Poor sales results meant that Opel joined the producers who – despite previous declarations – abandoned complete resignation from internal combustion cars – informs Electrek.co.
According to the noisy announcements of the Opel authorities, the internal combustion cars were to disappear from the European portfolio of the brand in 2028. The German concern was therefore chronologically the second, after Audi, which would completely give up assembling in cars of flue gas.
Behind the electrification of the portfolio stood the introduction of electric drives to the offer of each model available in Europe. In 2023, Opel also changed its logo, which was supposed to refer to the transition to electrics.
Although electrical drives will continue to be developed and the “Multi Energy” strategy assuming the offering of each model in the electrical variant, it will still be implemented, Opel will not give up combustion cars so quickly.
Earlier, Mercedes-Benz, Ford and the aforementioned Audi and the aforementioned Audi, and the Volvo authorities also began to approach their plans to departing from the internal combustion cars on the European market.
Europeans turn away from Stellantis, not from electricians
Further production of internal combustion engines, also after 2028, results from the worse than assumed sales results – not only Opel, but the entire Stellantis group, to which the brand belongs.
According to the data of the ACEA Association, in the first half 2025 in countries belonging to the European Union, 156,000 were registered. new Opel, which meant a 16 % decrease and nominally by 30,000 copies on an annual basis. Since the announcement of the departure from the internal combustion cars, i.e. from 2021, the sale of Opel and sister cars with the Vauxhall logo dropped by 28 percent. and nominally about 61.6 thousand arts, while the entire market of new cars in the European Union increased by 4 percent during this period.
However, a two -digit decline in sales is also the domain of other brands belonging to Stellantis. The number of registrations recorded for the entire concern decreased in an annual basis by 11 %, with FIAT in the first half 2025 he lost 23 percent, Citroen 13 %, DS 22.5 percent A Chrysler and Lancia 74 percent
However, fewer registrations are not related to the falling interest in electricians in Europe. Their share in the market of new cars is growing again. Wiło 2025 in countries belonging to the European Union, over 869 thousand were registered. electricians – by 22 percent More on an annual basis. Their share increased from 12.5 to 15.6 percent. At the same time, the sale of gasoline and diesel cars dropped by 21 and 28 percent, respectively. And their market share in total by over 10 pp.
After OPLE, mainly to the commission
The decrease in Opel sales is particularly visible on the domestic German market, where in the first half 2025, less than 61.5 thousand were registered. cars – by 20.4 percent less than in the same period last year.
In Poland, Opel was recorded 5237 times at that time, which meant a 17 % decrease. r/r.
Opel is still one of the most popular cars in Polish committees. During the first seven months of 2025, Opel was the third most -brought used cars (45.3 thousand pcs) and Astra with the most popular model downloaded to commission (13.2 thousand pcs).
