Opel/Vauxhall picks UK plant over Germany for new Astra

Move could mean closure for Germany's Bochum plant, source says Opel/Vauxhall will build the next-generation Astra compact in Britain and Poland after workers at the GM subsidiary's factory in Ellesmere Port, northwest England, overwhelmingly agreed to a new labor deal, leaving Opel's plant in Bochum, Germany, in danger of closure. Assembly of the new Astra, the brand's second-best selling model, will begin in 2015. Read More »

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