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GM used its German/UK subsidiary as a car technology lab, with the resulting know-how spread over the entire concern. Lab costs for Opel/Vauxhall were exclusively booked on Opel/Vauxhall accounts, and somehow, over the last decade or so of GM-ownership, Opel/Vauxhall was in the red. GM considered closing it down entirely, but sold it to PSA (today joined with FIAT in Stellantis). What do you know. Opel + Vauxhall plants are still operating.Full disclosure: I am still fuming about the twits at GM running down SAAB. GM repeatedly tried to enter the European premium-market with Cadillac, failed every time, all the while they could have positioned SAAB there.
GM used its German/UK subsidiary as a car technology lab, with the resulting know-how spread over the entire concern. Lab costs for Opel/Vauxhall were exclusively booked on Opel/Vauxhall accounts, and somehow, over the last decade or so of GM-ownership, Opel/Vauxhall was in the red. GM considered closing it down entirely, but sold it to PSA (today joined with FIAT in Stellantis). What do you know. Opel + Vauxhall plants are still operating.
Full disclosure: I am still fuming about the twits at GM running down SAAB. GM repeatedly tried to enter the European premium-market with Cadillac, failed every time, all the while they could have positioned SAAB there.
