I-PSA Group (i-Peugeot, i-Citröen ne-DS) iqinisekisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthola i-Opel. Ukuhlaziywa kwalokhu kuthengwa okungenzeka kanye nokunye ukusebenzisana kuye kwathuthukiswa ngokuhambisana ne-GM.
Le ncazelo ikhishwe namuhla yiPSA Group futhi iyaqinisekisa ukuthi i-Alliance esetshenziswa neGeneral Motors kusukela ngo-2012, ingase ihlanganise nokutholwa kwe-Opel.Umfelandawonye we-PSA/GM: amamodeli ama-3
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, futhi njengoba umkhakha wezimoto usabhekene nenkinga enkulu, i-Grupo PSA kanye ne-GM benza umfelandawonye ngezinjongo ezilandelayo: ukutadisha amathuba okwandisa nokusebenzisana, ukuthuthukisa inzuzo nokusebenza kahle. Ukudayiswa ngo-2013, ngu-GM, ka-7% eyayiku-PSA, akuzange kube nomthelela ku-Alliance.
Lo Mfelandawonye waba umphumela amaphrojekthi amathathu ndawonye eYurophu lapho singathola khona i-Opel Crossland X esanda kwethulwa (inkundla ethuthukisiwe ye-Citröen C3 entsha), i-Opel Grandland X yesikhathi esizayo (iplathifomu ye-Peugeot 3008) kanye nentengiso encane yokukhanya.
Izinhloso zalezi zingxoxo azishintshile uma kuqhathaniswa no-2012. Into entsha kungenzeka ukuthi i-Opel, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Vauxhall, ishiya umkhakha we-giant waseMelika futhi ijoyina iqembu lesiFulentshi, njengoba ingafundwa esitatimendeni esisemthethweni esivela ku-PSA:
“Kulo mongo, iGeneral Motors kanye nePSA Group njalo bahlola amathuba engeziwe okwandisa nokusebenzisana. IQembu le-PSA liyaqinisekisa ukuthi, kanye no-General Motors, bahlola amasu amaningi okuhloswe ngawo ukuthuthukisa inzuzo nokusebenza kahle kwawo, okuhlanganisa nokutholakala okungenzeka kwe-Opel.
Okwamanje asikho isiqiniseko sokuthi kuzofinyelelwa esivumelwaneni.”
Izimoto ezingaphezu kwesigidi ngonyaka
Lena ivolumu yokuthengiswa kwe-Opel ezwenikazi lase-Europe kuphela, okusho ukuthi uma kwenzeka, lokhu kuhlanganiswa kuzoshintsha ukwakheka kwemakethe. Uma kubhekwa izinombolo zika-2016 kanye ne-Opel emkhakheni we-PSA, isabelo semakethe yaleli qembu e-Europe sizofinyelela ku-16.3%. Iqembu lakwaVolkswagen njengamanje linesabelo esingu-24.1%.Ukufika kukaCarlos Tavares ebuholini beqembu le-PSA kwamvumela ukuthi abuyele enzuzweni eminyakeni embalwa. AmaPutukezi anciphisa inani lamamodeli agxile enzuzweni enkulu, ekhuphukile yenzuzo kanye nezindleko zokusebenza ezincishisiwe.
Njengoba i-Opel ijoyina kwaPeugeot, DS kanye neCitröen, kungasho ukwanda kwezimoto eziyisigidi ngonyaka, okuhlanganisa ukudayiswa kwezigidi ezingu-2.5 e-Europe.
I-Opel enenzuzo, ingabe yilena?
I-Opel ayizange ibe lula kule minyaka edlule. Ngo-2009 uGM wazama ukudayisa i-Opel, phakathi kwabanye abafake izicelo, iFCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). Ngemva kwalo mzamo, waqala uhlelo lokubuyisela uhlobo lomkhiqizo, olwaluqala ukubonisa imiphumela yalo yokuqala.
Kodwa-ke, uhlelo lokubuyisela enzuzweni lwahlehliswa yi-GM ngenxa yokwenyuka kwezindleko zokusebenza eYurophu ngenxa ye-Brexit. Ngo-2016, i-GM eYurophu ibike ukulahlekelwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-240 zama-euro. Intuthuko enkulu uma iqhathaniswa nokulahlekelwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-765 zama-euro ngo-2015.
Umthombo: Iqembu le-PSA