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After a lot of talk, GM is beginning to create facts at Opel: The production of Opel’s volume model, the Astra, will be moved from Rüsselsheim to Opel/Vauxhall sites in Ellesmere Port and Gliwice, Poland. This according to reports in Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which receives usually reliable information from Opel’s unions. The union informants [...]
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A day before GM officially announced that the Astra production will be moved to Ellesmere Port, a move that is widely believed to seal the fate of Opel’s Bochum plant, we said that the decision won’t go down well in Germany, and tha... Read Post

Opel green lighted their new convertible. It is based on the current Astra and will be built in their Polish plant in Gliwice, Automobilwoche [sub]. In Gliwice, the car can be built alongside of other Astra models. According to Opel... Read Post

As part of a cost-cutting measure, workers at the Opel/Vauxhall plant at Ellsemere Port, UK, will switch to a four-day week from the current five-day setup. The move is also designed to assist the new Astra model changeover. The pla... Read Post