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14 unusual facts about -opel


Adel al-Zubeidi

He was killed on November 8, 2005, by three gunmen driving in either an Opel or a "government vehicle" outside Adil, a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad.

Englos

There is an Opel car dealer across the road from the shopping centre.

F25 manual transmission

The Getrag F25 manual transmission was fitted to many vehicles in the European Opel production line up including the Opel Calibra.

GM Delta platform

The new platform is being mainly engineered by GM's German subsidiary Opel in Rüsselsheim.

GM Gamma platform

The first version of the platform was issued in autumn 2000 with the introduction of Opel Corsa C and was a development of the earlier GM4200 platform used in previous Corsa models, developed by Opel in Germany.

GM Zeta platform

Development was started in late 1999 by Holden of Australia in order to replace the aging V-body platform underpinning the Commodore VT-VZ models after sister division Opel announced that the Opel Omega (on which the Commodore was based) would be discontinued.

Isthmian League

The sponsors after Rothmans to the present day have been: Michael Lawrie (1977–78), Berger (1978–82), Servowarm (1982–85), Vauxhall-Opel (1985–90), Vauxhall (1990–91), Diadora (1991–95), ICIS (1995–97) and Ryman (1997–present).

Janne Aikala

In the evening, after closing his shop, Patjas moved the cardboard box and the body to his to the back of his Opel and sought a quiet spot where he could abandon the body.

Max Valier

For von Opel, these were publicity stunts for the Opel company, and for Valier, a way of further raising interest in rocketry amongst the general population.

Opel Master Cup

The Opel Master Cup was association football tournament that mainly featured teams sponsored by car manufacturer Opel.

Opel-RAK

The Lippisch Ente a rocket-powered glider was produced on June 11, 1928, piloted by Fritz Stamer, but is not usually considered part of the series.

SC Opel Rüsselsheim

Apart from its association with the company Opel, the clubs most notable achievement has been playing in Germany's second division from 1965 to 1972.

Tony Fall

After he stopped driving, he became founder of the British Dealer Opel Team (DOT) as well as the self-willed but successful director of the Opel Motorsport Team in Germany, for which Walter Röhrl won the World Rally Championship for Drivers in 1982 with an Opel Ascona 400.

Zuhir al-Qaisi

On 9 March 2012, al-Qaisi was killed in a missile strike by IDF aircraft, while driving his Opel car in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood west of Gaza.


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