{"id":496542,"date":"2017-05-01T03:26:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T10:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=44215"},"modified":"2024-08-18T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T13:42:29","slug":"discovering-opels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/discovering-opels\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Opels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><strong>After 117 years, I\u2019m finally getting around to figuring out Opel\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed speaking with Rich Taylor last month about his long involvement in the hobby and automotive journalism. I found it fascinating that he originally started working for Car and Driver because he won a car from them! Even more surprising was the fact that the car was an Opel GT! Now that\u2019s a name that\u2014if you\u2019re an American\u2014you don\u2019t hear very often, if at all. And yet, just a few weeks later, lo and behold, I open the business section of my newspaper (yes, I am one of the 17 people left in America who still reads an \u201cOl\u2019 Timey\u201d printed newspaper everyday!) and there was the headline that General Motors had sold all of Opel and Vauxhall to France\u2019s Groupe PSA (owners of Peugeot and Citro\u00ebn). Reading about the sale made me realize that\u2014other than my vague familiarity with the quirky Opel GT\u2014I really knew next to nothing about Opel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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