# Opel is once again profitable

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 2, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opel-is-once-again-profitable/124223 "2018-09-02T22:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opel-is-once-again-profitable/124223/1 "2018-09-02T22:28:34Z")

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… after just **one year** of ownership by Peugeot/Citroen.  
When you consider that GM wasn’t able to wring even 2 cents of profit out of their Opel division for almost 20 years, I think that Opel’s new French ownership/management is quite impressive.

[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-29/the-stunning-one-year-turnaround-of-gm-s-german-castoff](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-29/the-stunning-one-year-turnaround-of-gm-s-german-castoff)

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/opel-is-once-again-profitable/124223/2 "2018-09-03T00:04:34Z")

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> [@VDCdriver](#):
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> Opel’s new French ownership/management is quite impressive

Or GM’s financial and management burdens were quite **oppressive**! 😄 Good for Opel and Vauxhall.

GM divisions sold off have done pretty well. Except Delphi - Too large and too much GM inbreeding for Delphi to be successful!