Rally News: Opel in WRC 2020?

The PSA Group bought Vauxhall-Opel in November 2017. PSA CEO Carlos Tavares is targeting a profit in year 2020, after a £200 million loss last year. If they are able to reach this goal, Opel will be given the opportunity to build a World Rally Car, according to Tavares.

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Tavares said the following to Motorsport News:

“Opel, as much as any brand of the PSA Group, will have the opportunity to have its motorsport programme as soon as we turn around the company. This is very clear. Currently the motorsport for Opel is very thin. There is the Adam R2, but this is a limited one-make championship and it doesn’t cost much to the company. The priority to Opel is to survive. That’s the key point. I don’t want them to lose focus.

“I want to tell you the truth. I consider my DNA is to tell you the truth and not what you would like to hear. As soon as Opel is turned around and our commitment is 2020, we can talk about it again and I will be eager to have German engineers working in motorsport as much as I have French, Spanish and English engineers – everything possible as long as [the] revival is not at stake.”

The last time Opel had a good run in the WRC was in the 1988 Rally New Zealand, when Sepp Haider won with the Kadett GSI.

I think the WRC needs as many manufactuers as possible, and Opel could be a great addition. What do you think?