To Deutschland, From Deleware
GM adds Overtime for Opel GT Exports
AutoWeek |Michael Specht | Link to Original Article @ DetNews

General Motors will add overtime at its Wilmington, Del., plant to produce the Opel GT roadster, which it will export to Europe.

The GT is scheduled to arrive in European dealerships in March. Officials say the 2007 allocation of 2,800 cars is sold out. The target for 2008 and beyond is 3,600 cars a year for all of Europe.

The GT, powered by General Motors' new 264-hp, 16-valve, turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine, will be sold only in Europe. U.S. buyers have been able to buy the same car badged as a Saturn Sky Red Line since September. The GT, the Sky and the Pontiac Solstice all are based on GM's rear-wheel-drive Kappa platform and are built in the Wilmington plant.

The plant's current annual capacity of 30,000 vehicles is taken up entirely by the Solstice and Sky, forcing planners to add overtime to produce GTs.

The GT is priced at 30,675 euros, including the value-added tax, or about $39,900 at current exchange rates. The U.S.-market Sky Red Line starts at $29,025, including shipping

I'd be interested in knowing how profitable these cars are for GM.

Thanks again LUTZ for pushing this platform!!----You ROCK!!

This car has been shipped from Wilmington for a while now. I've watch truckload after truckload leave the plant day after day.