General Motors will unveil the production version of the 2007 Saturn Vue at the Los Angeles Auto Show later this month. The Vue was previewed with the aptly named PreVue concept that was shown at the New York Auto Show. The Vue crossover is expected to be virtually identical top the 2007 Opel Antara (shown), […]

Despite the fact that General Motors’ ‘global’ Kappa-platform sports car is coming to Europe as the Opel GT, it appears that a Vauxhall version will not be making it to the U.K. While Vauxhall’s bosses want to bring the droptop sports car to the U.K., they can’t make a financial case for converting the vehicle […]

Wards Auto is reporting that General Motors has begun aligning its Saturn and Opel brand over the next seven years. By 2014. the plan is for nearly every car in the lineup of each brand will be “interchangeable,” said Carl-Peter Forster, president of GM Europe. In an interview with Wards Auto, Forster said “from now […]

General Motors is planning to bring the Opel Corsa two-door hatch to the U.S. market. Last week at the Paris Motor Show, Bob Lutz, GM’s product czar, confirmed the next-generation Opel Corsa would be sold in the U.S. market. according to Automotive News. Lutz said the new Corsa will “very definitely go to the United […]

Spy photographer’s in Germany caught a prototype of the fourth-generation Corsa’s performance variant, called the OPC, during a testing run. The Corsa OPC will be be powered by 1.6L four-cylinder engine developing 190-hp, and will include a stiffer suspension and a more aerodynamic bodykit. The OPC will be available in the first half of next […]

Saturn’s newest small car, a version of the next-generation Opel Astra, is expected to be on sale in the States sometime after the middle of 2007. The yet unnamed Saturn compact will replace the poorly-received Ion, which will get a brief production reprieve and will be produced through March of 2007.
Saturn has not decided on […]

General Motors plans to import the next-generation Opel Vectra wagon to the U.S. as a Saturn in 2008 or 2009, according to Automotive News reports citing senior GM sources. It will be the second Opel to be imported to the U.S. as a Saturn, joining the Opel Astra, which replaces the Saturn Ion.
The car will […]

In the latest blow to the British auto industry, General Motors Europe looks set to cut 1,000 jobs at its Vauxhall factory in Ellesmere Port.
“It was a long and difficult discussion. We are going to announce the outcome on Wednesday (May 17) after we have informed our workforce,” a GM Europe spokesman said on Tuesday. […]

With buyers waiting several months for the hot-selling Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky, General Motors is considering increasing production of the roadsters “as soon as possible,” according to Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman and global vice president of product development.
“It’s become clear that we need considerably more capacity,” said Lutz. “We are certainly studying a capacity […]

General Motors will pull its Opel subsidiary out of Japan by the end of the year. The company made the decision after continually posting low sales in the country.
Opel has not attracted Japanese buyers, who favor Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen cars if they are thinking import. Opel sold only 1,800 vehicles in Japan last year, […]