Opel stops production of Corsa at the Eisenach site
- PSA group has decided to stop production of the Opel Corsa, at the same time as the discontinuation of Opel Adam production at the Eisenach site in May 2019. The Corsa had been produced in Eisenach since 1993, when the GM group had just bought the plant. Historically, the Eisenach plant had manufactured Wartburg models between 1949 and 1990. Before the Second World War, this factory had been owned by BMW, which had to sell it to the Soviets in 1945.
- The Opel Corsa is currently manufactured mainly in Spain, at the Zaragoza site, alongside the Opel Crossland, Opel Mokka and Citroën C3 Aircross. In 2018, for example, 180,000 Corsa units were manufactured in Zaragoza compared to 70,000 units in Eisenach. In 2020, the new generation Corsa should be manufactured entirely in Zaragoza.
- It should be recalled that as of now the Eisenach plant will manufacture the Opel Grandland SUV, which was previously produced at the Sochaux site in France, which will prevent the site from being closed. The PSA group hopes to produce 100,000 units each year. This forecast is on the way to being achieved or even exceeded as Opel Grandland sales reached 29,000 units in the first three months of 2019, up 35% over 2018.
- In 2020, Corsa production concentrated on the Zaragoza site will be made possible by the transfer of the Opel Mokka from Zaragoza to the French site in Poissy. The Zaragoza site, in operation since 1982, has a production capacity of 480,000 units per year.
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