GM near deal to sell Opel to French carmaker
The biggest beneficiary of the deal may be GM. Opel has not made a profit since the 1990s and has been a chronic headache for its parent
Frankfurt, Germany
THE French maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars is expected to announce on Monday that it will acquire General Motors' Opel unit, in what amounts to a high-risk bet on the sluggish European market at a moment of acute political uncertainty.
A General Motors official, who was not authorised to speak publicly about the deal, confirmed the sale on Saturday. Earlier, PSA Group, the parent company of Peugeot and Citroen, said that it would hold a joint news conference with GM on Monday morning in Paris. The two companies said last month that they were in talks for PSA to acquire Opel, GM's European unit.
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