General Motors Corp. (GM) and Magna International Inc. (MGA) have made progress in talks over GM's Adam Opel GmbH unit, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires Friday, but he can't confirm a deal has been reached yet.

He added that "the latest signals from the GM, Magna talks were more positive."

-By Nico Schmidt, Dow Jones Newswires; +49 69 29725 506; nico.schmidt@dowjones.com