Opel Turnaround Deemed Failure By Vice Chairman Girsky
Looks like this may be the last straw for Opel under GM’s ownership.
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Looks like this may be the last straw for Opel under GM’s ownership.
Effective immediately, Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky will be the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board for Adam Opel AG
Reilly will remain on board GM’s Executive Operations Committee until he retires.
This is a prime example of a chicken-or-the-egg scenario… but it’s important to remember that Toyota’s Prius is only getting its own variants after being on the market for nearly a decade.
It’s pretty safe to say that Opel’s current market share in Europe could be higher. And it has been higher.
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