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Rüsselsheim.  Florian Huettl will remain CEO of Opel/Vauxhall. The supervisory board of Opel Automobile GmbH has extended the 48-year-old's contract by another three years. Huettl has been at the helm of the Opel and Vauxhall brands since June 2022 and has also led Stellantis' activities in Germany since December 2024.

Rüsselsheim.  Sascha Wolfinger is now in charge of global external and internal communications for the Opel and Vauxhall brands and will also become a member of the Executive Committee of Opel Automobile GmbH. He succeeds Harald Hamprecht, who is leaving the company at his own request after 13 years. Sascha Wolfinger is already responsible for Stellantis' overall communications in Germany and is expanding his current area of responsibility with the new position. In both roles, he will report to Florian Huettl, CEO Opel/Vauxhall and Managing Director Stellantis Germany. This step is part of a reorganisation of the public relations department in Germany.

Rüsselsheim.  Rebecca Reinermann, Vice President Marketing at Opel and Vauxhall, has been included on the list of ‘Trailblazing Women 2025’. To mark International Women's Day on March 8, the international event company Reuters Events compiles a list of “inspiring and influential women in business” around the globe who deliver “outstanding contributions to our industry and are dedicated to driving positive change”. This year, Rebecca Reinermann, who is driving the Opel and Vauxhall marketing activities by following the principle of better performance through diverse teams, has been included in the line-up. The ‘Trailblazing Women’ are composed of a large number of nominees in a total of ten economic sectors, including ‘Automotive’ and ‘Marketing’, by those responsible for Reuters Events and other well-known industry representatives.

• Almost 175,000 new registrations in Germany – market share of 5.6 per cent
• Light commercial vehicle sales up by 40 per cent

• Visit of the Rüsselsheim plant and the Design Centre
• Preview of the future grEEn-campus

• Tradition meets innovation: Opel celebrates 125 years of automotive production in 2024
• Opel is electric: All Opel models already available with battery-electric drive
• Flagship SUV: New Opel Grandland celebrates World Premiere and wins ‘Golden Steering Wheel 2024’¹
• Attainable, electrified, family-friendly: New Opel Frontera makes debut
• Electric LCV trio: New Combo Electric, Vivaro Electric and Movano Electric, Movano HYDROGEN added to line-up
• Unique: ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup 2025 heading into fifth season after successful 2024 campaign
• Electrifying outlook: ‘Long Range’ versions of new Grandland Electric and Frontera Electric, new Mokka Electric to arrive at dealerships

• New combined role aims at overall optimisation business on the German market, profitable growth and strengthening customer orientation for all brands

• New management department “Future Product” led by Vanessa Repp strengthens future product strategy and customer centricity
• Tobias Gubitz takes over global responsibility for sales of the Opel and Vauxhall also effective September 1

• Hugely popular Corsa with over 20,000 new registrations in Germany so far this year
• Corsa Electric also leading the segment of battery-electric small cars
• Opel achieves growth of almost 18 per cent in June, passenger car market share up significantly to 5.8 per cent

• Sustainable: grEEn-campus directly supports Stellantis’ carbon net zero by 2038 target outlined in the Dare Forward 2030 strategy
• Modern: attractive working environment with landscaped park and open office space
• Commitment to location: grEEn-campus centrepiece of the future Stellantis Germany and global Opel headquarters

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• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Hessian Prime Minister Boris Rhein, Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares in attendance
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “Generations of employees have made Opel the great brand it is today: an automobile company on the path to electromobility. This is exemplary.”
• Preview of the future grEEn-campus, the sustainable construction project for the location
• Open Door Day with numerous attractions including public premieres of the new Opel Grandland and the new Opel Frontera

• Combined passenger car and light commercial vehicle market share of 6.0 per cent
• Registrations of light commercial vehicles up by 65 per cent
• 29.3 per cent increase in passenger car registrations
• Opel Astra registrations in May at their highest for the year

• Electric SUV: Top-of-the-range model first Opel on STLA Medium Platform with locally emissions-free range of up to around 700 kilometres (WLTP¹)
• With new battery shop: Eisenach plant transformed into ultra-modern “electric plant” for Grandland production
• Green electricity: New 14-hectare solar farm will power the plant

• Bold and pure: Fresh corporate identity for dealerships takes customers into a new Opel world
• Modern German: External and internal design with clear focus on the essentials
• Energetic: Showrooms exude a feel-good atmosphere and make electromobility a physical and digital experience

• New car registrations up by 72.4 percent compared to January 2023
• Light commercial vehicle sales increase by 150 percent

• High proportion of electric vehicles: Sales increase of 22 percent for electric vehicles
• Internationalisation strategy working: 62 percent increase outside of Europe
• Considerable light commercial vehicle growth: Sales up by 26 percent
• Strong growth in the C-segment: Astra and Grandland sales up by 57 percent

• Sustainable mobility: New SUV to extend Opel’s battery-electric line-up
• Back to the future: Opel will present new model called Frontera later this year

• Electrified top models: Astra GSe, Astra Sports Tourer GSe and Grandland GSe
• Visionary: Opel Experimental among world premieres at IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich
• Electric pioneer: Astra Sports Tourer Electric becomes one of the first all-electric estates on the market
• Best-selling small car in Germany: New Opel Corsa now in dealer showrooms
• LCV-trio for the future: Presentation of new Opel Combo, Vivaro and Movano
• Ongoing electrification: To mark 125 years of automobile production, from 2024 each carline will have at least one battery-electric variant

• Vegan for all: Vegan interior trims for Opel cars and light commercial vehicles
• Vegan locally emissions-free: Trims of many battery-electric Opels exclusively vegan
• Vegan outlook: Use of vegan trims will increase in future

• Opel Mokka, Astra and Grandland available to order from November 19
• Sales partner in Algeria is Halil Commerce & Industrie (HCI)
• Opel further strengthens its market position in the MEA region