Opel
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 21 January 1862[1] |
| Founder | Adam Opel |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Number of locations | 10 manufacturing facilities |
Area served | Europe (Vauxhall Motors in the UK), Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific[2]: . 40, 41 |
| Products | Automobiles Electric vehicles Commercial vehicles |
Production output |  1.2 million vehicles (2016)[3] |
| Revenue | $18.7 billion (2016)[4] |
Number of employees | 37,000 (2017)[3] |
| Parent | General Motors (1929–2017) PSA Group (2017–2021)[5] Stellantis (2021–present)[1] |
| Divisions | Opel Performance Center[6] |
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| Website | www |
Opel, full name Adam Opel AG, is an automobile maker from Germany, founded in 1862. From 1929 to 2017, Opel is the German brand of the American automaker General Motors. Opel has about 35,000 workers. The company headquarters are in Rüsselsheim, Germany. Other German plants are in Eisenach and Kaiserslautern. In Great Britain, Opel cars are called Vauxhall. Opel would later engineer cars for GMDAT and GM Korea until the Opel brand was bought by PSA. From 2007 to 2009 three Opel models (the Antara, the Astra and the Vectra) were sold in the United States under the Saturn marque. Upon the discontinuation of the Saturn marque, Buick became responsible for importing the Opel models. The only Buick cars to not be Opels are the Enclave CUV and the full sized LaCrosse sedan. In March 2017, Opel and its parent brand Vauxhall were bought by PSA, the company who owns Peugeot and Citroën. 1862
Car models
[change | change source]Passenger cars: Rocks-e | Astra | Corsa | Mokka | Crossland | Grandland | Zafira
Commercial cars: Combo | Vivaro | Movano
Concept cars: Antara GTC | Astra OPC X-Treme | Eco Speedster | Flextreme | Flextreme GT/E | Frogster | GTC Concept | GT Concept | Insignia Concept | Monza Concept | Manta GSe Electromod | RAK e | Snowtrekker | Trixx
Historic cars: Adam | Antara | Ampera | Agila | Admiral | Ascona | Blitz | Calibra | Cascada | Commodore | Diplomat | Frontera | GT | Insignia | Karl | Meriva | Kadett | Kapitän | Manta | Monterey | Monza | Olympia | Omega | Rekord | Senator | Signum | Sintra | Speedster | Tigra | Vectra | Zafira Tourer
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Opel History". Opel. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ↑ Opel Corporate Communications (2014). "Year in Review 2014 – Facts & Figures" (PDF). Opel. Adam Opel AG. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Facts".
- ↑ "Statista". 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
PSA-Subsidiarywas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ Mihalascu, Dan (25 May 2013). "OPC Boss Volker Strycek Drives and Talks About the Astra OPC". Carscoops. Carscoop & Carscoops. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ "Form 10-K Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 Commission File Number 001-34960 General Motors Company" (PDF). General Motors. General Motors Company. 15 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.