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Much of the engineering for General Motors Corp.'s next-generation compact-car platform will be done at Adam Opel AG facilities in Ruesselsheim, Germany.
As recently as April, the small-car program was up for grabs between North America, Europe (Adam Opel AG) and the Asia/Pacific (GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co.) region.
It is the second major product-development program awarded to GM's European operations.
