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Johan Willems Named Management Board Member, Communications
2012-01-26
Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall CEO and General Motors Europe President, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, today announced a change to the Adam Opel AG Management Board ...
New Opel high performance seats debut in new Astra OPC
2012-01-25
Rüsselsheim. The new Astra OPC, the most powerful Astra ever, will have a new high-performance bucket seat with state-of-the art technology, ready for the compact sports coupé’s world premiere at the international Geneva motor show on March 6 ...
NHTSA Investigation closed
2012-01-23
Rüsselsheim. On Friday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States decided to close its investigation into the safety of the Chevrolet Volt which is similar to the Opel Ampera ...
Opel/Vauxhall Supports UK Hydrogen Initiative
2012-01-20
Rüsselsheim/London. Opel/Vauxhall has joined forces with the UK H2 Mobility initiative to promote the manufacturing and use of hydrogen vehicles in Britain ...
New Economical, Powerful LPG Models Expand Opel’s ecoFLEX Offer
2012-01-19
Rüsselsheim. Opel is expanding and enhancing its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) offer. The Astra 5-door hatchback, the Astra Sports Tourer and the Meriva can now be ordered with the new, powerful yet economical 1.4 liter LPG Turbo ecoFLEX engine ...
Opel Launches New Jubilee Models to Mark 150th Anniversary
2012-01-18
Rüsselsheim. Next year Opel will celebrate a very special birthday: 150 years ago, in the year 1862, Adam Opel founded a company in the Hessian town of Rüsselsheim that would later become one of the largest European car manufacturers ...
DEKRA Report 2012: Astra and Insignia Get Top Marks for Quality
2012-01-12
Rüsselsheim. The Opel Astra is the vehicle with the fewest faults according to the results of the “DEKRA Used Car Report 2012”. With an index of 96.9 percent, the Opel Astra achieved the top result of all tested cars in the category “best individual ranking” ...
All-New Opel Mokka: Compact in Size, Big in Attitude
2012-01-10
Rüsselsheim. A new name and a new segment for Opel: At the start of the New Year and two months ahead of its world premiere at the Geneva motor show on March 6, 2012 ...
Opel Ampera nominated for Car of the Year 2012
2012-01-09
Rüsselsheim. For a fourth year in a row, Opel has reached the final of Europe’s top automotive award. This time the Opel Ampera is in the running for the Car of the Year 2012 award ...
Opel Ampera modifications
2012-01-05
Rüsselsheim. Opel today announced enhancements to the Ampera that are designed to further reduce the potential of a battery fire days or weeks after a severe accident ...
Students challenged to create the 2020 Ampera in social media design competition
2012-01-05
Rüsselsheim. 'Design the 2020 Ampera' is the challenge being thrown down to students across Europe in a new interactive competition created by Car Design News and Opel/Vauxhall. The students will develop their designs using social media ...
Opel Celebrates 150th anniversary
2011-12-19
Rüsselsheim. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, Opel employees will not just be raising their glasses to the New Year but will be toasting the start of the 150th anniversary year of Opel ...
Joint statement of the Opel Management Board, the Works Council and the Supervisory Board
2011-12-15
Ruesselsheim. Management, the Works Council and the Supervisory Board of Adam Opel AG are all in agreement that Opel has to become profitable, even in times of tough economic headwinds ...
Berlin Airports Test Opel HydroGen4
2011-12-13
Rüsselsheim/Berlin. Opel is further expanding its market trial with fuel cell vehicles. The Opel Vice President of Government Relations, Volker Hoff, has now handed over a HydroGen4 vehicle to the Berlin Airports ...
Santa 2.0 goes electric: Opel RAK e instead of reindeer
2011-12-09
Rüsselsheim. Santa Claus has always travelled in a carbon neutral fashion. However, this year the new Santa is giving his reindeer a well-deserved break ...
New CNG Zafira Tourer with Best-in-Class 530 km Natural Gas Range
2011-12-08
Rüsselsheim. Shortly after the Zafira Tourer’s world premiere at the 64th Frankfurt Motor Show, Opel is broadening the spectrum of its new compact monocab with highly efficient and environmentally friendly alternative propulsion ...
Topping Out Ceremony for Plant Extension at Opel Eisenach
2011-12-07
Rüsselsheim. The Opel plant in Eisenach (Germany) has celebrated the topping out of a new factory hall as part of a plant extension, ready for the production start of Opel’s future urban small car – currently known under the codename “Junior” ...
A Merry Christmas with Opel’s Spacious and Flexible Models
2011-12-07
Rüsselsheim. Christmas is just around the corner and like every year many people face the same problem: how do I get my Christmas tree home without damaging it? Opel owners can relax as the flexible and spacious models of the Rüsselsheim car maker can easily accommodate the festive cargo ...
