Later in April, Sloan sought to resolve the differences of opinion with a position paper that he hoped would set up conditions for resuming control of Opel that would put at rest the doubts of GM's more conservative financial minds.

With these guidelines in mind, the Opel question was put again on 3 May to the GM financial policy committee, which then withdrew its objections to a return to Rüsselsheim.

Marseille's character appealed to the general and he put at his disposal his own Opel Admiral, complete with chauffeur.

It was put into production to rival the similar models of the Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner, Volkswagen Caddy Tour, Fiat Doblò and the Opel / Vauxhall Combo Tour

The reason they were used for the 400 project was that in 1977 they had taken a 1977 Manta B 1. 9S and put in a 2. 8-litre H spec engine from the Opel Admiral of that time.

The primary car which the action revolves around, referred to as the " hero car ," is a custom-built design for the show, while the pursuit cars are Opel Corsas.

The idea was to attract racers who did not have the budgets that was required in the GT category as well as an emphasis on compact sedans such as the AMC Gremlin and the Opel Manta.

In 1975, Holden introduced the compact Gemini, the Australian version of the " T-car ", based on the Opel Kadett C. The Gemini was an overseas design developed jointly with Isuzu, GM's Japanese affiliate ; and was powered by a 1. 6-litre four-cylinder engine.

The new family car was loosely based on the Opel Rekord E body shell, but with the front from the Opel Senator grafted to accommodate the larger Holden six-cylinder and V8 engines.

The commencement of the Holden-branded Daewoo models began with the 2005 Holden Barina, which based on the Daewoo Kalos, replaced the Opel Corsa as the source of the Barina.

The company was founded in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany, on January 21, 1862, by Adam Opel.

These cars were made up of Opel bodies mounted on a Darracq chassis, powered by a two-cylinder engine.

This was based on the popular Opel " P4 " model.

When in 1942 it became clearer that the fighting would go on for a while, car and truck factories were switched to war work in a modest way, Opel taking up the production of aircraft parts and tanks.

To meet this demand, Opel engineers developed an unusual variation on normal cooling for the 3. 6 L truck engine.

With work like this going on, Germany's enemies naturally took note of the various Opel plants and, starting in August 1944, began visiting them by air.

One resource that did not appear on the books of General Motors or on the rolls of the occupying authorities was most responsible for the recovery of Opel in 1945: the extraordinary loyalty of its workers.

Overcoming these and other obstacles, Opel finally celebrated the completion of the first postwar Opel Blitz truck on 15 July 1946 in the presence of U. S. Army General Geoffrey Keyes and other local leaders and press reporters.

With a ceremonial bouquet of flowers flying from its rear-view mirror, this historic Opel Blitz left the factory gate bound for a buyer in Wiesbaden on 26 July.

On their return they submitted a report, on March 26, recommending that General Motors resume control of Opel.

The products produced by Adam Opel AG should be solely within the jurisdiction of management, and if prices had to be approved by government authority, a reasonable return on the capital should be allowed.

At last, the official word was released on 1 November 1948: GM resumed management control of Adam Opel AG.

Together with the ITDC OSV developed the environmentally friendly and cost-CNG-drive concept based on natural gas ( Compressed Natural Gas ) and was first implemented on the Opel Zafira 1. 6 CNG.

A factory called MZMA ( Moskovsky Zavod Malolitrazhnykh Avtomobiley, that is, Moscow Compact Car Factory ) started in 1947 to manufacture an automobile called Moskvitch 400 based on the Opel Kadett.

Opel, Melbourne's other sponsor, has a logo on the back beneath the player's number.

The war showed how nationality was not irrelevant to multinational corporations, as the national governments on both sides of the Allied – Axis divide used the industrial capacity of GM ( the Allies, Detroit and Vauxhall, the Axis, Opel ) to churn out materiel for their war efforts.

His home-converted Opel GT was reported to return as much as 75MPG with plans still sold to this original design, and the " Mother Earth News " modified version on their website.

In Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, Jaguar, Opel, Ford, Vauxhall Motors and Volvo are or were common contemporary bases, and in the past even used Rolls-Royce cars were converted, though their cost is generally considered prohibitive.

While larger companies like Opel and VW took advantage of economies of scale and kept their prices low to gain market share, Borgward's cost structure was even higher than necessary for its size, as it basically operated as four tiny independent companies and never implemented such basic cost reduction strategies as joint development and parts sharing between the company's makes.

Consider a Chevrolet car that cost $ 25, 000 to produce in the USA ( that does not have a VAT, but does have 10 % Sales Tax ) and an Opel car that costs $ 25, 000 to produce in Germany ( that does have 20 % VAT ).

A fuel injection version of the 2. 3-litre engine was planned for both the HP Firenza and VX4-90 and running prototypes were tested the project was abandoned due to cost and the impending merger of Vauxhall's design and engineering with that of Opel in Germany.

The new Kadett followed the innovative Opel Olympia in adopting a chassis-less monocoque construction, suggesting that like the Vauxhall 10 introduced in 1937 by Opel's English sister-company, the Opel Kadett was designed for high volume low cost production.

Their latest version as used in the 2009-on Opel Astra uses a Watts linkage at a cost of € 20 to address the drawbacks and provide a competitive and cost effective rear suspension.

The doors should be replaced by normal doors, and the vehicle bumper, windshield wipers and a reuse of other Opel Diplomat parts for cost and ease of going to production.

However, when originally carried over from the Opel, the design was simplified by removing the toe control links, standard equipment on the six-cylinder Omega since 1987.

Audi, Mercedes, Opel, Studebaker, SEAT, Daewoo, Subaru, Zastava Automobiles and others have consulted Porsche Engineering Group for their cars or engines.

Bertone has styled cars for Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Iso Rivolta, Lancia, Lamborghini, Mercedes Benz, Opel and Volvo Cars, among others.

Currently the HWA-tuned Mercedes and the Volkswagen engines dominate the British and European series, with Mugen, TOM ' S – Toyota, Opel and Fiat all being used by some teams.

Other used cars are the fintail Mercedes and the Opel Kapin.

The DTM returned in 2000 as Mercedes and Opel had agreed to use cars that were based on the concept car that was shown by Opel on various occasions, e. g. the 1999 24 Hours Nürburgring where Opel celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Opel used the upcoming Coupé version of the Astra as in the concept car, and Mercedes the CLK model which already was used as a pattern for the Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR.

While Opel could match the speed of most Mercedes in the 2000 season, the hastily developed Abt-Audis were mainly outclassed.

The first series included an Opel, a Volkswagen, and a Mercedes 190 roadster, which are quite collectible today.

After withdrawing from F1, they ran Mercedes 190E and Opel Calibra cars in the 1990s Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the short-lived ITC series, now managed by Peter Zakowski who had taken over from his father after his Formula 3 career.

The Diplomat V-8 was hoped to compete with Mercedes ' new 350 and 450 SE ; from May 1973 Opel even offered a long-wheelbase version of the V-8 to keep up with Mercedes ' SEL models.

* Affection for automobiles, especially older versions of the BMW 3, BMW 5, VW Golf ( most likely Mk2, recently also newer generations ), or the Opel Calibra, but also other older German cars ( as e. g. Mercedes W124 or Audi 80 ), or — in the case of the poorer dresiarze before accession to the European Union — a modified Polish Fiat 126p.

Opel and Alfa Romeo both left the championship after the 1996 season, leaving only Mercedes ; the championship was consequently cancelled.