For two years, General Motors had been in collaboration with Opel cars and styles with Saturn. Now, General Motors will probe more with Opel as they conceive and design for Buick.
A source that is updated with General Motors’s projects said that the Opel badge, scheduled to be with Saturn as the revamped 2010 Aura, will be at the glazing hood of the Buick and will be known in the United States as the 2010 Regal sedan.
Susan Docherty, vice president of Buick-Pontiac-GMC claimed that Opel is one of the leading brands that they are hoping to work with for future production. But she cleared that her group will also consider other brands in terms of creating upcoming Buicks. They are in the time to explore and make use of all resources.
As an answer to the question if what will happen to Buick’s plans if General Motors sells Opel, Docherty said that she doesn’t know any details of what General Motors is planning with the reorganization, but she is confident with the car company’s utilization of all its architectural platforms globally. But then, Docherty refused to make a statement on Buick’s hold of the Opel badge.
Buick’s upcoming projects will be primarily focused on creating crossovers and sedans. In their viability plan that was officially released last Feb. 17, General Motors announced that if they cannot make Saturn a big hit in the market, the said brand will be out in the selling market in 2012.
One Response to “General Motors to share Opel designs for upcoming Buicks in U.S.”
We need the Regal sooner, and with a 4-cyl or hybrid model.
How about a hybrid or 4-cyl LaCrosse?