GM decides to build Opel Astra also at Ruesselsheim

21/06/2008 00:37. “company said contrary to speculation, production of the new Saab 9.3 model will not be made in Ruesselsheim but will continue in Saab's main production” // Automotive News

20/06/2008 18:30. FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - General Motors Corp has decided to start building the Opel Astra, GM's biggest seller in Europe, at its German plant in Ruesselsheim, according to Handelsblatt, citing a company spokesman.

It said GM Europe head Carl-Peter Forster is expected to tell workers in Ruesselsheim on Friday. Production is meant to start in 2010.

The Astra will also continue to be built at plants in Bochum in Germany, Gleiwitz in Poland and Ellesmere Port in the United Kingdom.

The company said contrary to speculation, production of the new Saab 9.3 model will not be made in Ruesselsheim but will continue in Saab's main production facility at Trollhaettan, Sweden.

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