Opel Polska's plans for 2004 include sale of new Chevrolet

Opel Polska, the Gliwice-based car manufacturer, plans to increase the production in its plant from the current 75,000 cars this year to 110,000 in 2004. This will be possible thanks to using its full capacity to manufacture the Astra II model. On top of this, the plant will also produce 60,000 Agila cars, the production of which is planned until 2006. During yesterday's press conference the general director of General Motors Poland, Romuald Rytwiński, said the company plans to commence sales of a Chevrolet model starting in May 2004, and hopes to sell 3,000 units next year. The Chevrolets, which were so far produced by Daewoo plants in Korea, will also be sold through the national Daewoo dealer network. Krystyna Danielczyk, the head of the press office in Daewoo-FSO, said that these cars will not be competing with cars from the Żerań plant as they will be new models with higher prices. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4; Puls Biznesu, p. 10) A.K.