General
Motors’ plant in Zaragoza (Spain) will start producing Mokka, a small sports
utility vehicle (SUV) in the second half of 2014.
The combined GM and Opel/Vauxhall
leadership made the joint decision because of the high demand for the vehicle
in Europe. Also, additional capacity for small SUVs will be created at the
plant in Bupyeong (Korea) that has been the sole source of production so far.
Opel chief executive
officer Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann said: “The decision for Zaragoza follows our
company's strategy of building vehicles where we sell them. The enormous demand
for the Mokka underlines the attractiveness of our vehicles, adds momentum to
our product offensive and secures jobs in Europe. The decision will help address
the under-utilisation of available production capacity in Europe and therefore
is good news for the entire organisation.”
