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The Astra nameplate originates from Vauxhall, which had manufactured and marketed earlier generations of the Opel Kadett (the Kadett D and Kadett E) as the Vauxhall Astra since March 1980. Subsequent GM Europe policy standardised model nomenclature in the early 1990s, whereby model names were the same in all markets regardless of the marque ...
The Vauxhall Astra is a compact car/small family car that has been sold by Vauxhall since 1980. Over its eight generations, it has been made at several GM/Opel/Stellantis plants around Europe - however most versions have been sourced from Vauxhall's plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.
General Motors Europe [1] (often abbreviated to GM Europe) was the European subsidiary of the American automaker General Motors ("GM"). The subsidiary was established by GM in 1986 and operated 14 production and assembly facilities in 9 countries, and employed around 54,500 people. [ 2 ]
ASTRA: Astra: 1991 2021 – C-segment/compact hatchback. Also marketed as the Vauxhall Astra in the UK. CORSA: Corsa: 1982 2019 2023 B-segment/subcompact hatchback. Available in an electric version called Corsa-e. Also marketed as the Vauxhall Corsa in the UK. Station wagon/estate: ASTRA SPORTS TOURER: Astra Sports Tourer: 1991 2021 – Station ...
General Motors' efforts to fix its long-troubled European operation have attracted significant attention from investors over the last year. That's no surprise: GM's German subsidiary Opel has lost ...
General Motors has made big changes to its money-losing European operation over the past couple of years, and more changes are still to come. But things are looking up, at least a little: After ...
GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, CEO Dan Akerson, and Opel chief Karl-Thomas Neumann with a 1928 rocket-powered Opel in Germany last week. Photo credit: General Motors Co. General Motors has already ...
In 1991, GM Europe decided to standardise model names across its two brands, and Opel adopted Vauxhall's name for the Kadett, Astra, for the replacement car for Europe which debuted that year. Only South Africa kept the Kadett name until the 1999 (Astra/Kadett F), whereafter all models took the Astra name.