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voda 9 oktober 2018 20:17

Opel increases its market share in Europe to 7pct

Opel and sister brand Vauxhall benefitted from the timely and consistent preparation of the transition to the new WLTP (Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure) test cycle in September: The brands achieved a combined passenger car and light commercial vehicles market share of 7 percent (+ 0.8 percentage points versus same month of 2017) in Europe in September 1. This is the highest market share in an individual month since March 2016 and the highest September value since 2014.

Mr Xavier Duchemin, Managing Director Sales, Aftersales and Marketing, Opel Automobile GmbH said that “Seven percent Opel market share in Europe is a great result of which we can be proud of. And our market share gains in Europe are broadly based and above all achieved in the right and profitable channels. We are benefitting from the fact that we have certified our portfolio according to WLTP and Euro 6d-TEMP in good time. Whoever buys an Opel now, can rely on the latest technology and gets peace of mind.”

Last month, Opel registered a market share increase in 11 markets, including the biggest European countries: In its home market Germany, the brand increased its market share to 9.5 % (+ 2.2pp) of the total market, the highest share in an individual month since December 2010 and the highest September value since 2007. Opel’s sister brand Vauxhall registered a market share of 8.6 % (+ 1.3pp) in the UK, the highest result in an individual month for 13 months. In Spain, the Opel market share was at 5.8 % (+0.3pp), which represents the highest September share since 2015. In Italy, the brand with the Blitz achieved a market share of 5.4 % (+0.6pp) also representing the best score for a September since 2015 and the highest monthly result for 18 months. Opel’s market share reached 3.8 percent (+ 0.6pp) in France. This is the highest market share in an individual month since May 2015 and the highest September value since 2010.

Opel achieved its highest market share of all European countries in the Netherlands where the Rüsselsheim-based carmaker was the overall market leader with a market share of 10.4 %. In Belgium, the brand registered a market share of 8.5 % in the total market, the highest September market share since 2009. In Slovakia, Opel achieved a record market share of 9.5 %.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 15 oktober 2018 16:39

Politie-inval bij Opel om sjoemeldiesels

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RÜSSELSHEIM (AFN/DPA/BLOOMBERG) - De Duitse autoriteiten hebben invallen gedaan bij vestigingen van automaker Opel in Rüsselsheim en Kaiserslautern. De inval heeft volgens de Duitse krant Bild betrekking op sjoemeldiesels.

Tot 95.000 auto's zouden uitgerust zijn met software om de uitstoot te beperken tijdens tests. Het gaat om dieselmotoren die voldoen aan de modernste Euro 6-uitstootnormen.

Opel behoort sinds vorig jaar tot het Franse PSA Peugeot Citroën, het moederbedrijf van automerken Peugeot, Citroën en DS.

voda 17 oktober 2018 19:39

German to recalled around 100,000 Opel vehicles for diesel probe

Reuters reported that Germany's Transport Ministry as saying that it would order roughly 100,000 Opel vehicles to be recalled as part of an emissions probe, after prosecutors searched the carmaker's offices earlier in the day. German motor vehicle authority KBA found four software programs capable of altering vehicle emissions in 2015, and ordered Opel to implement a software update in cars to remove them.

Germany's Transport Ministry said in a statement that "After a fifth software device was discovered in early 2018, which KBA found to be illegal, there is currently an official hearing going on with the goal of imposing a mandatory recall for the models Cascada, Insignia and Zafira.”

The transport ministry said Opel had dragged its feet on the hearing. The KBA had told Frankfurt prosecutors about the software device in April, it said.

It added that "The official recall of the affected roughly 100,000 vehicles will take place shortly.”

Source : Reuters

voda 22 oktober 2018 21:43

Opel celebrates 120 years of automobiles

Opel is one of the carmakers with the richest tradition in the world. Next year, the brand will celebrate 120 years of automobiles. After listening to the advice of her sons Carl, Wilhelm and Friedrich, Sophie Opel decided to start producing cars in 1899 four years after the death of company founder Adam Opel. What started in a garage in Rüsselsheim am Main with 65 hand-made Opel Patentmotorwagen “System Lutzmann”, has long become a mass phenomenon will more than 70 million vehicles built to date. From the very beginning, Opel championed the cause of producing cars as efficiently as possible and thus making them affordable for a broad audience. For example, Opel was the first German manufacturer to introduce the especially economic assembly line production as early as 1924. This helped the Opel 4/12 PS “Laubfrosch” and all later Opel 4 PS variants become bestsellers. The Rüsselsheim-based company already produced technologically-advanced vehicles for the masses with the Opel P4 and the Kadett (already with a self-supporting body) in the 1930s. Made in Germany and German engineering became affordable and accessible. Opel even stayed true to this democratising of mobility when developing a sports car: An affordable dream car hit the roads in 1968 in the Opel GT.

The brand has played a leading role in all segments – models such as the Opel Kadett, Rekord and Kapitän characterised the period of reconstruction and the period of the economic miracle. Stylish icons such as the Opel GT, Manta and Monza then followed. In the 1980s and 1990s models such as Corsa, Astra and Zafira then became bestsellers and symbols of reunification. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the plant in Eisenach, Opel became more popular than ever before. The first generation Astra was produced 4.2 million times between 1991 and 1998 making it the most built Opel model ever. Until this very day, the Rüsselsheim-based carmaker is firmly anchored in the centre of society and offers technologies that are normally reserved for expensive premium cars. Innovative solutions such as the IntelliLux LED® matrix light in the compact Astra (Car of the Year 2016) as well as in the Insignia flagship, the AGR-certified active ergonomic seats (available in many carlines) or the extensive array of assistance systems for more safety and comfort (all carlines) are typical for Opel.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

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voda 24 oktober 2018 20:55

Germany KBA authority orders recall of 43,000 Opel diesels

The Local reported that Germany's KBA transport authority had ordered carmaker Opel to recall tens of thousands of diesel vehicles worldwide that were configured to fool regulatory emissions tests. The authority ordered an obligatory recall on October 17 for Opel Insignia, Cascada and Zafira diesels meeting the latest Euro 6 emissions standard manufactured between 2013 and 2016, saying they were fitted with an illegal defeat device. Such software is designed to make vehicles appear less polluting during regulators' tests than in real on-road driving.

Opel has already begun voluntary refits to the 96,000 affected vehicles across Europe, a company spokesman told AFP, with some 43,000 yet to be updated. That means an officially-approved refit procedure exists that can quickly be applied to the recalled vehicles.

However, Opel has rejected the KBA's finding that its vehicles performed illegally, and said Monday it would contest any compulsory recall order.

Opel this week became the latest German household name to suffer a police search at its headquarters in the wake of the "dieselgate" scandal, in which Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to installing defeat devices in 11 million vehicles worldwide.

Source : The Local

voda 25 augustus 2021 11:20

GM to seek compensation from LG for massive Bolt recall
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General Motors plans to ask battery supplier LG Chem to reimburse it for the cost of a massive recall of all Chevrolet Bolts due to faulty battery packs prone to catching fire, Kallanish reports.

GM is recalling all 2019 Bolts not covered by its previous two recalls as well as the 2020-2022 models.

“In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles may have two manufacturing defects – a torn anode tab and folded separator – present in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire,” the company says.

It further notes that this added recall will add about $1 billion to the extant $800 million recall cost.

LG will be expected to shoulder a portion of that cost, GM says.

“After further investigation into the manufacturing processes at LG and disassembling battery packs, GM discovered manufacturing defects in certain battery cells produced at LG manufacturing facilities beyond the Ochang, Korea, plant,” GM says. “GM and LG are working to rectify the cause of these defects. In the meantime, GM is pursuing commitments from LG for reimbursement of this field action.”

Dan Hilliard USA

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