As expected, a delegation of General Motors executives met with German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Chief of the German Chancellery Ronald Pofalla on April 11th. The GM executives consisted of CEO Dan Akerson, Deputy Chairman of the GM Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel AG Steve Girsky, Chairman of the Management Board of Adam Opel AG and President General Motors Europe Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann, and Vice President Public Policy at Adam Opel AG Joachim Koschnicke.
The GM and Opel executives notified the Chancellor of the deliberations that took place during its strategy conference from April 9 – 11 in Germany, placing a focus on the implementation of Opel’s ten-year “DRIVE!2022” plan. Another topic du jour was GM’s commitment to Germany and to Opel.
“GM and Opel have been together since 1929 and will stay together. And together we will also return to profitability in Europe. We have the strategy. We have the team. We have the cars. Germany is and remains the home and the backbone of Opel,” said Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann after the meeting with the Chancellor.
The GM Authority Take
We’re sure that someone at least touched upon the impending closure of the Bochum plant.
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Why has she got the look on her face like one of them has already threatened her? LOL!
I think the tough guy on her left has already told here how things are going to go if she wants to keep Opel around and not imported from China. LOL!
She is hosed either way she goes. Her shoes are not ones I would want to be in right not with the way Europe is.
Akerson looks thrilled… geez… who pissed in his Wheaties
Wheres Mr Cameron the british PM . He needs to be talking to GM about the future of vauxhalls I great Britain it’s important the GM continues to in vest in the UK we want to make more vehicles in the UK we have the history and we produce some of the worlds finest vehicles So come GM come back to the UK . The UK car industry has made so many good cars over the years .
Together with GM and Buick we could bring Vauxhall up to a higher standard,You could offer the British car buyer the luxury family car they crave.
VW and its various companies have kept GM on a bit of a back foot. We have the car and the interiors but the engines and gear boxes are lacking come let’s go forward .