Production chronology1935–1940; 1947–1953; 1967–1970
Discrete sourced production/model years; omitted years are intentional gaps, not an implied continuous run.
Wikipedia infobox ↗17 years
← Opel
Opel / Model record
OpelOlympia
Production1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Recorded originGermany
Classcommercial vehicle
Background
The Opel Olympia is a compact car by German automaker Opel, then part of G.M., from 1935 to 1940, and after World War II continued from 1947 to 1953. It was one of the world's first mass-produced cars with a unitary body structure, after the 1934 Citroën Traction Avant; and it was a mass-production success, made in six-figure numbers. Opel achieved this even before the war, all while Hitler promised Germany a "Volkswagen" - a 'People's car', which didn't materialize until 1946. From 1967 to 1970 the Olympia badge was briefly reused on a later car.
Text adapted from “Opel Olympia” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1937–1973
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗37 years