The former sponsor of Milan is Opel.

Opel is a German car.

That pattern means that the circle represents the sky, and "Z" represents lightning falling from the sky.

Brief introduction of Opel

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Opel is called Opel in Chinese mainland and Opel in Taiwan Province Province. Germany's Opel Company is a subsidiary of American General Motors, and it is a window for GM in Europe. It was founded by Adan Opel, that is, Adan Opel (Opal), and has a history of 100 years. As Opel has sponsored the World Cup, European Championship, Davis Cup, UEFA Cup and other major ball games in the world, Opel has a high reputation in the sports field, which undoubtedly brings rich returns to it. At present, Opel's products have spread all over the world 100 markets in more than 20 countries. Opel has maintained its position as the No.1 brand in Western Europe for five consecutive years, accounting for 12% of the western European automobile market.

1862, Adan Opel established the Opel company in Heim, Lurcel, and initially produced sewing machines and bicycles. Automobile production began in 1897 and 1924. The company built the first automobile production line in Germany, which made the automobile output soar and took the lead in the field of cheap cars in Germany. In addition, the Opel family may have concerns about the German government at that time, and sold 80% of the company's shares to the American General Motors Company at 1929. Since then, Opel has become a subsidiary of German General Motors.

Symbolic meaning

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"Opel" was once translated into aubert, taking the surname of its founder Adem aubert. A trademark consists of two parts: a pattern and a text.

The pattern represents the technical progress and development of the company, which cuts through the sky like lightning, shocks the world, indicates that the car is flying like lightning, and also shows off its research results in aerodynamics; The word "Opel" is the surname of the founder. 1899, two sons of old Opel, Fritz and William, started to manufacture cars and motorcycles, and named the factory after their father, adam opel, so the name of Opel has been used ever since.

Opel brand

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It has become the core of Opel's concept to continuously carry out technological innovation and provide cheap and high-quality products for the vast social groups.

Opel's good brand image is based on four foundations:

Diversity and inherent flexibility

Dynamic driving

Rich in modernity

Unique design

Opel history

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Opel's traditional "lightning split the circle in two" logo was first used in early Opel Blitz trucks. All kinds of Opel cars have established their own independent brand image in a market. In Britain, Opel's various models are sold as vauxhall, with the logo of Griffin on it, which is a beast image of half lion and half eagle. It was once the helmet of a knight named fulk Brain at the beginning of13rd century. The knight's hometown is famous for its Fulk's Hall. The name later evolved into vauxhall, and on this basis, the British Automobile Company was established, and later became a part of General Motors.

The history of Opel Automobile Company can be traced back to 1863. Adan Opel, the German founder at that time, started his own sewing machine company after designing and manufacturing sewing machines, and then began to design bicycles. Business is booming, so that he has hundreds of employees and an annual output of tens of thousands of sewing machines. From 65438 to 0899, the growing Opel company began to set foot in the automobile manufacturing industry. At that time, the earliest Lutzman car was a three-seat 3.5-horsepower single-cylinder engine convertible, and it was also one of the earliest cars in the world. Excellent technology and manufacturing standards enabled Opel to quickly occupy the automobile market at that time. By 19 14, Opel had become the largest automobile manufacturer in Germany, and then established the first 45-meter-long assembly line in Germany. By 1928, Opel's products have accounted for more than one third of the German market. Today, Adan Opel's initial commitment remains unchanged. Opel always uses the latest design and the most advanced manufacturing technology to produce cars, and strives to provide consumers with acceptable prices-pursuing excellent cost performance, which is the basic principle that the Opel brand marked by "Lightning" has always adhered to. Germany's spirit of scientific and technological innovation has enabled Opel to create a number of landmark records in the history of automobile development, and this cutting-edge technological innovation has run through the development history of Opel 100 years: 19 13 years. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Opel, a brand-new in-line four-cylinder multi-valve automobile was launched. 1924, Opel introduced the assembly line production mode and produced the first batch of cars in Germany. 1935, the brand-new Olympia model produced by Opel made its debut at the Berlin Auto Show, which was the first car with load-bearing steel frame in Germany. 1979, Opel's first front-wheel drive car was born; 1985, Opel became the first automobile manufacturer in Germany to equip all models with catalytic converters to control exhaust emissions; 1995, Opel became the first automobile manufacturer in Germany to install airbags for drivers and front passengers on all its cars, and the world's first pedal release system to ensure passenger safety was also equipped on Opel's Veda cars.

193 1 year, Opel became a member of General Motors. The following year, Opel became the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe; 1940, the first 1 10,000 car of Opel was born; After that, 197 1, 1983 and 1994,100000,000,000,000,20,000 and 30,000,000. So far, Opel has produced 6,543,800 sewing machines, 500,000 bicycles and more than 50 million cars.

In the past ten years, Opel Omega, Veda, Astra and Safely, which sell well all over the world, have won numerous awards in various authoritative car awards around the world, which is also the best affirmation of Opel's long-term technological innovation and excellent technology. As the flagship model of Opel, Omega is the first choice for successful people in all walks of life. David is the frontier of German science and technology aesthetics. As a mid-level car with outstanding cost performance, it is favored by people who love their career and family. Astra is fashionable, safe and practical, and has set a new example of small family cars in 2 1 century. Saifeili station wagon is spacious and flexible, with various functions and uses, which can be used at home and office.

Early history

Opel was not a car brand at first, but a factory that made sewing machines. Adam opel manufactured the first sewing machine in 1862, and applied for the establishment of a company in his own name on August 14 of the same year, located in Heim Town, lascelles. 1885, the factory in adam opel began to produce bicycles and sewing machines. Since its establishment 25 years ago, Opel has become a successful international manufacturer, and its sewing machines are exported to Europe, the United States, Russia and India.

Adam opel died in 1895, leaving five brothers Karl, William, Heinrich, Friedrich and Ludwig to inherit the family business. 65438-0898 Opel brothers Friedrich and Heinrich took great interest in the increasingly popular automobile manufacturing in Europe at that time and set up the automobile department. The following year, Opel's first new car "System Lutzmann" came out, officially announcing the birth of Opel Automobile Factory. At that time, the price of this car was as high as 1 17000 Deutsche Mark.

Opel's first motorcycle was put on the market at 190 1 1902 completed a car, equipped with 12 horsepower twin-cylinder engine and built-in water pump, with a top speed of 45 kilometers per hour. 1903 produced the first four-cylinder engine, which can output 20 horsepower.

1906, Opel Automobile Factory set up a production line in Berlin, and the first1000th Opel car left the factory. 1907 Opel won the "Kaiser" award for the best German car in Taunus. In the same year, Opel began to produce trucks.

From 65438 to 0909, Opel Automobile Factory produced the famous "Doctor Car" and sold it to the public at a price of 3950 marks, becoming the representative of cheap cars in Europe at that time. 19 1 1 year, the Opel manufacturing factory in Russelsheim town caught fire, which completely destroyed the original sewing machine production line, so the factory rebuilt in situ only focused on producing cars. 19 12, the 1 10000 Opel car was born. 19 14 became the largest automobile manufacturer in Germany, with an annual sales volume of 3,335 vehicles.

1924, Opel produced the first two-seater sports car "Opel Laubfrosch", equipped with an eight-cylinder engine, dry multi-disc clutch and four-wheel hydraulic brake. The price was 4,500 DM, but two years later, due to mass production, the price of the car was reduced to 2,900 DM, and it was further reduced to 10 in the 1930s. This national car with green paint and streamlined rear design is the best-selling car series of Opel Automobile Factory 1920' s, and * * * produced1/9484 cars.

From 65438 to 0928, Opel became the largest automobile manufacturer in Germany, with an annual sales volume of 427,765,438+0 vehicles and a market share of 37.5%. In the same year, the stock went public. Opel's first racing car propelled by solid rocket was born. During the speed test in Heim, lascelles, the speed reached 238 kilometers per hour with 24 rockets.

General procurement

1929, General Motors of the United States acquired 80% of the shares of Opel Automobile Company, and Opel started the business of automobile insurance and automobile installment payment. 193 1 year, American GM acquired all the shares of Opel automobile company and formally merged Opel, becoming the first subsidiary of GM in Europe. At that time, Opel had 65,438+03,000 employees and the daily output was 500 cars and 6,000 bicycles.

Ascending period

1935, Opel introduced P4, 1. 1 liter four-cylinder engine with 23 horsepower and a top speed of 85 kilometers per hour. Later, based on this model, the all-steel, sturdy and safe Olympia RV was launched, and the price was only 1650 Deutsche Mark, which was sold out immediately after listing. Because of this car, the annual output of Opel Automobile Factory exceeds100000, making it the largest automobile factory in Germany. 1936, Opel introduced the Cadet model, making the annual output of Opel Automobile Factory reach 120923, becoming the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe at that time.

Nazi period

1937, Opel terminated the bicycle factory with the largest output in the world. In the same year, the German Nazis ordered the full production of automobiles.

1939, Opel introduced the extremely successful luxury car Captain, which is a 2.5L six-cylinder engine, all-steel material, front wheel independent suspension system, liquid shock absorber, electric fan and heating air conditioner, and it is also the first car with a central speedometer. This car * * * produced 25,374 units, mainly for government units.

1940, Opel * * * produced one million cars. /kloc-in October, he was ordered to stop producing cars and devote himself to producing military weapons.

Postwar recovery

The German factory Opel's Russell Heim and Brandenburg automobile factory have been completely destroyed by the allied bombing, and the few remaining materials and supplies have also been searched out by the allied forces who came later. In the era of post-war depression, it is difficult for ordinary people to find food and clothing, let alone buy a car. Therefore, the rebuilt Opel did not produce cars at first, but produced Blitz, the truck needed for reconstruction, and then produced the pre-war Olympia cars with the support of General Motors. Then the transformation of Russelsheim automobile factory was completed, and the whole Opel automobile became active.

1962, the Opel brand was born for a hundred years, and it was also the day when the brand-new Bochum automobile factory was completed. A new generation of Kadett A, which continues the pre-war mode of production, has also begun to appear. Cardit B was introduced by 1967.

Kadite automobile age

Kadett C is introduced in 1975. Before 1988, the Cadillac e was produced all the time. Cadit automobile series can be called the long-lived automobile series of Opel Automobile Factory, and 1985 won the honor of European automobile of the year. Cartwright was renamed Astra in 199 1, but the production models continued to use Cartwright, so the first generation Astra was called Astra F, and later it was called Astra G in 1998.

Top RV route

Ascona C sports car 1965, Opel introduced the Rekord, which was the successor car of Olympia before World War II. The Rekord sedan was produced until 1982 introduced the Rekord E model, and then it was renamed as Omega in 1985, and won the honor of European Car of the Year in 1987. Omega made a big change in 1994 and became the current Omega B. Then Omega B made a small change at the end of 1999 and called Omega 2000. However, at present, Opel has decided not to produce the improved follow-up model of Omega, and will be replaced by a new generation of Signum, taking over the position of Opel's luxury top-class RV.

American wheelbarrow

Opel launched the American Commodore sedan at 1967, the two-seater GT sports car with hidden headlights at 1968, and the Kapitan, Admiral and Diplomat at 1969. These American-style cars are undoubtedly the result of the intervention of Opel's parent company General Motors. However, these oil-eating monsters with large displacement engines can't afford to fall to the ground as soon as they encounter an oil crisis. Europeans don't seem to like these big, gas-guzzling American cars.

Sports car fever

From 65438 to 0972, Opel's automobile market share in Germany rose to 20.4%, and the Ascona sedan was launched. At the beginning, Ascona was a front engine with rear wheel drive. By 198 1 year, Ascona C had switched to front engine and front wheel drive, participated in many racing activities and won the championship. The chassis of this Ascona C has also been applied to Kadett E by Opel and has become a best-selling model. Ascona C handed over the baton to Vectra A, the successor car, after 1988 stopped production.

198 1 year, Opel has greatly improved its vehicle manufacturing technology. First of all, water-soluble spray painting is used for vehicle spray painting to reduce environmental pollution. 1982, Opel established a new factory in Zaragoza, Spain, specializing in the production of Corsa A, a new small RV. 1985, Opel began to install catalytic converters on the cars it produced, in order to reduce the environmental pollution caused by automobile exhaust. 1987, the 25th anniversary of the founding of Opel brand/kloc-0, and the number of vehicles using environmentally-friendly water-soluble paint has reached 3 million.

1989, Opel showed the amazing Calibra coupe at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The drag coefficient of this car is as low as 0.26. The chassis and engine are from Vectra A, which caused a sensation immediately after 1990 was officially launched, and kept the record of the lowest drag in ten years. When Calibra used an 8-valve engine in the early days, the top speed could reach 203 kilometers per hour. When the 16 valve engine with higher horsepower was used in the later stage, the acceleration of 0- 100 km was only 8.5 seconds, and the top speed was 233 km/h. Later, a 2.5V6 model was derived, which was manufactured by DTM (German Touring Car Race) 3.0MV6 and discontinued at 1997.

2 1 century recreational vehicle

Safely 2006 1998, Opel displayed seven leisure cars Safely at the Paris Motor Show. The chassis and engine of this car originated from Astra G. 1999 was in short supply immediately after it was officially listed. Safely uses three gasoline engines, 1.6L, 1.8L and 2.2, and a 2.0L diesel engine. The real essence of Safely lies in the seat design of Flex7. It only takes 15 seconds to go from seven seats to two seats. The third row of seats can also be quickly hidden in the floor of the car room, which is very flexible for daily use.

milestone

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1862, adam opel company was established.

197 1 year, the1000th Opel car was born.

1929, General Motors of the United States acquired 80% of the shares of Opel, and two years later, General Motors further acquired the controlling stake of 100%. Since then, Opel has become a German subsidiary of General Motors.

1983, the 20 millionth Opel car was born.

From 65438 to 0993, Opel entered the Chinese mainland market.

1999, Opel celebrated the anniversary of 100.

In 2002, Opel completed its new plant in Russellheim.

science and technology

1924, Opel introduced the assembly line production mode and became the first manufacturer in Germany to realize mass production.

During the period of 1928, the Opel brothers deployed rocket propulsion on the Opel racing car, which successfully set a safe and high-speed driving record. This consistent tradition of paying special attention to research and development has pushed Opel to constantly surpass itself in the world car world.

1979, Opel's first front-wheel drive Kadett D sedan was born, and the front-wheel drive technology was applied to most Opel cars.

1995, Opel Corsa ECO3 is the only car in the world that only needs three liters of oil per 100 km.

In 2002, the speed of ECO Speedster was 250 km/h, and only 2.5 liters of oil was needed for every 65,438+000 km.

motive power

19 13, Opel first adopted a new engine with 4 valves per cylinder and 16 valve overhead camshaft at the world booth.

19 15, Opel produced the first six-cylinder engine with 4.7 liters, which can output 50 horsepower.

1928, Opel produced the first Regent, which adopted an eight-cylinder engine and could output 1 10 horsepower, equipped with multi-disc clutches and four-wheel hydraulic brakes.

1996, the world's first car with a four-cylinder 16v direct-injection turbocharged diesel engine was born in Opel.

In 2005, ECOTEC 2.8 V6 won the "Top Ten Engines of 2005" 1.3CDTE ECOTEC won the "Engine of 2005" award 1.0- 1.4 upgrade.

safe

19 19, Opel built the first test track in Germany, standardized the test of new cars, and put in the data of body structure and operational safety, which not only consolidated the reputation of the car factory, but also opened the insurance policy for automobile safety for consumers.

1925, Opel Type80 was equipped with a 45-horsepower engine, which was the first Opel car with four-wheel braking function.

During the period of 1979, Opel paid attention to safety design and adopted the design of collision deformation zone of the car body to protect the safety of passengers in the car.

1994, Opel became the first automobile manufacturer in Germany to provide airbags for all drivers and front passengers. At the same time, the world's first pedal release system to ensure Chen Yuan's safety is also equipped on Opel's Veda car.

In 2004-2005, Opel Astra and Safely obtained five NCAP European safety certifications respectively.

design

1826, Opel produced the first patented car in Germany-Opel Lutzmann.

1909, Opel launched Doktor Wang En model, which showed a new level of Opel's car-making technology.

1923, Opel introduced the classic "Tree Frog" model.

1935, Opel launched a brand-new Olympia model, which is the first car with load-bearing steel frame in Germany, combining the advantages of low risk, light weight and safety, making Opel the first automobile factory in Germany with an output of more than 6,543,800 vehicles.

1990, Opel Czlibra coupe came out. It is not only beautiful in appearance, but also very practical. It set a record of 0.26 drag coefficient of RV, and sold 20,000 cars in Europe within half a year. Starting from 1992, it is a turbocharged, 6-speed all-wheel drive car, which is a high-quality performance car.

Attribution model

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Zafira (safety)

Free and smart, seven smart spaces, plus Opel safety, each has its own leisure. Walk freely between leisure and business, do your best in safety, design exquisitely, and save fuel. Small and dexterous, it can be easily controlled. There is also a spacious "Seven Clever Spaces" (Flex7) variable seat system.

Vectra (Vader)

Opel Vader, pure Germany imported perfect quality. Simple and dynamic appearance, elegant and luxurious interior, and many high-tech equipment release positive and elegant momentum. Equipped with ECOTEC patents with high efficiency, energy saving and environmental protection? Engine, strong, beyond infinite speed, interacts with the beating pulse of your leading era.

Astra (Astra)

Compared with traditional cars, the first model of Xinyate series adopts a more fashionable and practical five-door hatchback design, which is more agile, lower in center of gravity, more fuel-efficient and better in dynamic stability. Moreover, due to the hatchback design, the rear view is also larger, which is convenient for reversing.

Opel GT

The new Opel GT sports car introduces fashion elements into the design concept of two-seater sports car. It has powerful front engine, rear wheel drive, dynamic cab and special fabric soft top. The slender front, wide body, smooth appearance and short and skillful suspension make it proud and unique.

Opel GT sports car is Pontiac's European sister version and a clone of Saturn Sky. Two seats, rear wheel drive. The 2.0-liter four-cylinder ECOTEC supercharged engine provides a maximum of 260 horsepower. It accelerates from 0-60 mph in less than 6 seconds. 18 inch tires give this car a strong grip. Opel GT made its global debut at the 76th Geneva International Auto Show in March 2006, and was listed in Europe in June 2007. The price starts at 30,675 euros, which is about 308,000 yuan.

Opel test center

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1964, Opel bought a forest extension with an area of 2.6 square kilometers in Dudenhofen. In order to set up a testing center here, Opel has met extremely harsh conditions-promising not to destroy the natural characteristics of the forest, and the number of trees cut down should not exceed one-sixth of the total. 1964165438+10, the Dudenhofen Opel Test Center was officially started in Luodegao Forest, and a total of 35,000 tons of gravel/kloc-0, 45,000 tons of asphalt, 0.42 million tons of concrete/kloc-0, and 322,000 tons of paved roads were invested. On March 20th, 1966, Dudenhofen Opel Test Center welcomed the first test vehicle. The tests of Dudenhofen Test Center mainly include exhaust gas test, chassis test, body structure test, vibration reduction test, impact test, humidity adaptation test and low temperature adaptation test. Due to the overload of the test track, Dudenhofen Opel Test Center has carried out a large-scale reconstruction of expressway Lane at 1993. Dudenhofen Opel Test Center expressway was built in 1965. At first, expressway was made of concrete, with three lanes and a designed top speed of 225 km/h. After the renovation, all three lanes were paved with asphalt pavement. One lane is concrete, which is used for braking and low-speed testing; The design speed of its high-speed loop can reach 330 km/h. At present, the test center has to test nearly 40,000 km of various vehicles every day, 1 year100000 km. The center has 200 employees, including 100 professional drivers, 30 engineers, 50 technicians and 20 extension workers.