Opel plans return to profit focusing on small cars, GM technologies

The next-generation Opel/Vauxhall Corsa subcompact will use a GM platform, Karl-Thomas Neumann said. The current model is shown.

June 04, 2014 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Opel aims to return to profit and increase its market share in Europe by focusing on smaller cars using more components from parent company General Motors, CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann said.

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