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Opel is 'in attack mode,' will survive, says CEO Neumann

Karl-Thomas Neumann: “I hope today you have not seen the typical Opel guy who looks at his shoes and is really disappointed and complaining. We are in attack mode. We want to tell everybody inside and outside that we can make it.”
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Mike Colias
March 15, 2013 05:00 AM

GENEVA -- New Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann says he can revive the beleaguered European brand and stem its persistent losses -- with plenty of help from parent company General Motors.

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