True, but so far they did financial magic which made Buick have almost no R&D cost and Opel a lot of R&D cost......this would then not be an option any more.
Opel is actually not doing as bad as I thought, they are on an upwards trend with the small hatchbacks and crossovers.....interesting point to think about an acquisition, especially with Brexit looming over Vauxhall.
I mean, Opel had operative losses of 257 Million USD in 2016, which is 556 Million USD less than 2015.....plus, don't forget, GM is the third largest shareholder (7%, 420 Million USD in 2012) (nope they fucked off after Dongfeng joined) in PSA after the Peugeot family and Dongfeng (14%).
Shared Platforms already exist (Opel Grandland X/Peugeot 3008, Corsa/208).
In my opionion, PSA wants Opel for one simple reason. Growth. They couldn't increase their sales volume and got overtaken by Renault (SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!). Buying another company that does the same cars could aid them in growing, which in turn means easier distribuition of R&D cost and more pressure on suppliers.
Very strange business situation there indeed.