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Opel Ampera: First Customers Take Delivery

2012-02-21

Rüsselsheim. Deliveries of the Opel Ampera electric vehicle have begun and are going to plan. The first Opel Ampera electric cars with revolutionary range-extending capability have been given to customers ...

Always on the right track: Opel web store for navigation updates

2012-02-20

Rüsselsheim. Opel has set up a new online web store which enables Opel owners with an integrated navigation system to download the very latest versions of electronic maps ...

Opel and its Dealers sign new contracts

2012-02-15

Rüsselsheim. Opel and its European dealers have signed a new contract framework in line with the latest European regulations effective from June 2013 ...

Opel Rekord D: A Millionaire Hits 40

2012-02-14

Rüsselsheim. Forty years ago the new Rekord was making the headlines at Opel. The most recent generation of the successful Rüsselsheim-built mid-size vehicle is presented to the press in January 1972 with advanced technology ...

Insignia BiTurbo Diesel: A New Chapter For Opel Flagship

2012-02-14

Rüsselsheim. Opel continues to enhance and refine its highly successful flagship, the Insignia. Ready for 2012, Opel crowns the diesel offering with a new, dynamic and highly efficient BiTurbo engine ...

Opel Corsa “Kaleidoscope” Now Even More Individual

2012-02-10

Rüsselsheim. Opel continues to enhance the looks of its Corsa family with the new sporty and elegant Kaleidoscope edition. Customers who want their three or five-door Corsa to have a striking and individual appearance can choose from two upmarket metallic exterior ...

Alain Visser Promoted to Senior Position With Global Responsibility at Chevrolet

2012-02-09

Rüsselsheim. Opel Board Member in charge of Sales, Marketing & Aftersales, Alain Visser, has been promoted to a new senior position with global responsibility at Chevrolet ...

Opel Enhances Its Flexibility Champion – The Meriva

2012-02-09

Rüsselsheim. Opel is further enhancing its compact flexibility champion, the Meriva. The European segment leader with its rear-hinged rear FlexDoors enables easy and comfortable access ...

Two Opel World Premieres at the 2012 Geneva Show

2012-02-08

Rüsselsheim. Opel is looking forward to two world premieres at this year’s Geneva Motor Show (March 6-18, 2012): the all-new Mokka sub-compact SUV and the new Astra OPC ...

Thomas Sedran joins the Opel Management Board

2012-02-06

Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall CEO and General Motors Europe President, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, today announced another change to the Adam Opel AG Management Board ...

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” ...

Facebook users get a surprise: Astra GTC as a Christmas gift

2011-12-07

Rüsselsheim. Facebook fans are in for a nice Christmas surprise: Opel is offering users of the social media platform a Christmas gift with a difference ...

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 ...

Exclusive sequential double-turbo technology for Opel Insignia

2011-12-05

Rüsselsheim. Opel continues to enhance and refine its highly successful flagship, the Insignia. As of January 2012, Opel crowns the diesel offering with a new, dynamic yet highly efficient BiTurbo engine ...

NH Berlin Friedrichstrasse receives Opel HydroGen4

2011-12-02

Rüsselsheim/Berlin. Opel has gained a new partner to test its fuel cell vehicles in real life scenarios. Now the hotel NH Berlin Friedrichstrasse is using a HydroGen4 vehicle which is powered by hydrogen ...

Opel Ampera wins “Auto Trophy” two years in a row

2011-11-23

Rüsselsheim/Düsseldorf. For the second time in a row, the Opel Ampera has won the annual German “Auto Trophy” award. In the electric car category the vehicle scored a clear victory against 17 competitors ...

Opel AFL lighting system wins Euro NCAP Advanced award

2011-11-23

Rüsselsheim/Brussels. The independent consumer organization, European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), has given its Advanced award to Opel for the automaker’s safety lighting system AFL (Adaptive Forward Lighting) ...

Girsky to chair Adam Opel AG Supervisory Board Peter Thom new Head of Manufacturing at Opel/Vauxhall

2011-11-21

Detroit/Ruesselsheim. General Motors Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky has been named Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Adam Opel AG, effective immediately...

Opel compact class: 75-year-old success story

2011-11-17

Rüsselsheim. The story of the five-door Astra, the Sports Tourer and the GTC started exactly 75 years ago as a humble beginning ...

World debut: New Opel Combo Cargo at “transportCH” in Berne

2011-11-10

Rüsselsheim. After the world debut of the new Opel/Vauxhall passenger version of the Combo at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, it is now the turn of the cargo variant to be presented for the first time at the “transport^CH” in Berne...

New Opel Astra GTC: Striking Design, Ultimate Dynamics

2011-11-07

Rüsselsheim. The new Opel Astra GTC´s sculpted shapes with precise accents and dramatic proportions make it the ultimate expression of Opel´s design language ...

GM Announces GM Europe President Transition

2011-11-07

DETROIT - General Motors today announced that Nick Reilly, president of GM Europe, has elected to retire in March 2012. His 37-year GM career included senior leadership positions in Asia, Europe and Latin America ...

The new OPC – the most powerful Astra ever

2011-11-04

Rüsselsheim. The new Opel Astra GTC is being given a sharper edge: the crowning glory of the new sporty compact coupé will come in summer 2012 in the shape of the high performance OPC (Opel Performance Center) variant ...

Zaragoza plant produces its nine millionth Corsa

2011-10-27

Rüsselsheim/Zaragoza. The Opel/Vauxhall plant in Spain has made history today by producing its nine millionth Corsa. The five-door vehicle was manufactured at the Zaragoza plant and will be delivered to a customer in Germany ...

Highest safety standards: Five Euro NCAP stars for Opel Zafira Tourer and Astra GTC

2011-10-26

Rüsselsheim/Brussels. There have been further top marks for new Opel car models from the independent consumer organization Euro-NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme). Crash test experts awarded five stars in terms of safety and accident prevention ...

Opel Astra GTC: Panoramic windscreen for new perspectives

2011-10-20

Rüsselsheim. Customers who opt for the panoramic windscreen in the new Astra GTC can treat themselves to heavenly views and cinematic vistas. In addition, the exclusive features give the dynamic look of the sporty compact coupé a further luxurious note on the outside ...

Opel Ampera Available Through LeasePlan

2011-10-13

Rüsselsheim/Rotkreuz. Starting in November this year, the revolutionary electric Opel Ampera will be available to lease following a Europe-wide agreement between Opel and LeasePlan, one of Europe’s leading international leasing companies ...

Opel tests vehicle communication in real traffic scenarios

2011-10-11

Rüsselsheim/Friedberg. In the biggest global field test to date to try out the effectiveness of car-to-x communication in realistic conditions, Opel has joined forces with 17 partners from industry, automotive associations, science and research, the federal state of Hesse and the city of Frankfurt ...

The New Master of Versatility

2011-10-06

Rüsselsheim. Offering a perfect blend of functionality and comfort, the new Opel Zafira Tourer transports the Insignia values to the monocab segment - premium qualities, innovative technologies, sculptural and dynamic design ...

Opel Zafira Tourer Sets New Flexibility Standards

2011-10-04

Rüsselsheim. Innovative, flexible, high-quality and ergonomic: With the further developed Flex7 seating system as well as a host of other Opel-typical Flex features, the Zafira Tourer defines new standards in interior versatility and atmosphere ...

Opel Ampera wins top international ECOBEST award

2011-09-29

Rüsselsheim. There has been yet another award for the Opel Ampera. This time, Europe’s first electric car with ‘go anywhere at any time’ mobility has been awarded the “ECOBEST 2011” prize ...

Opel Expands Unique Smartphone Portal for Rescue Crews

2011-09-28

Rüsselsheim. Opel was the first automaker to make digital rescue data available on the Internet back in 2010 to give rescue crews quick access to information at car accident sites ...

Opel Zafira Tourer ecoFLEX: Lounge on Wheels with just 119 g/km CO₂

2011-09-20

Rüsselsheim. Shortly after the new Zafira Tourer goes on sale in the fall, Opel will also offer an especially low CO₂ ecoFLEX version of the seven-seat monocab ...

Opel Vivaro reaches half-a-million production milestone

2011-09-19

Rüsselsheim. The Vivaro has made history in the Opel van segment: in August 2011, the 500,000th unit of the instantly recognizable LCV rolled off the assembly line at the plant in Luton, England. The Vivaro ...

Opel Insignia: Top marks for durability

2011-09-15

Rüsselsheim. The Opel Insignia is the best used car in the middle-class vehicle segment, according to a survey conducted by the German used car watchdog ...

Opel World Premieres: Four All At Once

2011-09-13

Rüsselsheim/Frankfurt. Four world premieres are in the Opel spotlight at the IAA in Frankfurt (September 15 – 25). For the first time, Opel presents the compact Astra GTC coupé, the versatility master Zafira Tourer and the newest-generation compact Combo van at its newly designed 3,200 square-meter booth D 09 in Hall 8 ...

Opel/Vauxhall’s powerful line-up of world premieres

2011-09-13

Rüsselsheim/Frankfurt. Opel/Vauxhall has delivered on its pledges to launch new, exciting and efficient vehicles at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show ...

The New Zafira Tourer: Luxury travel for just 22.950 Euro

2011-09-13

Rüsselsheim. The new Zafira Tourer offers the luxury comfort of first class travel and is packed with innovative technology. All this is available for little money ...

Versatile and affordable: The new Opel Combo starts at 13.750 Euro*

2011-09-12

Rüsselsheim. The new Opel Combo generation has its World Premiere at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt (15 until 25 September). The Combo range is then immediately available either as a passenger car or panel van ...

Opel Lightweight Electric Vehicle: The One Euro Car

2011-09-08

Rüsselsheim/Frankfurt. Opel is staking a strong claim for the title of star-attraction at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show with an all-new battery-powered electric vehicle. The concept opens a new chapter in electric mobility and extends Opel’s pioneering role ...

Opel Insignia Diesel Engines: Fuel consumption cut by 12 percent

2011-09-07

Rüsselsheim. Diesel engines have contributed significantly to the European success story of the Insignia. More than 57 percent of all European orders for the Opel flagship model are for the diesel variant ...

Opel Ampera Electric Car Excels in Real-world Driving Range Test

2011-09-02

Rüsselsheim. At the Opel Ampera’s international media presentation in The Hague, Netherlands, last month, more than one thousand journalists had an opportunity to assess the vehicle prior to its launch at the end of the year. One of the tests in the event’s “Eco Drive Contest” ...

Opel Flagship Continues its Success Story

2011-08-30

Rüsselsheim. Since making its debut, the Opel Insignia has won more than 50 national and international awards, including the especially prestigious title “Car of the Year”. Customers have affirmed this critical acclaim with great demand ...

Flex7 Squared: Opel Zafira More Attractive Than Ever

2011-08-26

Rüsselsheim. The Opel Zafira Tourer expands Opel’s monocab range in the fall of 2011 after making its world premiere at the IAA in Frankfurt. The new “Lounge on wheels” brings premium qualities, innovative technologies and sculptural, dynamic design with a fresh ...

Five Euro NCAP Stars for the Opel Ampera

2011-08-25

Rüsselsheim. The Opel Ampera has been awarded five stars by the independent consumer organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme). With this, the first electric vehicle from a European manufacturer suitable for everyday use achieved the maximum safety level...

Opel at the IAA: Quartette of World Premieres

2011-08-16

Rüsselsheim. Four world premieres are in the Opel spotlight at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main (September 15 – 25). ...

Opel Insignia Model Year 2012: New Engines and Premium Features

2011-08-09

Rüsselsheim. Since making its debut, the Opel Insignia has won more than 50 national and international awards, including the especially prestigious title “Car of the Year” ...

Opel Agila, Corsa, Meriva, Astra with Even Lower Fuel Consumption

2011-08-08

Rüsselsheim. Further decreases in consumption figures and new features are just two of the elements that distinguish the Opel 2012 model year. Thanks to the expanded offer of ecoFLEX technologies throughout the passenger car portfolio ...

GM Net Income Increases 89 percent to $2.5 Billion

2011-08-04

DETROIT – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today announced second quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $2.5 billion, or $1.54 per fully-diluted share, marking the company’s sixth consecutive profitable quarter.

Opel Astra Sports Tourer is a Success Story

2011-07-21

Rüsselsheim/Ellesmere Port. The Astra Sports Tourer success story continues. The station wagon version of the compact Opel model hasn’t even been on the market for one year and the Ellesmere Port plant in England is already celebrating the 100,000 unit production milestone ...

Opel Astra GTC: Exclusive High-Performance Chassis

2011-07-20

Rüsselsheim/ Millbrook – Opel’s compact coupé challenger caused a stir when it became available to order in June. With dramatic styling created under the lead of Mark Adams, Vice President Opel/Vauxhall Design, the GTC is set to wow customers and rock the established front runners in its class ...

GM Powertrain Engineering Center Torino Invests 20 mio €

2011-07-14

Turin, Italy - General Motors will invest 20 million € in the company’s Powertrain Engineering Center in Torino throughout the next four years ...

New Opel Combo: Wide Range of Powerful Variants

2011-07-14

Rüsselsheim. The new generation Opel Combo offers clever solutions in the compact van segment. It comes in a wide range of variants, is technically advanced, exceptionally economical and provides maximum utility ...

Opel and Europcar Launch Major Electric Vehicle Cooperation

2011-07-11

Rüsselsheim/St. Quentin en Yvelines. Opel, one of Europe’s largest car makers, and Europcar, the leading car rental company in Europe, have announced an agreement to introduce the Opel Ampera as a rental car throughout Europe ...

Opel Market Success Continues

2011-07-06

Rüsselsheim. Opel considerably increased sales across Europe in the first half of 2011 compared to the same time period last year. In the first six months of this year, vehicle sales grew by more than 50,000 cars, or 8.2 percent ...

Opel LPG Initiative: Reduces Fuel Costs by 40 Percent

2011-07-05

Rüsselsheim. As fuel prices remain in constant fluctuation and society’s focus on ecological awareness continues to grow, Opel offers cost-conscious and environmentally-aware drivers attractive alternatives with its LPG models ...

Statement on Today's Opel Supervisory Board

2011-06-30

Rüsselsheim. It is not normal practice for Opel to comment on any matters reviewed at the Opel Supervisory Board. However, in light of the recent speculation in the media and elsewhere, it has been decided to issue a statement on the discussion of this matter at the Supervisory Board ...

First Electric Vehicle to Go Anywhere Anytime

2011-06-29

Rüsselsheim. Opel moves mobility forward and makes good on its promise: the revolutionary, sleek and practical Opel Ampera is Europe’s first electric vehicle to enable ‘go anywhere at any time’ mobility. First deliveries of the series production car will be made before the end of this year ...

Tough Tests Have Long Tradition at Opel

2011-06-29

Rüsselsheim. Before new car models are launched today, their prototypes cover thousands of kilometers under the toughest conditions, many of them on specially constructed test tracks ...

Anja Kleyboldt Receives Rising Stars Award 2011

2011-06-29

Cologne/Kaiserslautern. This evening the director of the Opel Kaiserslautern plant, Anja Kleyboldt, will accept the Rising Stars Award in Cologne ...

Prime Minister Orbán Visits Opel

2011-06-28

Rüsselsheim. The Hungarian Prime Minister and EU Council Chairman Viktor Orbán visited Adam Opel AG to learn about the company’s strategy for sustainable mobility ...

Only 99 g/km CO2: Cleanest, Most Economical Opel Astra Ever

2011-06-28

Rüsselsheim. Models with especially low CO2 emissions tend to have weak to medium-powered engines. Low consumption and low emissions usually go hand-in-hand with low to mediocre performance. Opel is taking a different approach – with powerful ecoFLEX ...

Traffic Jam-Free Future: Opel Presents Status of Telematic Field Test

2011-06-23

Rüsselsheim/Brussels. If only five of 1,000 cars cooperatively exchange relevant data, this is sufficient to provide a representative picture of traffic flow ...

Global fuel cell market test fleet reaches two million test miles

2011-06-17

Rüsselsheim/Detroit. An Opel HydroGen4 fuel cell demonstration vehicle covered the two millionth mile of GM's global fuel cell market test fleet ...

New Opel Astra GTC: Sharp Looks, Sharp Drive

2011-06-07

Rüsselsheim. Opel will have a busy fall this year with the introduction of three new icons: the revolutionary electric Ampera with extended range capabilities ...

Opel Continues to Grow Market Share

2011-06-07

Rüsselsheim. In May Opel achieved the seventh consecutive month of market share growth in Europe compared to the corresponding months last year. European market share increased from 5.8 percent in May 2010 to 6.3 percent in May 2011 ...

Agreement on Restructuring of Opel Plant in Bochum

2011-06-01

Rüsselsheim/Bochum. A breakthrough has been reached in efforts to make the Opel Bochum plant more efficient and to secure its future ...

New Opel Zafira Tourer: First Class Transformer

2011-05-18

Rüsselsheim. The Opel Zafira Tourer will make its world premiere at the 64th International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main, September 15 - 25, 2011. Offering a perfect blend of functionality and wellness, the Zafira Tourer brings Insignia premium quality values ...

ADAC Breakdown Statistics: Opel Meriva Best Minivan

2011-05-13

Rüsselsheim. In the recently published ADAC (German Automobile Club) breakdown statistics for 2010, all four Opel models listed achieved above-average results, with the Opel Meriva leading the way. The flexibility champion for the registration years 2005 ...

Opel Full Speed Ahead

2011-05-12

Rüsselsheim. Opel/Vauxhall plans extra shifts in the Gliwice (Poland) and Ellesmere Port (United Kingdom) plants to meet the high demand for the Astra Sports Tourer and the five-door Astra ...

GM Reports Net Income of $3.2 Billion

2011-05-05

DETROIT – General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) today announced first quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $3.2 billion, or $1.77 per fully-diluted share, marking the company’s fifth consecutive profitable quarter. Revenue increased $4.7 billion to $36.2 billion, compared with the first quarter of 2010.

New: Corsa OPC “Nürburgring Edition” and Insignia OPC “Unlimited”

2011-05-04

Rüsselsheim. The sporty Opel OPC model family now has two attractive new members. The sporty small car segment is expanded with the 154 kW/210 hp Corsa OPC “Nürburgring Edition” in a limited edition of around 500 units. It differs from the familiar Corsa OPC ...

Virtually here: The new Opel Astra GTC will get real on June 7, 2011

2011-04-26

Rüsselsheim. These first images of the new generation Opel Astra GTC may show it in a virtual landscape, but as it races down an imaginary road ...

Most powerful Opel Corsa of all time: the OPC ‘Nürburgring Edition’

2011-04-20

Rüsselsheim. The Corsa OPC is now even more powerful. The limited OPC ‘Nürburgring Edition’ is based on the recently upgraded Corsa model line and, with just around 500 units planned, it will offer a rare blend of raw power, performance and passion ...

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