Opel
German automobile manufacturer, subsidiary of Stellantis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 21 January 1862; 162 years ago (1862-01-21)[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] |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | www |