NgoJanuwari 21, 1862: Inkampani yaseJamani "Opel" yasekwa ngu "Adam Opel", inkampani yathiywa ngegama lakhe OPEL. Umsunguli wale nkampani wasweleka ngo-1895, njengoko yayivelisa oomatshini bokuthunga abamalunga nama-2000 ngonyaka, emva koko inkampani yenza. ibhetshi yokuqala yeemoto ngo-1898, kwaye imoto yokuqala yaboniswa kwi-Hamburg fair, kwaye unyana ka-Adam Opel waseka ikomkhulu elitsha kunye nomzi-mveliso wenkampani, kwaye injongo yayikukutshintsha ubungcali benkampani yatshintsha ukusuka kwinkampani ukwenza oomatshini bokuthunga. kwinkampani eyenza iibhayisekile, iinjini kunye neemoto, kwaye ngo-1913 i-OPEL yaba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kumenzi weemoto eJamani.