NgoJanuwari 21, 1862: Inkampani yaseJalimane "Opel" yasungulwa ngu "Adam Opel", inkampani yaqanjwa ngaye OPEL. Umsunguli wale nkampani washona ngo-1895, njengoba yayikhiqiza imishini yokuthunga engaba ngu-2000 ngonyaka, inkampani yenza iqoqo lokuqala lezimoto ngo-1898, futhi imoto yokuqala yaboniswa embukisweni waseHamburg, futhi indodana ka-Adam Opel yasungula indlunkulu entsha nefektri yenkampani, futhi inhloso kwakuwukushintsha ubuchwepheshe benkampani yashintsha ekubeni inkampani eyenza imishini yokuthunga. enkampanini ekhiqiza amabhayisikili, izinjini nezimoto, kwathi ngo-1913 i-OPEL yaba umkhiqizi wezimoto obaluleke kakhulu eJalimane.