The Opel Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo and the new Opel Mokka GSE both celebrated their much-publicised world premieres at the IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich. However, the exhibition also marked a first for Vice President Future Product Vanessa Repp. It was her first major public apperance since taking up her new role almost exactly one year ago.
Debut on the big stage
During the press conference that kicked off Opel’s impressive presence at this year’s IAA mobility, Vanessa Repp was playing very close attention to what her fellow members of the Executive Board Opel CEO Florian Huettl, Vice President Marketing Rebecca Reinermann and Vice President Mark Adams had to say about Opel’s stunning world premieres. For Repp, the real job starts now. As Vice President Future Product it is her job to translate the innovative ideas featuring on the Opel Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo into serial production models of the future.
“Our latest groundbreaking concept car from Rüsselsheim represents the vision for our GSE label.”
– Opel CEO Florian Huettl –
“The Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo gives a preview of the design of future Opel models and at the same time demonstrates our commitment to the small car segment. It has a similar footprint to a Corsa but is considerably lower and wider. The Corsa has been the bestselling small car in Germany for the last five years – we want to defend this dominant position going forward,” said Repp.
Which ideas will go into serial production?
So, will we see a Corsa GSE in the future? Or electric all-wheel drive on more Opel models? Will the numerous clever aero solutions such as the aero-optimised bonnet, the aero curtains in front of the front and rear fenders or the aero blade fender flares feature on the next generation Corsa? Repp remains diplomatic on all the questions.
“As a German brand, we do everything with a purpose. There will be more news on GSE coming soon.“
– Vice President Future Product Vanessa Repp –
“It is obviously too soon to reveal which elements will appear on future models,” she says with a teasing smile before adding: “As a German brand, we do everything with a purpose. There will be more news on GSE coming soon and development of the next generation Corsa has already started.”
But the first phygital concept car with the Blitz was by far not the only topic the Vice President Future Product was grilled on by journalists. Will the Frontera also be available with all-wheel drive in the future? What developments will we see in battery technology going forward? When can we expect some news on the Astra? Repp navigated all these questions with a smile – without revealing any details. “It is too early to comment on this at the moment. But stay tuned – we will share any news as soon as it becomes available.”
OMG!GSE
200 square metres of pure power and emotion – this is demonstrated by the Opel presence in Munich’s city centre. The stand is an absolute eye-catcher, its design is based on the energetic ‘OMG!’ campaign. Under the motto RACE. DRIVE. PLAY. Opel is staging the full GSE experience at Odeonsplatz: The Mokka GSE Rally prototype stands for “RACE”, the new production Mokka GSE for “DRIVE”. Finally, “PLAY” is embodied by the Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo, which merges the digital world with the real world and can be experienced exclusively in a pre-release version of Gran Turismo 7 at the booth.
Elsewhere, the Opel booths at the so-called Summit and Open Space also attracted interest from well-known car enthusiasts and rally drivers. For example, will.i.am, best known from hits such as ‘I Gotta Feeling’ with his band The Black Eyed Peas eagerly climbed into the concept car and listened carefully to the explanations provided by Chief Designer Florian Theis.
Stars align
In addition, rally drivers Calle Carlberg, who was recently crowned European Rally Junior Champion in the Corsa Rally4, and Luca Pröglhöf, last season’s ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup ‘powered by GSE’ winner also took the opportunity to have a close look at the latest concept car from Rüsselsheim.
September 2025