Malccione: Fiat is not interested in acquiring Opel

Italian automaker Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said recently that although the media reported that US automaker General Motors planned to sell its European unit Opel, Fiat was not interested in acquiring Opel Motors.

It is understood that Fiat had a chance to acquire Opel when it entered the bankruptcy protection crisis two years ago. At that time, Fiat had officially submitted an application to the German government to acquire GM’s Opel and Vauxhall. Malchoney once told reporters that the chance of Fiat Auto’s successful acquisition of the GM Opel brand is greater than 50%.

A number of German media reported that GM has made a decision to sell Opel. The buyer is either a German Volkswagen Group or China Beiqi Group. BAIC Group has communicated with Detroit, and GM has received the acquisition of BAIC Group. Application. Although Opel President Sergek once said that the report on GM’s sale of Opel was speculated by the media, GM’s U.S. headquarters has not yet directly denied the above reports.

At present, Fiat focuses its efforts on the merger with Chrysler Motors of the United States. Fiat currently holds a 46% stake in Chrysler. After buying the 6% stake in the US government, Fiat Auto will hold a 52% stake in Chrysler.