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- More carmakers to offer stop-start; VW, Opel and Toyota consider technology to help reduce CO2 emissions.(News)
- Byline: Jason Stein Volkswagen, Opel and Toyota soon could join Citroen and BMW in selling cars with fuel-saving stop-start. "Our prediction is that in five years start-stop may be as common as ABS or electronic stability control," Wolfgang Steiger, ...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Icy Winds at Opel, Saab Under Whitacre
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika GruberFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - The abrupt dismissal of General Motors GM chief Fritz Henderson by Chairman Edward Whitacre stoked fears on Wednesday of deeper staff cuts at its European arm Opel and the possible liquidation of Saab.Auto industry expert Stefan Bratzel expected Whitacre to slash...
- News items 2009-12-02
- GM Offers Opel Workers Vague Assurances
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Sarah MarshRUESSELSHEIM/BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM dashed hopes on Tuesday that Opel would play a greater role within its vast empire and only offered vague assurances that Detroit would lengthen the leash on its rebellious European carmaker.Separately, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned GM...
- News items 2009-11-10
- GM Offers Opel Workers Words, Not Freedom
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Sarah MarshRUESSELSHEIM/BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM dashed hopes on Tuesday that Opel would play a greater role within its vast empire and only offered vague assurances that Detroit would lengthen the leash on its rebellious European carmaker.Separately, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned GM...
- News items 2009-11-10
- GM Offers Opel Workers Words Instead of Freedom
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Sarah MarshRUESSELSHEIM/BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM dashed hopes on Tuesday that Opel would play a greater role within its vast empire and only offered vague assurances that Detroit would lengthen the leash on its rebellious European carmaker.Separately, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned GM...
- News items 2009-11-10
- GM CEO Starts Opel Charm Tour at HQ
- By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson began his bid to win Germany over to his decision to keep the Opel unit, with government cash for its restructuring, while some said it wasn't budgeting nearly enough for the job.Berlin, which had brokered a deal for Canada's...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Russia and Germany Shaking Down U.S. Taxpayers on Opel
- Boy, are they steamed in Russia and Germany today about General Motors backing out of selling its Opel unit to Canadian auto-parts maker Magna International and Russian lender Sberbank. Ever-menacing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claims GM's board isn't empowered to nix the deal and German unions...
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- GM CEO Starts Opel Charm Tour at Ruesselsheim HQ
- By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors GM Chief Executive Fritz Henderson was due in Germany on Monday to start talks aimed at soothing workers' tempers over the carmaker's plan to reorganize European arm Opel on its own.GM plunged Opel into turmoil last week by reversing its plan to sell...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Opel - Autonomy a Condition For Talks
- FRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - Opel's top German labour leader said on Sunday he was willing to hold negotiations over a restructuring of the European carmaker under its parent General Motors GM so long as it gains greater independence.Klaus Franz was shocked last week when GM's board abruptly dropped plans to...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Opel Unions See Autonomy as Condition to Talks
- FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Opel's top German labor leader said on Sunday he was willing to hold negotiations over a restructuring of the European carmaker under its parent General Motors GM so long as it gains greater independence.Klaus Franz was shocked last week when GM's board abruptly dropped plans to sell...
- News items 2009-11-08
- GM Still Wants State Aid For Opel Restructuring
- FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors reiterated on Friday it wanted state aid to help restructure European arm Opel after Germany's economics minister said the carmaker would not ask European taxpayers for help.The topic is politically sensitive ever since GM reversed a decision to sell a majority stake in Opel to...
- News items 2009-11-13
- GM Still Wants State Aid For Opel
- By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika GruberFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM reaffirmed on Friday it wants state aid to help overhaul European arm Opel after a newspaper quoted GM's chairman as saying the U.S. carmaker will not ask German taxpayers for help.The topic is politically sensitive since GM this...
- News items 2009-11-14
- GM Says 10,000 Jobs Could Go in European Shake-up
- LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker General Motors could cut between 9,000 and 10,000 jobs as part of its restructuring of its European operations, Nick Reilly, interim head of GM's European business, said on Tuesday.The company must reduce its production across Europe by between 20 and 25 percent as part of...
- News items 2009-11-17
- GM Regains Full Control of Opel
- BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM has regained full control over Opel after paying back a 1.5 billion euro (1.37 billion pound) emergency loan including interest, dissolving a trust that held a 65 percent stake in the European carmaker."The shares in Adam Opel GmbH were returned to GM," the...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Saab customer loyalty may not be enough to escape closure
- Saab owners, according to a study, have the greatest "psychological involvement" with their cars. But for General Motors, the time for emotional attachment is over. Despite Saab's loyal following, in two decades of GM ownership it has had one profitable year. Sales dropped below 100,000 last year, and US...
- External links 2009-11-25
- GM Pays Back Germany, Lowers Job Cuts
- By Tom Kaeckenhoff and Erik KirschbaumDUESSELDORF/BERLIN (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM has paid back a loan from Germany and slightly lowered its target for job cuts at struggling European unit Opel.Nick Reilly, the boss brought in from GM's thriving Asian operations to help revamp Opel, told reporters in Duesseldorf...
- News items 2009-11-24
- GM Pays Back Germany, Signals Fewer Job Cuts
- By Tom Kaeckenhoff and Erik KirschbaumDUESSELDORF/BERLIN (Reuters) - General Motors GM has paid back a loan from Germany and slightly lowered its target for job cuts at struggling European unit Opel.Nick Reilly, the boss brought in from GM's thriving Asian operations to help revamp Opel, told reports in Duesseldorf on...
- News items 2009-11-24
- GM prepares to outline Opel strategy
- European government officials said they expected General Motors to outline a strategy for its Opel unit within days, and made plans to discuss the re-structuring in depth in the first week of December.After a meeting organised by the European Commission, European Union industry ministers said they had "agreed to...
- News items 2009-11-23
- GM to Present Plan to Fix Opel This Week
- By Philip Blenkinsop and John O'DonnellBRUSSELS (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM will present a plan to European governments to save struggling carmaker Opel within days, a rescue set to cost 3.3 billion euros (3 billion pounds), those involved in talks said on Monday.GM this month backtracked on plans to...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Germany Presses GM on Opel Plans
- BERLIN (Reuters UK) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble pressed General Motors GM on Sunday to shed light on its plans for Opel and said the U.S. group had a responsibility for workers at its European unit.A GM executive said on Thursday the carmaker will present a new viability plan...
- News items 2009-11-22
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