22.02.2014 8:03

Opel prepares competitor Renault Sandero

European division of concern General Motors, the company Opel / Vauxhall plans to release its own budget city car that could compete with the familiar all Dacia Sandero. As a basis for the new items you plan to use the next generation platform Chevrolet Spark.

Only three companies intend to build a compact car. One is already there – it is a model Adam. The second should be the replacement model Agila (in our country is not for sale), which should appear in 2016.

According to Autocar , before representatives and Opel, Vauxhall and talked about plans to release a simple and affordable city car, but the details are not distributed. According to the publication, on the basis of new “Spark” should appear in the next year. In this case the starting price for the model, according to the company, will be close to the price tag “Sandero” which begins with 5995 pounds in the UK.

Meanwhile, the prototype of the new generation Chevrolet Spark is already in full passes road tests. The car will be built on the platform of the budget, which will share with their peers in the concern.

New Spark and state employees from Opel / Vauxhall may well be twins, differing from each other only brands and design corresponding to the corporate identity of each brand. But this should not create competition between them, as previously GM announced that the Chevrolet brand will leave Europe, and key in the region would be just Opel.