Opel to develop all mid-size GM vehicles

kmacleod · 06-01-2004, 12:09 PM

GERMANY: Opel to develop all mid-size General Motors vehicles
01 Jun 2004
Source: just-auto.com editorial team

Germany's Adam Opel will in future develop all of parent General Motors' mid-sized vehicles, Opel's chief executive was quoted as saying.

Full article here:

Just-Auto.com

Ken

*edit* 06/02/04 - Unfortunately Just Auto has removed the main body of this article. Sorry for this problem. - Ken

powervette · 06-01-2004, 01:18 PM

I hope not Cadillac and other much more prestigous brands <_<

akumaknight · 06-01-2004, 01:33 PM

.......wait wait..... one guy? to design all of gms mid size cars? its officall GM wants to go out of bussines....

Their cars allready share the same platform across 3-4 brands, lets make them all be made by the same guy now too....

**Ming** · 06-01-2004, 02:12 PM

Mr. Adam Opel is a very talented guy.

:P

gerardo_zg · 06-01-2004, 02:15 PM

:lol: this thread was discussed before...

chadbarb99 · 06-01-2004, 02:23 PM

WHAT!!!???

Ballistic · 06-01-2004, 02:40 PM

[quote=akumaknight.......wait wait..... one guy? to design all of gms mid size cars? its officall GM wants to go out of bussines....

Their cars allready share the same platform across 3-4 brands, lets make them all be made by the same guy now too.... [/QUOTE]
Please tell me your kidding... being the Internet I have to ask.

Smilingoat · 06-01-2004, 04:07 PM

well, if the cars are only the the single segment of midsize, grand am/impala/centery i say go for it, i see opel sadans on the net (and when i travel) and then i think to my self, "we're getting screwed". opel is a very nice company, it gets rewards all over europe and the cars seem to be well built at a good price, reliable, and very good looking inside and out.

now if they try and take on the monte carlo/boniville/malibu/9-5/9-3 then i think we might see a problem...

**paul8488** · 06-01-2004, 04:18 PM

i love that people are worried already! how's about we wait and see what kinda cars opel can spin off for GM. i guess it's reasonable to assume that GM'll muck this up (aka the CSV's and the saablazer deal), but the 9-3/malibu/G6 show what a little global co-operation can manage. three very different autos. overlapping, but different target audiences.

Smaart Aas Saabr · 06-01-2004, 04:32 PM

And Opel still can't pay the rent!

The Oatman · 06-01-2004, 05:27 PM

The article lacks detail...
If anything they might be talking about future epsilon-like platforms etc (and all the shared components for each platform) Not about the actual design of each model...

By the way... to the previous posters... Adam Opel is the full name of "Opel", it is not a particular GM employee.

stewacide · 06-01-2004, 05:37 PM

**Ming** · 06-01-2004, 05:39 PM

Like Harley Earl, he's come back to design us a good car. :P

johnd89 · 06-01-2004, 05:52 PM

opel can make great cars:
the new malibu platform is great;
the old opel omega was a grat car for its time (caddy catera, monaro, etc).
in the small-medium class it's hard to find better.

akumaknight · 06-01-2004, 10:53 PM

I was being sarcastic, but i still dont really like this idea..

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paul8488 GMI Staff Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: France Drives: 2007 MBK Flipper Scooter Posts: 13,352	i love that people are worried already! how's about we wait and see what kinda cars opel can spin off for GM. i guess it's reasonable to assume that GM'll muck this up (aka the CSV's and the saablazer deal), but the 9-3/malibu/G6 show what a little global co-operation can manage. three very different autos. overlapping, but different target audiences. __________________ *The department of redundancy department.*

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kmacleod 3.8 Liter Supercharged V6 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: AZO Drives: 02 Montana, 88 Fiero GT Posts: 644	GERMANY: Opel to develop all mid-size General Motors vehicles 01 Jun 2004 Source: just-auto.com editorial team Germany's Adam Opel will in future develop all of parent General Motors' mid-sized vehicles, Opel's chief executive was quoted as saying. Full article here: Just-Auto.com Ken edit 06/02/04 - Unfortunately Just Auto has removed the main body of this article. Sorry for this problem. - Ken

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06-01-2004, 01:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
akumaknight 3.5 Liter V6 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 230	.......wait wait..... one guy? to design all of gms mid size cars? its officall GM wants to go out of bussines.... Their cars allready share the same platform across 3-4 brands, lets make them all be made by the same guy now too....

06-01-2004, 02:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
chadbarb99 3.8 Liter Supercharged V6 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 728	WHAT!!!???

06-01-2004, 02:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ballistic 2.4 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 119	[quote=akumaknight.......wait wait..... one guy? to design all of gms mid size cars? its officall GM wants to go out of bussines.... Their cars allready share the same platform across 3-4 brands, lets make them all be made by the same guy now too.... [/QUOTE] Please tell me your kidding... being the Internet I have to ask.

06-01-2004, 04:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
Smilingoat 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Portland OR/ Ketchikan AK Posts: 799	well, if the cars are only the the single segment of midsize, grand am/impala/centery i say go for it, i see opel sadans on the net (and when i travel) and then i think to my self, "we're getting screwed". opel is a very nice company, it gets rewards all over europe and the cars seem to be well built at a good price, reliable, and very good looking inside and out. now if they try and take on the monte carlo/boniville/malibu/9-5/9-3 then i think we might see a problem...

06-01-2004, 05:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
The Oatman 2.0 Liter Supercharged ECOTEC Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 135	The article lacks detail... If anything they might be talking about future epsilon-like platforms etc (and all the shared components for each platform) Not about the actual design of each model... By the way... to the previous posters... Adam Opel is the full name of "Opel", it is not a particular GM employee.

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06-01-2004, 05:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
Ming GMI Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SE Texas Posts: 13,421	Like Harley Earl, he's come back to design us a good car. :P __________________ The Latest: Necromancer A Web Browser for the Commodore 64?

06-01-2004, 05:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
johnd89 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In front of the PC! Posts: 1,960	opel can make great cars: the new malibu platform is great; the old opel omega was a grat car for its time (caddy catera, monaro, etc). in the small-medium class it's hard to find better.

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06-01-2004, 10:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
akumaknight 3.5 Liter V6 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 230	I was being sarcastic, but i still dont really like this idea..

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