According to Reuters news agency, Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper stated that Opel would assume "a central role in the midsize class," citing Opel chief Carl-Peter Forster.
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| Domestic GM products, such as the Pontiac Sunfire, Grand Am, Grand Prix or Bonneville, should be as well made as similar GM of Europe Opel products. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
"In the past we developed vehicles of the same class in several areas of the world. We do not want to continue to do so; this will be more strongly consolidated," the paper quoted Forster as stating.
This is good news, as Chevy, Pontiac and Buick midsize cars should be as well-made as the Opel Vectra. After all, the Chevy Malibu and Malibu MAXX, plus the upcoming Pontiac G6 share the Vectra's Epsilon chassis architecture, so it would only be natural to design them all at one location.
Anyone who has driven a new Opel in Europe and has had the opportunity to compare it to a similarly priced domestic GM product, such as a Pontiac Sunfire, Grand Am, Grand Prix or Bonneville, or any car from one of GM's other brands including some of the new Cadillacs, will know the automaker is on to something by allowing the German manufacturer to get more involved in its North American operations.