GM's troubled Opel unit gets a new boss and new platforms

摘要

Opel AG, the European unit that has been a drag on General Motors' profits, is getting a new boss from Volkswagen AG and new platforms from PSA Peugeot Citroen. Opel's supervisory board likely will confirm the appointment of Volkswagen executive Karl-Thomas Neumann as the unit's new CEO at a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 31, a member of the board told Automobilwoche, a sibling publication of Automotive News.