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New European giants? Standard-Aberdeen looks a better bet than Peugeot-Vauxhall

11 March 2017

9:00 AM

11 March 2017

9:00 AM

Budget week also turned out to be a week of notable deals. PSA, French owner of Peugeot and Citroën, went ahead with its €2.2 billion takeover of Vauxhall and Opel from General Motors, creating ‘a new European giant to challenge Volkswagen’, according to the spin, and new fears for those who foresee post-Brexit attrition of the British motor industry.

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