News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
GM announced today that it has pulled out of the sale of its Opel and Vauxhall subsidiaries, citing a turnaround in sales and the European car-making division’s importance in the company’s global strategy. Holden sells its Commodore large car...
News Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
| about 1 month ago
General Motors reversed course on Tuesday by abandoning a long-expected sale of its Opel to a group led by Canadian auto supplier Magna and opting to keep the European unit after a year of uncertainty and high-stakes political negotiations.
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
After months of protracted talks, deals with unions and politicking in Europe the sale of General Motors Europe was within a whisker of being signed off. While around 5,500 Vauxhall workers in the UK will wake up today to renewed uncertainty about...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
GM had agreed to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Magna, a Canadian car parts supplier, to raise cash after almost being bankrupted this year. Last night the board of GM met in Detroit, where the carmaker is based, and decided to scrap the plan. It is...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 month ago
The board of General Motors last night sensationally scrapped the sale of its European operations, which include Vauxhall in the UK, after months of tortuous negotiations with national governments and the European Union. The sale to the Canadian car...
News Source: Star Tribune
| about 1 month ago
General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will keep its European Opel unit and restructure it instead of selling a 55 percent stake to Canadian auto parts maker Magna International and its partner, Russian lender Sberbank. GM's board of directors made the...