To bo še zanimivo. Tudi ruski GAZ je zainteresiran pomagat Magni pri nakupu Opla.
Russian carmaker GAZ (GAZA.RTS: Quote, Profile, Research) is reviewing an invitation to join a group bidding for General Motors' (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) European business, centred around Opel, a German newspaper reported, citing a GAZ spokesman.
Debt-laden GAZ is a partner of Canadian auto parts maker Magna (MGa.TO: Quote, Profile, Research), which is vying against Fiat (FIA.MI: Quote, Profile, Research) to buy GM's European business.
The Handelsblatt newspaper quoted a GAZ spokesman as saying GAZ would not contribute any financing to the takeover but would instead provide manufacturing facilities in Russia plus a sales and service network in the former Soviet Union.
http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssFinan ... 5920090506Druga novica pa je, da bo Buick dobil svojo verzijo nove Astre. Kot piše Leftlanenews, bo avto oblikovno prilagojen potrebam ameriškega trga in tudi proizvajan tam. Tudi če GM proda Opla, bo obdržal pravice do obstoječih dizajnov in njegove tehnologije, ki je v lasti GM Europe. Torej bo novi lastnik Opla dobil samo pravico do uporabe imena, tovarne in delavce?
General Motors will cut ties with its Saturn brand by the end of the year, but that won’t mark the end of Opel vehicles in the United States. Saturn currently stands as GM’s Opel import division, but that responsibility will soon switch over to Buick.
Although rumors of an Opel-ized Buick have been swirling for some time now, GM’ Product Board has officially signed off on the plan, according to GM Inside News. However, the first Opel-sourced Buick product will not be based on the Antara (Saturn Vue) or Insignia as first thought, but rather the Astra hatchback.
The Saturn Astra hasn’t exactly set the sales charts on fire, but GM is hoping for a different outcome when Astra switches over to the Buick brand. Unlike the current Astra, Buick will be getting an all-new model designed with the U.S. market in mind.
The new Astra will roll into Buick dealers in late 2011 as a 2012 model, although the Buick version won’t likely wear the Astra nameplate. In order to keep costs in line – a major problem with the Saturn Astra – GM will produce the Buick Astra in North America. GM has yet to officially decide on a production location, although the company’s Lordstown, Ohio and San Luis Potosi, Mexico plants are the early frontrunners. It remains unclear if both the three- and five-door variants of the Astra will make it into Buick’s lineup.
Although there has been a lot of talk about GM’s plan to sell Opel, that decision won’t affect future Opel-sourced Buick. GM is actually looking to sell Adam Opel, not GME Europe AG. GM Europe owns the rights to all of Opel’s designs and engineering, regardless of what happens to the Adam Opel brand.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/buick-to-ge ... -2011.html
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