The company's founders - five brothers, Opel, and the name of the firm has received the full name of their father - Adam Opel, the owner of the company for the production of sewing machines and bicycles. The first Opel car was released in 1902 and had a two-cylinder engine. The production unfolded, the model wasgraciously accepted the consumer, but in 1911 the factory burned down.Reconstruction of the production was done in record time, and in 1913 the company has already produced trucks. However, inflation after the First WorldWar was the cause of the almost complete destruction of enterprises, and the brothers sold the company to concern General Motors. Opel, aiming to win the car market of small and middle classes, became the largest automobile company in Europe. Opel Olympia Opel Kadett and became iconic cars of its time.
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