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  Opel GTC Paris Concept previews three-door Astra hatch

  8 September 2010 / 20 comments

  This is the Opel GTC Paris Concept that will be unwrapped at the Paris Motor Show next month. Much more than just a show car, it previews the three-door hatchback version and the VXR performance [...]

  
  

   

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  Opel is coming to China and the rest of Asia Pacific!

  31 August 2010 / 26 comments

  Opel, who are under GM’s European division, have announced plans of selling the brands in China. This will eventually open up to countries in the Asia Pacific region, Australia and South America. Current GM brands [...]

  
  

   

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• Opel Astra Sport Tourer – same footprint, more load space

  16 June 2010 / 12 comments

  GM’s loss making Opel/Vauxhall arm was left disappointed after the German government rejected its request for 1.1 billion euros in loan guarantees, leaving Opel to hope on German states where its factories are located to [...]

  
  

   

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• Opel rolls out first pre-production Ampera in the US

  27 April 2010 / 23 comments

  Opel has rolled out the first pre-production Ampera hybrid at General Motors’ Warren plant in Michigan on April 23rd. The pre-production Ampera will not be sold but it will be used for further testing before [...]

  
  

   

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• Opel Flextreme GT/E is a “big Chevrolet Volt”

  19 February 2010 / 13 comments

  This is the Flextreme GT/E concept car that will be Opel’s showstar at the Geneva show next month. Using the Chevrolet Volt’s extended range electric vehicle (E-REV) technology, the 4.7-metre Flextreme is the first big [...]

  
  

   

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• Vauxhall/Opel Meriva interior unveiled!

  19 January 2010 / 21 comments

  GM’s European unit have unveiled the interior for its new Vauxhall/Opel Meriva compact MPV! The Meriva is an MPV in the B-segment, built on GM’s Gamma/SCCS platform so I don’t think its a Zafira replacement, [...]

  
  

   

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• Vauxhall Meriva leaked pics: suicide doors retained!

  5 January 2010 / 35 comments

  These are leaked official images of the new Meriva MPV, badged here as a UK-spec Vauxhall (Opel in Europe). It appears to have survived the transition from concept to production pretty well, retaining much of [...]

  
  

   

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• Opel Astra launched in China as the Buick Excelle

  1 December 2009 / 9 comments

  Chinese market tastes have become increasingly sophisticated over the past few years, and any first time visitor to Shanghai or Beijing would be surprised by the automobiles that ply their bumpy roads – turn up [...]

  
  

   

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• GM flip-flops its Opel-Magna deal

  9 November 2009 / 12 comments

  Vauxhall/Opel Insignia, voted 2009 Car of the Year (Europe) GM must have caught the flip flop disease from somewhere as it has at the last minute turned back on its decision to sell Opel to [...]

  
  

   

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  Opel reveals the interior of its 2010 Astra

  22 June 2009 / 29 comments

  German-based and General Motors-owned auto maker Opel, has released interior shots of its 2010 Astra, ahead of its official launch at this year’s auto show in Frankfurt. The sixth generation Opel Astra, which will also [...]

  
  

   

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