tigerhonaker
10-02-2006, 09:30 PM
Opel Corsa
to be sold
on U.S. soil
in five years
Posted Oct 2nd 2006 1:58PM by John Neff (http://nish.autoblog.com/bloggers/john-neff)
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Bob Lutz confirmed at the Paris Motor Show last week that indeed the Opel Corsa
would be sold in the U.S. Automotive News, however, is reporting that the Corsa sold
here will not be the current model that was just introduced, but rather the next
generation Corsa that is at least five years away. We already know the Corsa will be
branded as a Saturn in the U.S., and GM hopes to move about 80,000 to 100,000
units in the U.S. annually. Those kinds of numbers mean the Corsa will have to be
produced "locally", but none of the automaker's recently shuttered U.S. plants should
get their hopes up. Because the profit margin on cars like the Corsa are so small,
Mexico will likely be chosen as the Corsa's point of production due to its lower
operating and labor costs. Either way, we're glad at least one domestic is more than
willing to share its international lineup with us.
http://nish.autoblog.com/2006/10/02/opel-corsa-to-be-sold-on-u-s-soil-in-five-years/
to be sold
on U.S. soil
in five years
Posted Oct 2nd 2006 1:58PM by John Neff (http://nish.autoblog.com/bloggers/john-neff)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2006/10/214233.jpg
Bob Lutz confirmed at the Paris Motor Show last week that indeed the Opel Corsa
would be sold in the U.S. Automotive News, however, is reporting that the Corsa sold
here will not be the current model that was just introduced, but rather the next
generation Corsa that is at least five years away. We already know the Corsa will be
branded as a Saturn in the U.S., and GM hopes to move about 80,000 to 100,000
units in the U.S. annually. Those kinds of numbers mean the Corsa will have to be
produced "locally", but none of the automaker's recently shuttered U.S. plants should
get their hopes up. Because the profit margin on cars like the Corsa are so small,
Mexico will likely be chosen as the Corsa's point of production due to its lower
operating and labor costs. Either way, we're glad at least one domestic is more than
willing to share its international lineup with us.
http://nish.autoblog.com/2006/10/02/opel-corsa-to-be-sold-on-u-s-soil-in-five-years/