Opel - our new Back of Jumper sponsor

[Tyson4Brownlow 154]

To be announced at Presidents function at the MCG today. They are a German automobile company.

Congrats to all involved, and remember, you heard it here first

[DEELIRIOUS 156]

How sure are you about this? If it is true then hopefully we get a decent deal!

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

To be announced at Presidents function at the MCG today. They are a German automobile company.

Congrats to all involved, and remember, you heard it here first

Any idea of the $$$?

[sylvinator 96]

terrific news!

[dpositive 1,663]

OPEL?? part of the GMH stable????

Hope we dont alienate the Ford supporters!

All good to me

I own an aged subaru

[Guest José Mourinho]

Decent logo too.

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Decent logo too.

Cam Schwab was probably holding off until a deal came around with a company that had a good logo. B)

[diesel 420]

Decent logo too.

Wonder what's happened to our Asian connection?

Terrific effort by Opel if they have got on board.

[Guest José Mourinho]

Wonder what's happened to our Asian connection?

Terrific effort by Opel if they have got on board.

In all seriousness, if there was anything there and it was progressing slowly, the nature of the Polis debacle may have had an adverse effect on negotiations.

[kallangurdemon 551]

From memory Opel also is a sponsor for another great red and blue jersey -Bayern Munich .

[3183 Dee 2,853]

Holy schizen! A great coup, Opel are the GM brand across most of Europe (Vauxhall in the UK). Fantastic get.

[Sir Why You Little 36,990]

i thought Opel in Germany had gone bust...similar to SAAB.

But there you go....they must have been saved...i know an entire city depends on them similar to Geelong and Ford.

[ox_5 163]

Great get if true. Releasing a car into the Aus market very soon.

[Whispering_Jack 29,825]

I've never seen an Opel car on Australian roads.

Does this mean they're going to start marketing their vehicles here?

[Macca 16,940]

Cam Schwab was probably holding off until a deal came around with a company that had a good logo. B)

Vell , ve are wery happy now .

Prost !

Edited April 22, 2012 by Macca

[Cards13 9,117]

From wiki:

Adam Opel AG (Opel) is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862.^[3] Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929. The company is headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Germany. It became a majority-stake subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation in 1929 and has been a wholly owned subsidiary since 1931.

In 2010, Opel announced that it will invest around €11 billion in the next five years.^[4] One billion of that is designated solely for the development of innovative and fuel-saving engines and transmissions.

The sell the Astra under the Opel brand in USA for a few years...

[Sir Why You Little 36,990]

I've never seen an Opel car on Australian roads.

Does this mean they're going to start marketing their vehicles here?

They already do....it's called a Commodore!!

[Cards13 9,117]

Holy schizen! A great coup, Opel are the GM brand across most of Europe (Vauxhall in the UK). Fantastic get.

Ah the Vauxhall Monaro!

[dee-luded 2,959]

To be announced at Presidents function at the MCG today. They are a German automobile company.

Congrats to all involved, and remember, you heard it here first

Fantastic !!!

Well,,,,,, what a surprise...

[Gooner 9]

It's an interesting sponsor for the club to get given that they don't produce a car here yet and a number of their popular cars in Europe (eg. the Astra) are already sold under the Holden badge.

Nonetheless, it's money for the club and some more good press which doesn't hurt!

[DEELIGHTED 16]

Can I rent an OPEL through HERTZ?

[DemonDave 1,089]

They have an australian URL:

http://www.opel-australia.com.au/flash.html

So possibly plan on having a presence here separate to the Holden branded GM products..

Great,great news if so! Well done to the Admin for getting three sponsors in a this climate...

[deeflog 679]

Can I rent an OPEL through HERTZ?

classic!! well done deelighted

great result for the club, now all we need is our onfield team to match the off filed teams efforts

[Jonesy!!! 27]

http://www.opel-australia.com.au/experience/about-opel/opel-news/2011/november/Opel_launch.html

[beelzebub 23,313]

OPEL?? part of the GMH stable????

Hope we dont alienate the Ford supporters!

All good to me

I own an aged subaru

Opel is part of GM...GMH is part of GM

they are now going to compete as separate brands here, different !! This has been in the wind for years now...that is OPEL coming to Oz.. Great news if we've scored them