Opel is German, and owned by a company registered in the Netherlands.
Opel came under Stellantis on 16 January 2021, when the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA took effect and Opel was named as one of the fourteen brands of the combined company.
Where it sits
Two levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.
Opel
164 years, two owners
The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.
- 1862 Adam Opel set up a workshop in his parents house in Russelsheim in 1862 to build sewing machines, decades before the company made a car.
- 2021 Opel came under Stellantis on 16 January 2021, when the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA took effect and Opel was named as one of the fourteen brands of the combined company.
Stellantis
15 marques
Marques from the Fiat, Peugeot and Chrysler families, merged in 2021 and registered in the Netherlands. Almost none of them is Dutch.
Germany 1
Opel
the United Kingdom 1
Vauxhall