- For several years now, Opel, the German make of the GM group has stopped designing light commercial vehicles. Since 1998, the Opel Movano is actually a rebadged Renault Master and since 2001 the Vivaro is based  on the Renault Trafic.

- Since 2012, Opel has been working hand in hand with Fiat in order to manufacture a small LCV  namely the Opel Combo. Previously based on the Opel Corsa, the Combo has become a rebadged version of the Fiat Doblo. Unfortunately, the Opel Comba (based on the Doblo) has not reached it sales target (Reaching only 30 000 units a year), The LCV market has considerably reduced between 2007 and 2012 and hence the partnership between GM and Fiat will not be continued for the next generation Combo. In fact, the agreements signed between GM and PSA in 2012 should have concluded in the production of a segment B vehicle.

- The future Combo (2017?) will hence be based on the next generations of the Citroen Berlingo and Peugeot Partner that will be launched toward the end of 2016. The combo will be manufactured in a PSA plant; either in the Mangualde plant (Portugal) or in the Vigo plant (Spain) where PSA makes its small LCVs.

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