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Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 05 March 2012 14:30

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has been crowned European Car of the Year for 2012. The winner was announced today at a ceremony at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The votes of the 59 jurors from 23 European countries ranked the Ampera first, from a shortlist comprising Citroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel/Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt, Range Rover Evoque, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Up. The ...

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Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 05 March 2012 14:30

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has been crowned European Car of the Year for 2012. The winner was announced today at a ceremony at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The votes of the 59 jurors from 23 European countries ranked the Ampera first, from a shortlist comprising Citroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel/Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt, Range Rover Evoque, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Up. The ...

Vauxhall's 2012 Astra cab to be standalone convertible

Vauxhall's 2012 Astra cab to be standalone convertible

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 07 October 2011 11:14

Vauxhall's new convertible will not be the Astra cabriolet, CAR has learned. Instead the new Astra-based convertible will be positioned as a separate, standalone model like Volkswagen's Eos. The new mid-sized Vauxhall/Opel convertible will be launched in 2012. Expect to see it next summer, with UK sales kicking off later in the year. Just in time for another Indian summer, ...

Vauxhall and Opel 'not for sale' - CEO Akerson

Vauxhall and Opel 'not for sale' - CEO Akerson

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Tim Pollard, 28 July 2011 09:06

GM chief executive Dan Akerson has overnight dismissed claims that its Vauxhall/Opel European division is for sale. CAR's European editor Georg Kacher, and media outlets in Germany, reported last month that German chancellor Angela Merkel had weighed in to the debate and encouraged Volkswagen to step in and take GM Europe off GM's hands. Vauxhall and Opel have also been ...

The Porsche 911: the car that shouldn’t work but does

The Porsche 911: the car that shouldn’t work but does

Rated 4 out of 54

andy p, 17 June 2011 02:02

Humanity might struggle perpetually with questions like the meaning of life, but it does know one thing for sure: rear engine cars are bad. Like a sling shot, the heavy engine at the back is always trying to overtake the driver in front. Anyone can understand that.Yet the Porsche 911 - one of the fastest cars on the market, and ...

VW and Chinese ‘in talks to buy Vauxhall/Opel’ from GM

VW and Chinese ‘in talks to buy Vauxhall/Opel’ from GM

Rated 3 out of 53

Georg Kacher, 09 June 2011 23:30

GM is considering selling its loss-making European operations, it emerged tonight. If it goes ahead and severs ties with GM Europe, the General would cede control of Vauxhall and Opel, the second biggest car brand in the UK.And in another extraordinary twist, CAR has confirmed that top-level talks have been taking place between Volkswagen and the German government, which is ...

Vauxhall-Opel Junior: a Mini rival for 2013

Vauxhall-Opel Junior: a Mini rival for 2013

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Phil McNamara, 15 October 2010 12:07

Vauxhall-Opel has frozen the design of an upmarket small car, to rival BMW’s Mini and the Fiat 500. Codenamed Junior, the 3.7m-long three-door is two years from production. Based on a shortened Corsa platform, Junior will supplement the utilitarian Agila and conventional Corsa supermini in Vauxhall-Opel’s small car range. Nick Reilly, GM Europe president, said one of his first decisions upon taking ...

Vauxhall Calibra Mk2: news of the 2013 successor

Vauxhall Calibra Mk2: news of the 2013 successor

Rated 3 out of 53

Georg Kacher, 19 May 2010 11:54

Vauxhall and Opel are developing a successor to the swoopy Calibra coupé – and it could be on sale as soon as 2013.Conceived as a bolt-on to the Insignia family, the new two-door is known inhouse as 'New Calibra', leaving its market position in on doubt. It's likely to share cues with the original Insignia concept car, 2007's rakish GTC ...

CAR interviews the retiring Bob Lutz (2010)

CAR interviews the retiring Bob Lutz (2010)

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 09 March 2010 15:34

General Motors' 78-year-old product chief Bob Lutz (insert 'car tsar', 'car guy', 'Maximum Bob' cliché here) announced his retirement shortly after the 2010 Geneva motor show. CAR Online caught up with Maximum Bob to hear of his thoughts on the new GM, future products and exactly what happened behind the scenes during GM's collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CAR: GM's ...

New GM Europe chief's plans for Opel/Vauxhall

New GM Europe chief's plans for Opel/Vauxhall

Rated 3 out of 53

Richard Webber, 07 December 2009 13:54

Following General Motors' back-track on a buy-out from Magna in November 2009, the company's president of international operations Nick Reilly was appointed interim head of GM Europe. Now he's been made the permanent CEO of Vauxhall and Opel, making him the man charged with guiding GM's European division back to profitability.GM has big plans for Opel and Vauxhall, but has ...

GM cancels Opel Vauxhall sale to Magna

GM cancels Opel Vauxhall sale to Magna

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Tim Pollard, 03 November 2009 22:59

General Motors tonight surprised the world by pulling its proposed sale of its European division – Opel and Vauxhall – to Magna. In a dramatic U-turn, Detroit said 'an improving business environment for GM over the past few months' had made it reappraise its spin-off plans.The 11th hour switch means that GM will still retain full ownership of Opel and ...

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