15 May 2009

Opel dealers to buy stake in company

Opel and Vauxhall dealers throughout Europe have agreed to buy a €500m stake in the carmaker, which is up for sale by owner General Motors.

The dealers, through their association Euroda, plan to fund the bid by putting €150 into the fund for every car they'll sell over the next three years.

At the vote, they estimated they could get between 10-20 percent shareholding in whatever the new company is. Currently there are two groups bidding to take a majority stake in the company, one led by Fiat, the other by components manufacturer Magna.

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