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Detroit Might Build Opel Zafira for European Market, Automotive News

Date: Nov 5, 2007

Source: CheersAndGears.com

Author: Ninety Eight Regency

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Detroit Might Build Opel Zafira for European Market

Date: Nov 5, 2007

Source: Automotive News Europe


Detroit might build Opel Zafira for European market
Automotive News Europe
November 5, 2007 -- 13:51 CET


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General Motors might build the next generation of the Opel Zafira in the US and export it to Europe.

"Exporting this model to Europe has not been ruled out," Klaus Franz, the head of Opel's workers’ council, said to Automotive News Europe’s sister publication Automobilwoche.

At the moment, GM plans to build a Chevrolet minivan that is only marginally different from the Zafira in Detroit beginning in the second quarter of 2009. There is also a Saturn model, based on the Zafira platform code-named Global Delta MPV7, in planning.

The continued weakness of the US dollar makes producing the Zafira in the US attractive.

"At the moment, it's still an unlikely scenario, but the pressure on the European factories is growing," Franz said.

The Zafira is currently produced in Bochum, Germany, and Gliwice, Poland. GM also exports a variation of the Opel Astra to the US for sale as a Saturn. needed to offer a fuel-efficient model in the US quickly despite the exchange rate.


 

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