American Learns About The German Car Brand - Opel
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Opels but right-hand-drives in UK are badged Vauxhall. Same cars.
I can't believe they left out the 1970 Opel GT!!!! Incredible!!! One of the best looking cars in the world!!!
They kind of made fun in Germany of Opel Manta drivers. They even made a movie Manta Manta.
I am a German engineer, who did work in international construction. in 2017 I was in Massachusetts, President No. 45 had just been inaugurated and there were a few guys with MAGA stickers on their cars (no red caps due to mandatory hardhats on site) and one of them picked up a line Trump had said quite often at the time, which was that Germany is a terrible country because we take American money by selling them our Mercedes and BMWs but do not return anything by buying Chevrolets and Lincolns and whatever.
I missed the Omega Lotus which was a sub 6s Omega build by Lotus. I was mindblown as a small kid.
If memory serves, the Opel Speedster was built on the same platform as the Lotus Elise.
the Opel GT (1968 - 1973) is missing. that car was a beauty
The original opel GT was probably the one car opel is known for in the US, it was their best seller there
The Calibra deserves the most attention, it is the all time best Opel car with very futuristic design for its time, amazing aerodynamics.
You can't imagine how many emotions these cars trigger in me
Opel, GM, Vauxhall and Holden had a partnership for decades. Many cars shared parts and even entire models were just rebadged. All four brands started off on their own but a four-way marriage of convenience was formed to get around import taxes.
Here in Brazil they were ALL branded Chevrolet. Astra, Omega, Kadett, Corsa...
The Opel Manta is a legend. Even a german comedy movie franchise was made: "Manta, Manta". Please go down that rabbit hole, you will be surprised. The tuning scene went mental with that car.
Little bit about Opel. Opel uses alphabet to categorize their cars generations (Corsa A-F, Astra F-L, Vectra A and B, Insignia A and B,...)
The Kadett C from the 70es was a world car, you had it mostly as Chevy Chevette and Pontiac 1000. However, the US models were 5 door hatchbacks, a shape we did not have from Opel, although we had many: 2 and 4 door sedan, wagon, 3 door hatchback, coupe and targa roof.
Opel Speedster or Vauxhall VX220, based on the Lotus Elise but with a Vauxhall/Opel engine.
Hello from Sweden. My father worked for GM, and especially the Opel brand, for 25 years here in Scandinavia. I was just a kid when my dad and his boss went to Hungary for a business trip in the mid 1970s. They decided to go by car with a brand new
I love how videos like this highlight specific cultural differences. The chuckle and the "weird-looking" comment when you saw the Opel Combo surprised me. Small businesses here in the UK and most of Europe run on small vans that look almost identical to the Combo. It is impossible to leave the house any day of the week without seeing something that looks like that, so when somebody thinks it's "weird" I find that an interesting peek into another culture.
Opel technology was used extensively in Australian Holden especialy in the Commodore range
Opel won a WRC Drivers title with the Opel Ascona 400 with Walter Rohrl at the wheel. I still have my 1977 Opel Kadett C saloon. Very underrated, reliable cars. You need to watch Jimmy McRae or Russell Brookes drive the Vauxhall Chevette HSR, the Opel Ascona 400 and the Opel Manta 400. Legends of UK and European rally.