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Opel launches car output in 1899

A green Opel 1899 Motorwagen IV Lutzmann
Opel's 1899 Motorwagen IV Lutzmann (AUTOMOTIVE NEWS FILE PHOTO)
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By:
David Phillips
January 23, 2018 05:00 AM

The Opel brothers acquire Friedrich Lutzmann’s motor car plant and begin production of the “Opel Patent Motor Car, System Lutzmann” in Ruesselsheim, Germany, on Jan. 21, 1899.

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