PSA Group confirms that the future Opel Astra will be produced in Rüsselsheim
- The PSA group has confirmed that the future Opel Astra (which will be built on the EMP2 platform with Peugeot 308 engines for the first time) will be produced at the German site in Russelsheim, alongside the Insignia, which will also be on the same EMP2 platform when it is replaced around 2023. The Russelsheim site will thus be entirely dedicated to Opel sedans based on the EMP2 platform.
- The new Opel Astra is scheduled for 2021. By that time, the compact Zafira minivan, which is still manufactured this year at the Russelsheim site alongside the Insignia, will have completely disappeared.
- This decision to transfer the production of the Opel Astra to Germany will have two important consequences:
1. The Polish site in Gliwice will no longer manufacture Opel Astra from 2021. This site will be dedicated to the PSA group's large utilities, such as the future Opel Movano.
2. The British Ellesmere Port site will no longer manufacture Opel Astra from 2021. Inovev had already anticipated the closure of this plant a year and a half ago.
- Only an agreement on Brexit between the European Union and Great Britain could have deferred closure the Ellesmere Port plant (in particular by focusing on right-hand drive versions), but the Brexit scenario without an agreement would in fact condemn production in this plant.
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