Washington Post: GM says may boost exports from Europe - by Michael Shields

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GM is considering increasing its car exports from Europe, including to its key U.S. market, to help boost productivity at its European sites, a senior GM executive said on Thursday. "We may export more vehicles from Europe," GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster told reporters on the sidelines of the Paris car show, adding that GM would make a decision by the end of this year or early in 2007.

"We may export more vehicles from Europe," GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster told reporters on the sidelines of the Paris car show, adding that GM would make a decision by the end of this year or early in 2007. GM Europe now makes around 100,000 vehicles for export each year to markets including Mexico and the Middle East.

The U.S. automaker is considering selling cars made by German unit Opel in Europe under its sister brand Saturn in the United States, Forster said.