Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral
Originally Posted By: Danh
This is an Opel design and will be manufactured by Opel in Germany. With GM's sale of Opel to PSA, it's only a matter of time before this platform is truly an orphan with all that implies (depreciation, parts, service, development). May be a nice car, but it will take a brave (or uninformed) shopper to buy one.
Maybe if it's really successful production could be moved here, but as a niche vehicle that seems unlikely.
Won't GM dealers service it? Or do you mean once it's out of warranty, parts might be hard to find?
This. Look at the Pontiac G8 for example, which was also a short-lived captive import. Sure GM "services" it but many of the parts are very expensive and/or backordered for months while they try to conjure some up from Australia. And this typically extends to the aftermarket. For fun I just checked rockauto for G8 parts and they have single-digit numbers of front and rear bumpers in stock (2 front, 1 rear), and they are around $700 each. Tail lights are out of stock. Etc.