop: Opel's New Corsa-based Small Suv Is Gm's Answer To The Nissan Juke
General Motor's Opel / Vauxhall division is preparing its own proposal in the small crossover segment to take on the likes of the Nissan Juke as well as the forthcoming Fiesta Fiesta-based CUV, and here are some spy shots of what will soon slot into...
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Gm To Shut Down Antwerp Plant In Belgium, Announces More Cuts For Opel / Vauxhall
General Motors has turned its focus on its European division as a little after the announcement on its decision to wind down its Saab unit, the U.S. carmaker revealed that it intends to close Opel's manufacturing plant in Antwerp, Belgium, which...
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Report: Gm's Opel Could Build Cars For Other Makers If Acquired By Magna
And the plot thickens... Citing sources close to Magna International, German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' is reporting that if the Austrian-Canadian auto-parts maker wins the battle against Fiat S.p.A. and acquires a controlling stake in General...
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10 Millionth Opel Astra Rolls Off The Production Line
Today, nearly 17 years after the first Astra left Opel’s Bochum plant in Germany on August 12, 1991, the 10 millionth Astra rolled of the company’s production line at the same plant. The commemorative model is a Silver Lightning Astra Station...
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Opel Raises U.s. Saturn Astra Production By 33 Percent
Despite the puny U.S. dollar which is flirting with the 144 mark against the euro (Mon. Oct. 29, 2007), Opel has announced that it will raise production of the American Astras (badged as Saturn) by 33 percent. According to German news agency dpa-AFX,...
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