GM Building Next Gen DS5 and 508 in Germany

It appears that General MotorsGMUnited States of America, 1998 > present8 models
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plans to kill two birds with one stone by building future PeugeotPeugeotFrance, 1882 > present120 models
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-CitroënCitroënFrance, 1919 > present94 models
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vehicles at its Rüsselsheim OpelOpelGermany, 1863 > present85 models
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factory. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, GM has prepared a report that says it will build the next generation Citroën DS5DS DS5France, 2011 > present37 versions
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there in 2015 and the Peugeot 508Peugeot 508France, 2011 > present116 versions
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there in 2016.

The two cars will use the same platform as the next generation Opel InsigniaOpel InsigniaGermany, 2003 > present409 versions
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.

The move could be a fix for the under capacity Rüsselsheim factory that GM announced yesterday would run at short hours for the rest of the year. By building all three cars there, it may fill the factory and be able to run three shifts of workers. 

The real question will be how this news will be taken in France where PSA is in the middle of an epic battle to close the Aulnay factory where Citroën models are made and fire 8,000 workers. How will it take the news that its works is being shipped to Germany?

Source: Autocar