General Motors India is pondering over bringing back its Opel brand in the niche segment of the domestic market, months after it slammed the brakes on local manufacturing of products of the marque early this year.The company's thinking of re-launching the Opel brand in the Indian market comes in the wake of a possible revival of fortunes of German technology here with the entry of the likes of BMW and Volkswagen."There is a possibility of re-introducing the Opel badge in the niche segment," a company source said.GM, which had shifted its focus to the Chevrolet brand after the global acquisition of erstwhile Daewoo, has found the latter's technology not only cost-efficient but much more suitable to the Indian market."If and when the company brings back any Opel badge, it would definitely be not in the lower end of the market," the source added.Earlier this year, General Motors India had announced stopping of local production of the mid-sized sedan Corsa, the last of the Opel badge to be produced in India. GMI had struggled nearly a decade to make a cut in the Indian market with Astra, Corsa, Sail and Vectra from the Opel stable.However, General Motors India president and managing director Rajeev Chaba insisted that the company has no plans to bring the Opel brand back in India right now. "We are looking at sales coming only from the Chevrolet brand," Chaba said.
