It has been a few years since GM decided to get rid of the european operations and previous sales have fallen through because the German Government would not subsidise the sales and provide capital. if the business is not viable then why should they? Remember the funds that were poured into BMC/BLMC/AustinRover/Rover over the years. it will be sad for the workforce and the loss of employment in the UK manufacturing industry, but maybe Jaguar/land Rover can pick up one of the plants on the cheap... Otherwise look out for the circling chinese vultures. i have had an astra mk1, mk2. cavlier mk2/3/ eqivalents when I worked for opel in switzerland and they have all been mundane cars, and from the parts side, have seen that they were nice little earners for the dealers before pattern parts hit that maket. Sorry to see them go, No, not really.

Opel/Vauxhall used to make great car's and some of their engineering was so simple but very clever but they lost the plot when they dropped the Cavalier and produced the Vectra, along with dropping the Carlton and introducing the Omega, probably two of the worst cars they ever produced. All my Family and myself had all had nothing but Vauxhalls for over 20 years but once the above cars came into the picture reliability went out the window and we all ended up buying different makes !

Seems it's mostly a made-up story. Opel boss Karl-Friedrich Stracke yesterday dismissed the original sale reports, which cited no sources, as “pure speculation” http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/257637/

Edited by Victorbox on 10/06/2011 at 14:39