ALL-WORLD, ALMOST; not available Stateside, this new Opel is still a global car, with GM engineers talking to each other across the pond.(News)(Opel Astra)(Product/Service Evaluation)

Byline: ROGER HART You needn't spend much time with General Motors management before you hear the latest catch phrase: "One Compa-ny.'' At this spring's Geneva motor show we heard GM president Rick Wagoner say it at dinner. The next day while introducing Opel concept cars, product guru Bob Lutz was using it, too.

Even an engineering bigwig at Opel threw it into conversation. The words appear to be marching orders to rally the various subsidiaries spread out around the globe to work together to share smarts, expertise and, when available, parts from a world- wide bin. If ...

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