Kei te titiro a Opel ki te maakete o Ahitereiria

He mahere nui a Nick Reilly (whakaahua) mo Opel, i whakaritea tuatahi kia hokona hei wahanga o nga mahi kaihau a GM i Amerika.

Kei te tumanako a Opel ki te whakakii i etahi o nga waahi i mahue mai i te hokonga a GM o Saab, a kua tapaina e te iwi a Ahitereiria tetahi o ana whainga. Ko te Calibra coupe i hangaia e Opel, me te Vectra me te Astra-whanau, i hokona i konei i mua i te aro a GM Holden ki nga subcompacts i Korea me nga hua i hangaia e Daewoo.

Ko nga tauira hou o Barina, Viva, Cruze me Captiva i ahu mai i Korea, ahakoa kei te huri haere nga miihini me nga kaihoahoa a Fishermans Bend ki a raatau. Ko Holden te nuinga o te maataki mo te mahere, engari ko te rangatira o Opel a Nick Reilly, nana nei i arahi te kapa GM i Daewoo, he tino pai.

"He tohu a Opel mo te mahi miihini Tiamana. Mo nga maakete penei i Haina, Ahitereiria me Awherika ki te Tonga, ka taea e Opel te waitohu moni. He waka rawe a matou, he tohu-toa,” te korero a Reilly ki te moheni a Stern i Tiamana. Ko te rautaki kia aro ki Haina, Ahitereiria me Awherika ki te Tonga."

He mahere nui a Reilly mo Opel, i whakaritea i te tuatahi kia hokona hei waahanga o nga mahi kaihau a GM i te US. I ora ia i te riri, ka karangahia inaianei ki te arahi i te ahunga whakamua o te mana i te wa e whakamahi ana a GM i a Chevrolet hei waitohu uara o te ao.

"Me kaha taatau ki te whakataetae me Volkswagen; mehemea ka taea, me whai tohu kaha ake taatau. A, i Tiamana, me kaha taatau ki te utu utu nui ake i te French, i nga Koreana ranei, "e kii ana a Reilly. "Engari e kore matou e ngana ki te kape i a BMW, Mercedes, Audi ranei."

He hononga tata i waenga i a Opel me Holden no te tekau tau atu i 1970. Ko te 1978 VB Commodore taketake i hangaia e Opel, ahakoa i horahia te tinana o te motuka mo te whakamahi whanau. Engari ko Holden ehara i te mea powhiriwhiri mo te whakatairanga a Opel - ahakoa kaore ano.

"Karekau he mahere mai i to taatau taha ki te whakauru ano i nga hua Opel ki roto i te rarangi Holden," ko ta te kaikorero a Emily Perry. “Ko Ahitereiria tetahi o nga maakete kaweake hou e tirohia ana e ratou. Kei te mahi tahi matou me ratou i a raatau e arotake ana i tenei maakete, engari kaore he korero ke atu.

Ko te hua whakamutunga o Opel kei roto i te raarangi a Holden ko te Combo van. Ko nga hokonga i tenei tau katahi ano ka eke ki runga ake i nga waka 300, 63 o enei i tukuna i te marama o Hune. Ko te Astra convertible kua whakamutua inaianei i whai waahi ano ki te 19 hoko Opel i te haurua tuatahi o te tau 2010.