By Leftlane Staff
Wednesday, Apr 19th, 2006 @ 11:39 am

General Motors has publicly stated it plans to align its Saturn brand in the United States with Opel in Germany. The Saturn Sky and Opel GT are already virtually identical, as are the Saturn PreVue Concept (the next Vue) and the Opel Antara GTC concept, and the Saturn Aura and Opel Vectra. Recent rumors have even indicated that the Saturn Ion replacement will be the Opel Astra. At a press event this week, GM’s Bob Lutz told Automotive News Europe that more Opel products could come stateside. “Once we get the Saturn product completely aligned with the Opel product and they are fundamentally the same,” Lutz said, “then we absolutely have the possibility of doing some models in the US and shipping them to Europe and doing other models in Europe and shipping them to the US.” Will GM bring over the Astra hardtop convertible and other Opels? It’s now looking increasingly possible…

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