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Opel-Mausoleum in Rüsselsheim. Adam Opel was born on 9 May 1837 to Wilhelm, a locksmith, and his wife in Rüsselsheim. Opel studied with his father until the age of 20, when he received his travel pass. The pass enabled him to be an apprentice locksmith in Belgium, in Liège, Brussels, and then Paris, where he arrived in mid-1858.
The Opel Adam won the Red Dot Car Design Award in April 2013. [6] In November 2012, Auto Zeitung readers in Germany voted for Opel Adam as the number one city car . [ 7 ] In the 38th Readers’ Choice Award of the trade magazine Auto Motor und Sport , the car won the mini car category with 24.2 percent of the votes, beating the Volkswagen Up ...
The 2015 Opel range in South Africa comprises the Opel Adam, Opel Astra, Opel Corsa, Opel Meriva, Opel Mokka, and Opel Vivaro. No diesel versions are offered. From 1986 to 2003, Opel models were produced by Delta Motor Corporation , a company created through a management buyout following of GM's divestment from apartheid South Africa .
Opel/Vauxhall Corsa B Opel/Vauxhall Adam Opel Astra F: 1992: 2017: Opel plant. Sold to PSA Group in 2017. Opel Werk Kaiserslautern: Kaiserslautern: Germany: components engines: four-cylinder turbo diesel engines: 2.0 turbodiesel 4-cyl. 1.9 turbodiesel 4-cyl. four-cylinder petrol engines: GM Ecotec engine 2.2 GM Family II engine 1.6, 2.0
Opel. Above all, Rüsselsheim is known for its car manufacturer Opel. The founder, Adam Opel, began as a trainee mechanic and founded a sewing machine factory. The first cars were built in 1899, after Opel's death, when the company was owned and operated by Opel's widow and their five sons. Hyundai (and Hyundai-Kia European Technical Center)
Assembly facilities at the Brandenburg Opel plant (1936) The Opelwerk Brandenburg was a truck vehicle assembly plant, located in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.Built within seven months, it was opened by Adam Opel AG in November 1935 on the re-armament initiative of the Nazi government in order to ensure supplies of Opel Blitz trucks for the Wehrmacht armed forces.
Opel was the main manufacturer, producing most of the components, including the 3.6 liter, 6 cylinder Adam Opel engine, which had 68 horsepower and an 80-liter fuel capacity. Throughout the three years it was produced, 300 Panzerwerfer and 289 of its variant, the Munitionskraftwagen , were made.
Sophie Marie Opel also referred to as Mother Opel (née Scheller; February 13, 1840 - October 30, 1913) was a German industrialist. Under her management and controlling interest Opel transformed from manufacturing sewing machines and bicycles to automobiles .