Opel history
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Adam Opel GmbH commonly known as Opel is a German automaker, part of General Motors The company was founded January 21, 1863 and started to build cars in 1899 Opel was acquired by General Motors Corporation in 1929 and continues as a subsidiary Opel is part of GM Europe, and is the largest European brand of GM, and Vauxhall Motors in the UK, the main form European company GM.
The company was founded January 21, 1863 by Adam Opel, and first household items made and became a major producer of sewing machines The founder died in 1895, with his company the leader in European sewing machines sales and production more than 2000 bikes per year the first cars were produced in 1898, who bought the rights to Lutzmann and then sold as Opel-Lutzmann However, two years later, following the dissolution of the company, the son Opel signed a licensing agreement with the French Darracq automobiles SA to manufacture vehicles under the brand name Opel-Darracq the vehicles were Opel bodies mounted on a Darracq chassis, powered by a twin-cylinder engine.
In 1906, they started to make cars to their own design which they had first shown at the Salon in 1902 and Hamburg in 1907 the Opel engine stopped doing-Darracq.
In 1911, the factory was virtually destroyed by fire and a new one was built with more to date machinery and the manufacture of sewing machines dropped production now includes bicycles, cars and motorcycles in 1913, they were the largest car manufacturer in Germany.
In March 1929 General Motors bought 80 of the company; increasing this to 100 in 1931, the Opel family gained 33 $ 3 million from the transaction.
1862 Adam Opel begins building and selling sewing machines.
1863 Opel established as a separate business; hires its first employees.
1886 bicycle production started; Opel eventually becomes the largest bicycle manufacturer in Europe.
1899 Opel presents its first automobile motor vehicle on patents and its first utility vehicle.
Designs 1902 first showed the Hamburg Motor Show.
A fire in 1911 destroyed much of the Rüsselsheim factory production machines sewing machine ends with the unity of a millionth.
1913 Opel is the largest automobile company in Germany.
1924 Installation by Opel in the first car production line in Rüsselsheim, Germany.
1929 General Motors, impressed by the modern production facilities of Opel, bought 80 of the company in March.
1929 Fritz von Opel steals the first rocket a manned Rocketplane.
1938 GM Vice President James D Mooney was awarded the Order of the German Eagle by Adolf Hitler, rewarding his merits for the Wehrmacht.
1940 Nazi regime took control of the Opel factories, ends all civilian production.
1942 General Motors writes off Opel as a complete loss.
1944 Rüsselsheim and Brandenburg plants badly damaged by Allied bombing.
1945 Soviets seize Kadett production assets as war reparations.
In 1947 the production of passenger cars resumes with the Olympia model.
1948 General Motors reasserts control survivors assets of Opel.
2005 began cooperation with Saturn Corporation.
Many cars sold by General Motors worldwide are Opel designs, including such models as the Corsa models, Astra, Vectra and Omega Opel are also sold under other GM brand names, such as Vauxhall in the UK Holden in Australia and New Zealand, Saturn or Pontiac in North America, and Chevrolet in Latin America Its Zafira people carrier was sold in Japan badged as a Subaru Traviq, while the Omega was sold in the United States as the Cadillac Catera for model years 1997 to 2001 Other models sold in the US, but slightly modified, include the Saturn l-Series, Chevrolet Malibu and Cobalt the majority of future Saturn models should be identical, like the Saturn Astra and Sky, or modeled like the Aura and 2008 Saturn Vue, to European Opels Pontiac LeMans 1989 to 1994, which was the first car produced by Daewoo in South Korea for export to North America, was based on the Opel Kadett E now Astra.
Opels appeared under their own name in the United States 1958-1975, when they were sold through Buick dealers as captive imports Top selling Opel models in the US were the 1964-1972 Opel Kadett, 1971-1975 Opel Manta, and the now classic 1968-1973 Opel GT Opel name was also applied from 1976 to 1980 on vehicles manufactured by Isuzu similar to the brand I-Isuzu, but mechanically cars were totally different.
Opel was long General Motors' strongest brand in Japan, with sales peaking at 38,000 in 1996. However, the brand has declined in the decade, and would withdraw by the end of 2006, there only 1800 sales in 2005.
Opel is the main brand of GM Europe, except the UK, where other European GM subsidiary Vauxhall Motors, still uses its own brand name Vauxhall Vauxhall models were his models, except Kadett was replaced by Astra, already used by Vauxhall in 1991 in other markets drive right hand in Europe such as Ireland, Cyprus and Malta, the main GM brand Opel is now, and for many years, Opel Ireland sponsored the football team of the Republic, using the slogan Ireland's number one Supporter However, many Vauxhall cars, imported used in the UK, are still sold in Ireland as a parallel import Opel was also the sponsor main FC Bayern München for some time, not only a club with a high profile, but also an important marketing strategy for the company in the heart of BMW - in fact, the Olym piastadion is directly dominated by the BMW headquarters.
Some have suggested that the Vauxhall name should be dropped in the UK in favor of Opel, thereby harmonizing GM's marketing strategy in Europe However, Vauxhall has rejected this on the grounds that its brand is well known and buyers fleet, who are its main customer base, insisted that Opel models be rebadged as Vauxhalls Opel also offers design and engineering to the American Saturn brand, similar to the situation Vauxhall in the UK.
The headquarters is located in Rüsselsheim, and it has plants in Bochum, Eisenach and Kaiserslautern, as well as Belgium, Spain, Poland and Hungary Opel cars are also made in the factory at Ellesmere Port Vauxhall UK.
In October 2004 employees went on strike for six days due to the threat of 12,000 job losses The threat was due to the unprofitable European markets because of low customer demand The strike had a major impact on production.
In 2005, the new Opel Astra Diesel Hybrid appeared.
In 2006, the Azambuja plant in Portugal and stopped production of the Opel Combo transferred to Zaragoza, Spain The move caused a national boycott movement and encouraged the Portuguese Government to continue with General Motors justice.
General Motors announced in April 2008 they would invest 9 billion euros by 2012 in order to stop the erosion of the market shares of the Opel brand in Europe, about 5 EUR6 billion to be spent on developing new models and engines, with plants in Ruesselsheim, Bochum, Kaiserslautern and planned to be modernized.
On November 17, 2008 Opel announced that they were looking for a 1 billion German government credit guarantees to help Opel if GM subsidiary parent didnt make it through the credit crisis The news comes as GM is facing possible bankruptcy the German government probably refuse warranty due to the fact that the money could be transferred to the United States, instead of for Opel subsidiary.
On November 19, 2008, SolarWorld AG has announced a purchase German automaker Opel from General Motors offers Offer 1 billion euros s 250 million paid in cash and 750 million paid in bank credits Opel initial response was cited conditions such as being completely split from General Motors.
The lightning strike on the Opel badging is a reference to the famous truck Opel Blitz Blitz The German word means lightning or flash the logo was originally a Zeppelin, which has become more stylized, and the Zeppelin became less popular as a means of transportation, the logo was changed There is also a notable similarity between the Zeppelin wings and logo of lightning.
From the Opel Insignia, the Blitz logo will be updated The boundary that revolved around the lightning will be wider to include the name Opel, and surfaces will be spherical to give the logo a look in three dimensions.
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