Hold the horses! Stop the presses! Forget all about my previous comments about the GM-Opel-Magna-Sbersk deal because the deal is off. GM announced that it withdraws its prior agreement under which the Austro-Canadian conglomerate Magna would have purchased Opel from it. Even insiders are still wild guessing about the true motivation for hitting the brakes. […]
With the takeover of ailing GM subsidiary by the Austrian-Canadian conglomerate Magna still not being finali, dark clouds are gathering over Germany. Volkswagen-owned Porsche is said to rethink its contracts with Magna for the production of its prestige Boxster model starting in 2010. And also BMW is expressing concerns over its relationships with Magna. As […]
After months of uncertainty and intensive negotiations, GM has announced this week that it will decide a 55 percent stake in it’s European Opel unit to a consortium of the Austrian-Canadian automotive supply conglomerate Magna and its Russian investment partner, Sberbank. 35 % of the shares will remain with GM, and another 10 % will […]