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• New-Gen Buick Midsizer Flaunts German DNA

  
  Auto Observer — Authority: 629
  General Motors Co.s Buick division today released images and information for the 2011 Buick Regal and is openly billing the new-age Buick as a sport sedan. Given the new Regals origins with GMs second-generation global midsize chassis that was engineered by Adam Opel AG - the Germany-based European division ...
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• New-Gen Buick Midsizer Flaunts German DNA

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 503
  General Motors Co.s Buick division today released images and information for the 2011 Buick Regal and is openly billing the new-age Buick as a sport sedan. Given the new Regals origins with GMs second-generation global midsize chassis that was engineered by Adam Opel AG – the Germany-based European division GM just ...
  9 hours ago

• Opel deal was killed by EU concers, says GM

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 580
  The catalyst for General Motors’ reversal of its decision to sell Opel to Magna International is the Competition Commission’s expressed concern of the German government’s alleged preferential treatment. Continued after the jump! Neelie Kroes, competition commissioner, informed German economy minister ...
  19 hours ago

• GM’s Nick Reilly Will Head Opel On A Temporary Basis

  
  Easy Car Blog — Authority: 448
  General Motors has announced that their executive vice president and head of international operators, Nick Reilly, will take over the Opel and Vauxhall brands. The 59 year old Reilly will take over from Carl-Peter Forster who suddenly quit after he didn’t get his way GM decided to not go with Magna. GM said that ...
  23 hours ago

• For G.M., Work at Opel Includes Mending Fences

  
  DealBook — Authority: 781
  A week after angering German politicians and labor leaders by calling off plans to sell Opel to a group backed by Berlin, senior General Motors executives promised more independence for the European unit.
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• Golden Steering wheel car of the year prizes: SLS AMG supercar of the year

  
  eurocarblog — Authority: 481
  The Car of the Year prizes have been dominated by the Germans with many being awarded one of Autobild’s “Golden Steering Wheel” awards. The Porsche Panamera won the luxury car category, beating the BMW 7-Series and Mercedes S Class , while the medium to large sedan category was won by the Audi A5 Sportback ...
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• General Motors veteran Nick Reilly will lead Opel/Vauxhall

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 580
  While the external search for a new CEO for Opel/Vauxhall Europe is ongoing, Nick Reilly, GM executive vice president and president, GM International Operations, will be responsible for the operations. Carl-Peter Forster had quit last Friday after GM had overturned a decision to sell Opel/Vauxhall unit to Canadian ...
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• GM: Nick Reilly to Temporarily Head Opel and Vauxhall after Carl-Peter Forster’s Resignation

  
  Best Car Ever — Authority: 157
  As many anticipated, General Motors announced today that the company’s executive vice president and head of international operations, Nick Reilly, will take over responsibilities for the operations of Opel and Vauxhall Europe. Reilly, 59, will replace Carl-Peter Forster, who left his position as CEO of GM Europe ...
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• GM Executive VP Nick Reilly named interim CEO at Opel/Vauxhall

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 785
  Filed under: Europe , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , GM , Opel , Vauxhall Its been one heck of a week for Opel. After months of negotiations between Magna and its partners on the one hand and General Motors on the other, the American parent company opted to hold on to its European subsidiary. In the wake of the ...
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• Cuts and closures still loom for Opel

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  General Motors which last week abandoned its planned sale of Vauxhall and Opel will use the shelved deal as a starting point for job cuts and factory closures at Opel.
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• GM yanks back Opel, jerks around German government

  
  Bizmology — Authority: 124
  Fritz Henderson, the president and CEO of General Motors , flew to Germany this week to follow up on GM’s surprising — nay, shocking — decision to take Adam Opel and Vauxhall Motors off the auction block, just weeks after designating Magna International and Sberbank as the preferred bidders for majority ...
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• At Opel, G.M. Executives Try to Mend Fences

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Fritz Henderson, chief executive of G.M., left, with Klaus Franz, the top labor leader at Opel, in the Opel headquarters in Ruesselsheim, Germany, on Tuesday.
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• How A Daewoo Became A Buick Became An Opel Became A Buick Became A Daewoo [New Cars]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 736
  GMs large international operation and the popularity of Buick in China leads to some strange intercontinental platform sharing. We untangle part of the mess below. Currently, Buick is selling the Daewoo Lacetti-based Buick Excelle in China. Yes, this is the same car the Suzuki Forenza was based on. But this is ...
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• GM: Nick Reilly to Temporarily Head Opel and Vauxhall after Carl-Peter Forsters Resignation

  
  Carscoop — Authority: 625
  As many anticipated, General Motors announced today that the companys executive vice president and head of international operations, Nick Reilly, will take over responsibilities for the operations of Opel and Vauxhall Europe. Reilly, 59, will replace Carl-Peter Forster, who left his position as CEO of GM Europe after ...
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• GM Makes Right Decision to Keep Opel

  
  Auto Observer — Authority: 629
  General Motors decision to keep Opel has ruffled political feathers and rankled the union rank and file in Germany, but it is - and always was - the right business decision for the automaker. While it is in dire need of restructuring that it clearly is about to get, Opel gives GM a presence in Europe that ...
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• Merkel presses GM for Opel plan

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel.
  2 days ago

• Moody’s To GM: What Have You Been Smoking?

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 503
  After GM announced that they would keep Opel after all, they boasted that “the GM plan entails total restructuring expenses of about €3 billion, significantly lower than all bids submitted as part of the investor solicitation.” After hearing the statement, industry insiders snickered that €3B would be ...
  2 days ago

• Magna Hearts GM

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 503
  After scraping by owning Opel together with alleged Russian mobsters, Magna has given up aspirations of being a car company. Magna wants to “focus on its core competencies,” and will continue to be a supplier and contract manufacturer. This is what Magna’s Co-CEO Siegfried Wolf said to Germany’s Handelsblatt. ...
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• GM’s Lutz Polishes His Opel

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 715
  Here’s what we know: General Motors decided at the 11th hour to not sell Opel to Magna, a Canadian parts supplier, backed by a Russian bank. This enraged Germany and Russia , and Germany is now saying that in addition to GM having to pay back billions in bridge financing from earlier this year, it may now not ...
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• GM CEO Fritz Henderson hanging out with Opel this week

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 593
  General Motors Company’s CEO Fritz Henderson is in Germany meeting with leaders of Opel to discuss the brand’s future. Opel spokesman Ulrich Weber said that Henderson wanted to get a firsthand look at the situation at Opel headquarters in Ruesselsheim. The talks today ended without any clear plans for the future ...
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