oleg deripaska Subscribe

REPORT: GAZ confirms interest in Opel

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin himself has said that at the behest of Magna, Russia's GAZ conglomerate is considering taking a 30% interest in Opel. GAZ, though, has made it clear that it does not want to run or own Opel – what it really seems to want is to have cars to produce at its factory in Nizhny Novgorod. Under such a proposal, Automotive News reports that Magna would take 20% of Opel. The German authorities are now weighing the offers from Magna/GAZ and Fiat. GM is said to prefer a single bidder, in the guise of Fiat, ... Read more →

Fiat and Magna emerge as serious bidders for Opel Jeremy Korzeniewski

General Motors is looking for outside investment into German automaker Opel, and new reports coming out of Europe indicate that two main bidders have separated from the rest of the pack: Fiat, which ...

Mahindra not interested in HUMMER Jeremy Korzeniewski

Despite assurances from top GM brass, every bidder for the troubled HUMMER brand appears to be removing itself from the rumormill. Considered one of the strongest suitors interested in the off-road ...

From Russia, With Love: Owner of GAZ buys 5% of GM Frank Filipponio

Okay, so maybe GAZ wasn't really interested in buying Land Rover and Jaguar from Ford, but that hasn't stopped Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska from buying a big chunk of another U.S. automaker. ...

No surprise: GAZ has no interest in buying Jaguar/Land Rover Damon Lavrinc

Contrary to the reports that surfaced yesterday asserting that Russian automaker GAZ was interested in purchasing Land Rover and Jaguar, a spokesman for the company has officially denied the rumors. ...

...loading

Browse posts by:

Make/Model Vehicle Style/Type

All Categories

Features Close Features

UPDATE: Russian automaker GAZ says no to Jaguar 3 years ago on Autoblog

Days after reports that Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) owner Oleg Deripaska was interested in purchasing the brand from Ford Motor Co., a spokesperson for the maker of the Volga announced that the automaker is not interested after all. GAZ, she states, is only interested in commercial vehicles and ...

Russian automaker GAZ interested in Jaguar? 3 years ago on Autoblog

So far potential suitors looking to purchase Jaguar from Ford have been named out of pure speculation. One such suitor whose interest in Jaguar seems to be gaining traction in the international press is Oleg Deripaska, the sixth richest man in Russia and owner of the GAZ motor empire, Russia's ...

Featured
Breaking
Popular

View all

Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too!

Featured Galleries

AOL Autos

Find Your Next Car

Resources

10 Most Searched Cars on AOL Autos

Autoblog Video

Team Autoblog

Editors

John Neff: Editor-in-Chief; Email

Damon Lavrinc: Managing Editor; Email

Chris Paukert: Executive Editor; Email

Alex Nunez: Weekend Editor; Email

The Team

Autoblog bloggers (30 days)

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Noah Joseph	96	0
2	Chris Shunk	76	2
3	Jonathon Ramsey	75	0
4	Jonny Lieberman	73	0
5	Sam Abuelsamid	62	0
6	Jeremy Korzeniewski	61	1
7	Damon Lavrinc	50	0
8	Frank Filipponio	36	4
9	Sebastian Blanco	35	0
10	Michael Harley	25	7
11	Dan Roth	23	6
12	Chris Paukert	21	0
13	Drew Phillips	18	0
14	John Neff	15	0
15	Alex Nunez	7	6
16	John McElroy	2	0
17	Domenick Yoney	2	0
18	Tim Stevens	1	1

oleg deripaska Subscribe