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Serbia's Zastava Automobili (the maker of the car America knew as Yugo) and Opel recently agreed to the Serbian assembly of the Opel Astra Classic II from Polish CKD kits. With costs in Poland rising, rumors are flying that GM may move production of the car to Serbia. Given that these are rumors, it is less clear still whether such an arrangement would be contingent upon GM purchasing Zastava in December's upcoming privatization process. http://www.autoberza.info/autobrief/?lng=e...d=756&rid=0

Give it a chance! Emerging markets are growing fast, and GM absolutely must take advantage. GM engineers recently visited Zastava's plant, in a tour organized by Opel's Wolfgang Friedrich, and concluded that the Serbian automaker possessed the technical standards necessary to build Opel cars. At the foot of the article provided are several links which may shed some light on what Zastava has been up to since it pulled out of the U.S. market following the start of the Yugoslav Civil War in 1991.

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