1837 | Adam Opel is born |
1862 | Sewing maschine factory |
1868 | Marriage to Sophie Marie Scheller |
1869 | Up till 1880 five sons (Carl, Wilhelm, Heinrich, Friedrich, Ludwig) |
1872 | Company-owned medical aid |
1886 | Lutzmanns fitters-shop |
1887 | Production of penny-farthings- and safety-bicycles |
1889 | Winner of the world championship (penny-farthings) |
1894 | Fritz wins the 620-km-long-distance race |
1894 | Friedrich Lutzmann builds his first two-seater |
1895 | The deat of Adam Opel, his widow, Carl und Wilhelm run the factory |
1895 | Ball bearings from Fichtel & Sachs |
1897 | Winner of the world championship (safety-bicycles) |
1897 | Lutzmann took part in the 1st motor vehicle show in Berlin |
1898 | Lutzmann's accident at the 2nd motor vehicle show |
1898 | Complete take over of Lutzmanns fabrication |
1899 | The first Opel as a patent motor vehicle. |
1901 | Motorcycles |
1902 | Darraqc-production licence |
1903 | The first of the self-developed engines |
1907 | Participation and winning of races |
1909 | The "doctor-car" |
1910 | Beginning of sales rationalisation |
1911 | Major fire, innovations in the building of car-bodies, engines also for other purposes |
1911 | 1 million sewing maschines produced, end of production |
1913 | Opel's widow dies |
1914 | Beginning of the 1st world war |
1916 | Six-cylinder |
1918 | End of the 1st world war |
1919 | Opel-racetrack |
1924 | Laubfrosch (leaf-green frog) |
1928 | Rocket vehicle, partial sale to GM |
1930 | Discontinuation of the motorcycle production |
1931 | Sale of the remaining 20% of the shares to GM, 1,2-l-"Volkswagen", Opel-Blitz truck |
1935 | Olympia, P 4, new factory in Brandenburg, cold chamber |
1936 | Kadett, Super 6, rolling training center |
1937 | Admiral |
1938 | Kapitän replaces the Super 6 |
1939 | Beginning of the 2nd world war |
1940 | 1 million Opels produced, end of the motor car-production |
1945 | End of the 2nd world war,partial disassembly |
1946 | Restart with the Opel-Blitz |
1947 | Olympia |
1948 | Kapitän |
1951 | Test facility, no more running-in regulations |
1952 | Olympia Rekord |
1955 | Olympia Rekord - facelifting |
1956 | 2 million Opels produced |
1957 | Rekord P1 |
1958 | Kapitän P1 |
1960 | Rekord P2 |
1961 | Rekord Coupé |
1962 | Kadett |
1963 | Rekord A |
1964 | KAD-series (Kapitän, Admiral, Diplomat) |
1965 | Kadett B, Rekord B |
1966 | Rekord C, Rallye Kadett |
1967 | Commodore A |
1968 | GT |
1969 | KAD 2 |
1970 | Ascona und Manta A |
1971 | Rekord D |
1972 | Commodore B |
1973 | Kadett C |
1975 | Ascona und Manta B |
1977 | Rekord E |
1979 | Kadett D |
1982 | Opel Corsa, Saragossa |
1984 | Kadett E |
1985 | Catalytic converters for all motor cars |
1986 | Omega |
1988 | Vectra A |
1989 | Calibra |
1991 | Astra F, Frontera |
1992 | Monterey, Eisenach |
1993 | Corsa B |
1994 | Omega B |
1995 | Four-valve diesel engine |
1998 | Gliwice (Gleiwitz) |
1999 | Zafira |
2000 | Agila |
2001 | Speedster |
2002 | Vectra B |
2003 | Meriva, Signum |
2004 | Astra G |
2006 | Astra GTC with the windscreen extended into the roof, Corsa, GT-new |