Overview
- CEO Florian Huettl told Spiegel that the Manta project exists with design models, but none will reach market before 2030.
- The designs remain studio studies in Rüsselsheim, with no production program underway.
- Group priorities have been reordered so Opel first updates the Corsa and grows its SUV range.
- An electric Manta had been teased since 2021 after the Manta GSe ElektroMOD concept drew strong interest, but the revival is now deprioritized.
- Huettl said EV adoption and charging rollout are trailing expectations and called the EU’s 2030 CO2 target barely achievable, as Opel reviews its previously stated 2028 all-electric sales plan.