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No Deal Brexit to Cost UK Auto Sector £9 Billion Per Year

Posted on 14 December 2018 by Ken Zino

It’s not only angry Trump voters who are self-destructive, the UK under the Brexit fiasco is about to lose £9 Billion a year due to a conservative Republican-like temper tantrum that will materially hurt middle class workers, as well as society as a whole. Continue reading →

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General Motors Sells Opel/Vauxhall to PSA Group for €2.2B

Posted on 6 March 2017 by Ken Zino

The deal includes all of Opel/Vauxhall’s automotive operations, comprising Opel and Vauxhall brands, six assembly and five component manufacturing facilities, one engineering center (Rüsselsheim, Deutschland) and approximately 40,000 employees. GM will retain the engineering center in Torino, Italy. Continue reading →

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GM to Announce Sale of Opel/Vauxhall this Monday with Investors’ Call and a Press Conference

Posted on 4 March 2017 by Ken Zino

If the deal goes through, it would mean GM’s presence in Europe would be limited to niche sales of Cadillac, and Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette models – all of them exports. PSA is the third largest automaker in Europe behind Renault. Volkswagen Group leads in Europe PSA Group’s sales were 1,930,000 vehicles and increased by 3.6% in 2016. In 2016, global sales increased by 5.8%, to 3,146,000 units. Continue reading →

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Meeting: IG Metall, Opel Works Council, PSA Group on GM Selling Opel/Vauxhall

Posted on 21 February 2017 by Ken Zino

There is, of course, a large amount of ceremonial ritual about takeovers. The acquired are treated differently once they are in the harem. Remember the merger of equals between Chrysler and Daimler, when Daimler basically took over the company and stripping assets on the way. Beijing Jeep in the world’s largest car market is now building Mercedes-Benz models. Continue reading →

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GM Sells Peugeot Shares. Claims Strategic Alliance Lives

Posted on 12 December 2013 by Ken Zino

As GM was issuing its statement, PSA shares in Paris were sinking after the automaker said more write-downs are coming with perhaps the need to raise more capital. GM has already written of part of its investment in PSA and it is clearly cutting its losses, with another write-down likely to follow in its Q4 results. Peugeot is trading at $15 a share, down from $30 in 2012. Continue reading →

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