I-Opel ibheke imakethe yase-Australia
U-Nick Reilly ( osesithombeni) unezinhlelo ezinkulu ze-Opel, okwakuhlelelwe ukuthi idayiswe njengengxenye yezinqubo zokuqothuka kweGM e-US.
I-Opel inethemba lokuvala isikhala esishiywe nguGM ngokudayisa i-Saab futhi isimemezele esidlangalaleni i-Australia njengesinye sezinhloso zayo. I-Opel-built Calibra coupe, kanye nesitayela somndeni i-Vectra ne-Astra, kwathengiswa lapha ngaphambi kokugxila kuka-GM Holden kuma-subcompact e-Korea kanye nemikhiqizo eyenziwe ngu-Daewoo.
Amamodeli wakamuva we-Barina, Viva, Cruze kanye neCaptiva adabuka eKorea, nakuba onjiniyela nabaklami beFishermans Bend baya ngokuya benza izinguquko kuzo. U-Holden uyalubalekela lolu hlelo, kodwa umphathi wakwa-Opel u-Nick Reilly, owake wahola iqembu leGM eDaewoo, unethemba.
“I-Opel iyisithonjana sobunjiniyela baseJalimane. Ezimakethe ezifana ne-China, Australia kanye neNingizimu Afrika, i-Opel ingaba uphawu oluphambili. Sinezimoto ezinhle kakhulu eziwine imiklomelo,” kusho uReilly etshela umagazini iStern eJalimane. Isu wukugxila eChina, Australia naseNingizimu Afrika.”
UReilly unezinhlelo ezinkulu ze-Opel, okwakuhlelelwe ukuthi idayiswe njengengxenye yezinqubo zokuqothuka kweGM e-US. Wasinda kulobu songo futhi manje usecelwa ukuba ahole ekuthuthukisweni kodumo kuyilapho i-GM isebenzisa i-Chevrolet njengophawu lwenani lomhlaba wonke.
“Kumele sikwazi ukuqhudelana neVolkswagen; uma kungenzeka, kufanele sibe nomkhiqizo onamandla nakakhulu. Futhi eJalimane, kufanele sikwazi ukukhokhisa amanani aphezulu kunamaFulentshi noma amaKorea,” kusho uReilly. "Kodwa ngeke sizame ukukopisha iBMW, Mercedes noma Audi."
Kunobudlelwane obuseduze phakathi kwe-Opel ne-Holden kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1970s. I-VB Commodore yokuqala yango-1978 yaklanywa ngabakwa-Opel, nakuba umzimba wemoto wawunwetshiwe ukuze usetshenziswe umndeni. Kodwa uHolden akayena umlandeli wokunyuswa kwe-Opel - okungenani okwamanje.
"Azikho izinhlelo esibhekene nazo zokwethula kabusha imikhiqizo yakwa-Opel ohlwini lwe-Holden," kusho umkhulumeli u-Emily Perry. “I-Australia ingenye yezimakethe ezintsha ezingase zihwebe ngaphandle abazibhekayo. Kuyacaca ukuthi sisebenzisana nabo njengoba behlola le makethe, kodwa akukho esingakusho.”
Umkhiqizo wokugcina osele we-Opel kukhathalogi yakwa-Holden yiveni ye-Combo. Ukuthengiswa kulo nyaka kusanda kwedlula izimoto ezingama-300, ezingama-63 kuzo zalethwa ngoJuni. I-Astra Convertible manje enqanyuliwe nayo ibe nesandla ekuthengisweni kwe-Opel okungu-19 engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2010.
