Izinkinga eziqhubekayo zemakethe yaseYurophu kanye ne-Opel esebunzimeni, kuholele ekutheni uGM athathe isinqumo sokuhoxisa iChevrolet emakethe yaseYurophu, ikakhulukazi, ku-European Union, ekupheleni kuka-2015.
Izindaba zehla njengebhomu! Kule minyaka yezingxoxo zokuthi kwenziweni nge-Opel, umphumela kube ukudela kweChevrolet emakethe yaseYurophu, kugxilwe kakhulu enkampanini yaseJalimane njengoba uStephen Girsky, iphini likamongameli wakwaGeneral Motors, esho: “Siyethemba kakhulu izinhlobo ze-Opel neVauxhall eYurophu. Sigxilisa izinsiza zethu ezwenikazi.”
I-Chevrolet inesabelo esingu-1% semakethe yaseYurophu, futhi eminyakeni embalwa edlule bekungelula nakulolu phawu, ngokwezentengiselwano nangokwezimali. Ibanga lamanje lakwaChevrolet lidlulela kuSpark, Aveo kanye neCruze, kanti iTrax, iCaptiva neVolt inokufana kweMokka, Antara ne-Ampera yakwa-Opel.
Ukuphuma emakethe yaseYurophu kuzophinde kuvumele i-Chevrolet ukuthi igxile ezimakethe ezinenzuzo eyengeziwe ezinamandla amakhulu okukhula, njengeRussia kanye neNingizimu Korea (lapho iningi lamamodeli ayo akhiqizwa khona), ngokunikeza ngempumelelo ukukhiqizwa kwayo.amamodeli lapho kudingeka khona lokhu.
Kulabo abanamamodeli we-Chevrolet, i-GM iqinisekisa izinsizakalo zesondlo ngaphandle komnqamulajuqu onqunyiwe kanye nokunikezwa kwezingxenye enye iminyaka engu-10 kusukela ngosuku lokuphuma emakethe, ngakho-ke, asikho isizathu se-alamu noma ukungathembeki kwabanikazi besikhathi esizayo. Kuzophinde kube nohlelo loshintsho lokuthi abadayisi bakwa-Opel nabakwaVauxhall bathwale imithwalo yemisebenzi ye-Chevrolet after-sales services, ukuze kungabikho ikhasimende elizwa noma yimuphi umehluko ekunakekeleni nasekusezweni imoto yabo.
Ukuthi ukuhamba kwe-Chevrolet kuzonikeza i-Opel neVauxhall indawo edingekayo ukuze bakhule futhi bakhulise inzuzo yabo, isikhathi kuphela esiyosho, njengoba kungekho ukushoda kwezimbangi ezilungele ukumunca lesi sabelo esingu-1% somkhiqizo waseMelika.
Noma kunjalo, i-GM iqinisekisa ubukhona bemakethe bezinhlobo ezithile ezifana ne-Chevrolet Camaro noma i-Corvette, nokuthi izokwenza kanjani lokho ayikachazwa.