Opel facts for kids
Opel, full name Adam Opel AG, is an automobile maker from Germany, founded in 1862. Since 1929, 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 still engineers them for GM Korea. From 2007-2009 three Opel models (the Antara, the Astra and the Vectra) were sold in the United States under the Saturn marque. Upon the discontinuation of Saturn 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.
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Car models
Passenger cars: Adam | Antara | Ampera | Astra | Cascada | Corsa | Insignia | Karl | Meriva | Mokka | Zafira Tourer
Commercial cars: Combo | Vivaro | Movano
Concept cars: Antara GTC | Astra OPC X-Treme | Eco Speedster | Flextreme | Flextreme GT/E | Frogster | GTC Concept | Insignia Concept | Monza Concept | RAK e | Snowtrekker | Trixx
Historic cars: Agila | Admiral | Ascona | Blitz | Calibra | Commodore | Diplomat | Frontera | GT | Kadett | Kapitän | Manta | Monterey | Monza | Olympia | Omega | Rekord | Senator | Signum | Sintra | Speedster | Tigra | Vectra
Current model range
The following tables list current and announced Opel production vehicles as of 2017:
Adam | City car |
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Ampera-e | All-electric subcompact car |
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Astra | Small family car |
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Cascada | Small family car |
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Combo Life | Leisure activity vehicle |
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Corsa | Supermini |
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Crossland X | Subcompact crossover |
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Grandland X | Compact crossover SUV |
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Insignia | Large family car |
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Karl | City car |
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Mokka X | Subcompact crossover SUV |
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Zafira | Large MPV |
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Light commercial vehicles
Corsavan | Car-derived van |
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Combo | Panel van |
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Vivaro | Light commercial vehicle |
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Movano | Light commercial vehicle |
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OPC models
Opel produces high-performance derivatives of their cars developed by OPC.
Astra OPC | Compact sports car |
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Corsa OPC | Supermini |
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Discontinued models
System Lutzmann | 1899–1902 | |
Darracq | 1902–1907 | |
Doktorwagen | 1909–1910 | |
Laubfrosch | 1924–1931 | |
Olympia | 1935–1970 | |
Kadett | 1937–1940 1962–1991 |
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Kapitän | 1939–1970 | |
Olympia Rekord | 1953–1957 | |
Rekord | 1953–1986 | |
Commodore | 1967–1982 | |
GT | 1968–1973 | |
Ascona | 1970–1988 | |
Manta | 1970–1988 | |
Senator | 1978–1993 | |
Omega | 1986–2003 | |
Vectra | 1988–2009 | |
Calibra | 1989–1997 | |
Agila | 2000-2014 | |
Signum | 2003–2008 | |
Meriva | 2003–2017 |
Images for kids
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Assembly plant in Eisenach
See also
In Spanish: Opel para niños