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The Opel Monza concept resurrects a nameplate that's been dormant for the better part of 30 years — 27 if you want to be precise — but it's an.

Concept cars have always served the purpose of introducing to the public the future styling direction an automaker has in store for its next ().

The Opel Monza concept is a promising sign of life from GM's ailing German subsidiary. Read more and see photos at Car and Driver.

With the four individually foldable seats, the driver could turn the Frogster into a roadster, convertible or pick-up at the push of a button. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. With a front fascia and a flowing silhouette that inspired the first Omega generation that premiered five years later, the TECH 1 set an aerodynamic benchmark with a drag coefficient of 0. The Opel Experimental GT presented the trend-setting concept of an affordable, sporty dream car. From the aforementioned LED IP, which employs 18 diodes to project onto a curved surface, to the environmentally-friendly layered and veneered wood, the interior is an incubator for a number of forward thinking ideas from GM.

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Efficiency and connectivity are the two major themes on top of the priority list for development of the next generation of Opel models. After all, Opel was the first carmaker in Europe that built a study and presented it to the public at the IAA in Among all European car manufacturers, Opel has the longest tradition of presenting concept cars featuring futuristic and innovative ideas at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

There has not been a new concept car from Opel at each IAA, but many of them have been significant milestones expressing or foreseeing new trends. The first concept car ever came from Opel parent company GM. While in Europe, only coach builders had so far built and presented futuristic body designs, Opel was the first car manufacturer to demonstrate its innovative power with a concept car that had been entirely created in its own design facilities: The Opel Experimental GT presented the trend-setting concept of an affordable, sporty dream car.

It was enthusiastically received by the press and public alike and, just three years later, the concept became reality: The Opel GT was the first European concept car to go into series production and be a role model for the industry. But Opel soon went one step further: This concept was also further developed and ultimately built in low-volume production.

The Opel concept cars of the s were actually so successful that a few years later other European competitors also began to develop and present concept vehicles themselves. This was first seen in the Opel GT2 that amazed the IAA visitors with its futuristic wedge shape and sliding doors. The interior was also ahead of its time: With a front fascia and a flowing silhouette that inspired the first Omega generation that premiered five years later, the TECH 1 set an aerodynamic benchmark with a drag coefficient of 0.

Its interior was just as ground-breaking: In the early s, marketers, designers and engineers started focusing on affordable small cars that would enable new customers — especially young people, women and inhabitants of growing urban areas — to access individual mobility.

In retrospect, the Junior can be considered the forerunner of the current individualization champion and chic urban car ADAM. It offered a host of interior ideas from easily exchangeable instruments to seat covers that could be transformed into sleeping bags and an absolutely visionary navigation system — and today the Opel ADAM is the best connected small car.

As new, severe European emission standards were announced for the future like the Euro 4 norm for , Opel Advanced Engineering and Design departments figured out what a future, cleaner compact car could look like. The G90 weighed only kilograms.

Its name says it all: It did not have a customary roof, but rather a stable, electrically-powered roller blind. With the four individually foldable seats, the driver could turn the Frogster into a roadster, convertible or pick-up at the push of a button.

Its design language — similar to the Monza Concept for the future — also had considerable impact on following Opel series production models. The Insignia Concept featured progressive, elegant design and innovations like LED lighting technology and new pantograph opening mechanisms for the rear doors.

Opel Monza concept