-
Recent Posts
- Trump Tariff Flops – December Goods Trade Deficit Up $15.7B
- Tennessee Triumph – VW Workers Ratify UAW Contract!
- Sting Operations Hit ~550 CDL Training Schools
- Average Gallon Price for Gasoline Drops Slightly, But…
- February 2026 U.S. Vehicle Sales Forecast is Down Again
- Sustainable Energy in America – Mixed Progress in 2025
- GM Canada – C$63M Outlay in Oshawa Assembly
- EV Owner Satisfaction at New High Amid Sales Slump
- Audi Revolut F1 Team and Fanwear Launched
- Toyota bZ Woodland Mid-Size SUV EV Priced at $45,300
- CAFE Regs Intact Post Trump Endangerment Finding Repeal
- First Look – 2027 Volkswagen Atlas Prototype
- Park Outside – More Jaguar I-PACE Battery Fire Recalls
- Magna Posts 2025 EBIT of $2,364 Million
- Trump’s EPA Kills Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
Recent Comments
- Michigan Governor Whitmer on Pew – Confidence in Trump Dips, Fewer Support His Policies
- Porsche Motorsport Daytona Victory on Daytona 24 Hours – Old and New Stars Getting Ready to Run
- UAW Ford Department Director VP Laura Dickerson on Trump's Ford Plant Visit on Whitmer Stands in Stark Contrast to Trump at Detroit Auto Show
- Ken Zino on Ford Fuel Injector Leak Recall Now at ~694,000
- Laverne Oliver on Ford Fuel Injector Leak Recall Now at ~694,000
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: opel vauxhaul
General Motors Revises Opel Supervisory Board. European Reorganization, Layoffs and Plant Closures Imminent?
The Opel Board, as well as GM’s Board of Directors, has the task of returning GM’s European Operations to sustainable profitability, after years of stopgap measures by previous GM management teams that did not accomplish this. Further cost cutting is needed, which likely means politically contentious plant closures. On a Q3 earnings phone call with reporters earlier this month, CFO Amman said that nothing would be ruled out to return Opel to profitability. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy, financial results, news, people, results
Tagged auto informed, auto news, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, eu, GM, Ken Zino, opel, opel board, opel supervisory board, opel vauxhaul, zino
Leave a comment
Karl-Friedrich Stracke Confirmed as Opel Vauxhall CEO
Last year the German government – facing a taxpayer revolt and big deficits that foreshadowed the current budget turmoil in the United States – refused to provide €1.1 billion in subsidies that GM wanted for Opel, saying the company had enough cash to keep Opel running. Continue reading
Posted in auto news
Tagged auto informed, auto news, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, daewoo, gm europe, karl-friedrich stracke, Ken Zino, nick reilly, opel, opel ampera, opel vauxhaul, zino
Leave a comment
Opel Shuts German, Spanish plants for Japanese Parts Shortage; Management Shifts as Stracke Returns as Opel CEO
There is a certain amount of friction between Opel and Chevrolet factions inside GM as both brands compete for the same customers, and Chevrolet increasingly turns to GM’s Korean subsidiary Daewoo as a source for small cars that Opel once designed exclusively. Opel’s future is clearly as a regional European brand in a market where it is struggling. Continue reading
