Opel Karl Breaks Cover (Video)

Ashley Oldfield

11 Sep 2014

Opel Karl Breaks Cover (Video)

The new generation Opel Corsa and three-door Opel Adam are about to welcome a new addition to their circle. From mid-2015, another small car will join them, the five-door Opel Karl.

Opel is on the attack at the moment, building up a head of steam as it launches three new cars all within 30 months of each other. Opel Adam being the first, followed by Corsa and then Karl will hit the streets.

Opel Karl Positioning

In a compact package of 3.68 metres, Karl will feature five doors, up to five seats and offer a flexible loading area. Karl intends to take up the space below the Adam in the growing hatchback market that includes cars such as the new Renault Sandero, Suzuki Swift and Mitsubishi Mirage.

Karl’s name pays homage to one of Adam Opel’s sons – who had founded the company in 1862. While Adam had turned Opel into the largest bicycle manufacturers of the world, his sons Carl, Wilhelm and Friedrich started the automobile adventure in 1898, building their first car the following year.

Opel Karl is welcomed into the Opel Family Video

Ashley Oldfield

Ashley Oldfield

Ashley has been riding or driving some sort of motorised vehicle since his 4th birthday when he got a Yamaha PW50. Equipped with years of racing experience, Ashley took up journalism and became a writer for some of South Africa’s best motoring magazines and online publications. He is SA’s first (and only) GT Academy winner having raced professionally overseas. He now serves as the Content Manager at Cars.co.za, putting his wealth of racing and driving experience to good use.

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