Stellantis will make investments 130 million euros ($140 million) to construct the next-generation Opel Grandland compact SUV at its manufacturing facility in Eisenach, Germany, with manufacturing set to start within the second half of 2024.
The Grandland can be Opel’s first mannequin on the approaching “BEV-centric” STLA Medium platform, which can underpin fashions with an electrical vary of as much as 700 km (440 miles). It can be a sibling mannequin to the Peugeot 3008, which can be in-built Sochaux, japanese France, with a launch anticipated by the top of 2023.
The resolution to construct the full-electric Grandland in Eisenach “is another important step for Opel on the way to the declared goal of being a purely electric brand in Europe 2028,” Opel CEO Florian Huettl stated in a information launch Wednesday.
Launched in 2017 because the Grandland X, the present Grandland was collectively developed by General Motors and PSA Group on the EMP2 platform. It is offered with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain, in addition to gasoline and diesel engines. Production began on the Sochaux manufacturing facility however was moved to Eisenach in 2019. It was face-lifted in 2021, when the “X” designation was eliminated.
Opel has not revealed any particulars on the approaching Grandland. The present mannequin is offered in front-wheel and all-wheel drive (plug-in hybrid solely).
The 3008 and Grandland, which compete within the high-margin and common compact SUV section, are key fashions for his or her respective manufacturers.
President Emmanuel Macron of France himself introduced that the 3008 can be allotted to Sochaux in 2020, with a 200 million funding by PSA Group (forward of the merger with Fiat Chrysler to create Stellantis) on the manufacturing facility.
The Grandland was Opel’s No. 5-selling mannequin by the top of February, with a quantity of about 4,000 items. That complete was solely about 20 p.c of the 3008’s outcomes, with 21,000 gross sales in that interval, in line with figures from Dataforce.
Source: europe.autonews.com