Opel Celebrates 150th Anniversary with a Video Presentation
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Opel Celebrates 150th Anniversary with a Video Presentation



As Opel begins the celebrations for its 150th anniversary this year, the German automaker has published a new video that traces its history from the foundation of the company by Adam Opel on January 21, 1862 up until today and its most recent offerings like the new Chevrolet Volt-based Ampera.

As you can see in the video after the break, Opel started off by producing sewing machines and then went on to build high-wheel bicycles, also known as penny-farthings (from the unevenly sized British penny and farthing coins) before Adam Opel's two sons entered into a partnership with Friedrich Lutzmann to produce the company's first automobiles in 1902.

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