Editing Opel (section)

{{Short description|German automotive brand, subsidiary of Stellantis}}
{{for|siliceous mineraloid|opal}}
{{About|the German automobile manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Opel Automobile GmbH
| logo = Opel logo 2023.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
| founder = [[Adam Opel]]
| area_served = Europe ([[Vauxhall Motors]] in the UK), Middle East and Asia-Pacific<ref name=occ>{{cite web |url=http://www.opel.com/content/dam/Opel/OpelCorporate/corporate/nscwebsite/en/company/Opel_Facts_and_Figures_2014_EN.pdf |title=Year in Review 2014 – Facts & Figures |author=Opel Corporate Communications |date=2014 |website=Opel |publisher=Adam Opel AG |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002120801/http://www.opel.com/content/dam/Opel/OpelCorporate/corporate/nscwebsite/en/company/Opel_Facts_and_Figures_2014_EN.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=25 July 2017 }}</ref>{{rp|pages=. 40, 41}}
| key_people = Florian Huettl (CEO)
| products = [[Automobiles]]<br />[[Electric vehicle]]s<br />[[Commercial vehicles]]
| production = {{increase}} 1.2 million vehicles (2016)<ref name="Facts">{{cite web | url = http://www.opel.com/company/locations.html| title = Facts}}</ref>
| revenue = {{increase}} $18.7 billion (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/275303/revenue-and-ebit-of-general-motors-europe/ |title=Statista |year=2016|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
| num_employees = 37,000 (2017)<ref name="Facts"/>
| parent = {{ubl|[[General Motors]] (1929&ndash;2017)|[[PSA Group]] (2017&ndash;2021)<ref name="PSA-Subsidiary" />|[[Stellantis]] (2021&ndash;present)<ref name="Opel History">{{cite news|title=Opel History|url=http://www.opel.com/company/history.html|access-date=1 March 2018|publisher=Opel|date=1 March 2018}}</ref>}}
| divisions = [[Opel Performance Center]]<ref name=carscoop>{{cite web |url=http://www.carscoops.com/2013/05/opc-boss-volker-strycek-drives-and.html |title=OPC Boss Volker Strycek Drives and Talks About the Astra OPC |last = Mihalascu |first=Dan |date=25 May 2013 |website=Carscoops |publisher=Carscoop & Carscoops |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
| subsid = {{plainlist|
* [[Opel Eisenach]]
* Opel Special Vehicles<ref name=gm10k2012>{{cite web |url=http://services.corporate-ir.net/SEC/Document.Service?id=P3VybD1hSFIwY0RvdkwyRndhUzUwWlc1cmQybDZZWEprTG1OdmJTOWtiM2R1Ykc5aFpDNXdhSEEvWVdOMGFXOXVQVkJFUmlacGNHRm5aVDA0TnpNek16RTJKbk4xWW5OcFpEMDFOdz09JnR5cGU9MiZmbj1HZW5lcmFsTW90b3JzQ29tcGFueV8xMEtfMjAxMzAyMTUucGRm |title=Form 10-K Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 Commission File Number 001-34960 General Motors Company |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=15 February 2013 |website=General Motors |publisher=General Motors Company |format=PDF |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6IgGIw1UX?url=http://services.corporate-ir.net/SEC/Document.Service?id=P3VybD1hSFIwY0RvdkwyRndhUzUwWlc1cmQybDZZWEprTG1OdmJTOWtiM2R1Ykc5aFpDNXdhSEEvWVdOMGFXOXVQVkJFUmlacGNHRm5aVDA0TnpNek16RTJKbk4xWW5OcFpEMDFOdz09JnR5cGU9MiZmbj1HZW5lcmFsTW90b3JzQ29tcGFueV8xMEtfMjAxMzAyMT |archive-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=6 August 2013 }}</ref>{{rp|at=Exhibit 21}}}}
| homepage = {{url|https://www.opel.com/|opel.com}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1862|01|21}}<ref name="Opel History" />
| location_city = [[Rüsselsheim am Main]], [[Hesse]]
| location_country = Germany
| locations = 10 manufacturing facilities
}}

'''Opel Automobile GmbH''' ({{IPA|de|ˈoːpl̩}}), usually shortened to '''Opel''', is a German [[automobile manufacturer]] which has been a subsidiary of [[Stellantis]] since 16 January 2021. It was owned by the American automaker [[General Motors]] from 1929 until 2017 and the [[PSA Group]] prior to its merger with [[Fiat Chrysler Automobiles]] to form Stellantis in 2021. Most of the Opel lineup is marketed under the [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] brand in the United Kingdom since the 1980s. Some Opel vehicles were [[badge engineering|badge-engineered]] in Australia under the [[Holden]] brand until 2020, in North America and China under the [[Buick]], [[Saturn Corporation|Saturn]] (until 2010), and [[Cadillac]] brands, and in South America under the [[Chevrolet]] brand.

Opel traces its roots to a sewing machine manufacturer founded by [[Adam Opel]] in 1862 in [[Rüsselsheim am Main]]. The company began manufacturing bicycles in 1886 and produced its first automobile in 1899. With the [[Opel RAK]] program, the world's first rocket program, under the leadership of [[Fritz von Opel]], the company played an important role in the history of aviation and spaceflight: Various land speed records were achieved, and the world's first rocket-powered flights were performed in 1928 and 1929. After listing on the stock market in 1929, General Motors took a majority stake in Opel and then full control in 1931, making the automaker a wholly owned [[subsidiary]], establishing an American ownership of the German automaker for nearly 90 years.<ref name="Opel History"/> Together with British manufacturer [[Vauxhall Motors]], which GM had acquired in 1925, the two companies formed the backbone of GM's European operations – later merged formally in the 1980s as [[General Motors Europe]].

In March 2017, PSA Peugeot Citroën agreed to acquire Opel, the British twin sister brand Vauxhall and the European auto lending business from General Motors for €2 billion ($2.3 billion), making the French automaker the second biggest in Europe, after [[Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PSA targets Opel turnaround as GM exits Europe|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-opel-m-a-psa/psa-targets-opel-turnaround-as-gm-exits-europe-idUSKBN16D0J1|access-date=1 March 2018|work=Reuters|date=6 March 2017}}</ref>

Opel is still headquartered in Rüsselsheim am Main. The company designs, engineers, manufactures, and distributes Opel-branded passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and vehicle parts; together with its British sister marque Vauxhall, they are present in over 60 countries around the world.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.opel.com/company/locations.html| title = Locations & Facts| date = 1 March 2018| website = Opel| access-date = 1 March 2018 }}</ref>