Opel Performance Center GmbH is an independent subsidiary of the German automaker Opel, which is responsible for the planning, development and coordination of all motorsport activities in charge of Opel and Vauxhall. The main focus of OPC lies in the Opel-involvement in motorsport, e.g., by 2005 at the DTM, at the British Touring Car Championship and at rallies as well as in the performance of standard models, which bear the shorthand symbol OPC. The former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters racer Volker Strycek, who won the DTM in 1984, is managing director of Opel Performance Center GmbH. OPC... was established in 1997. The first OPC car, an Astra 2.0 litre with naturally aspirated engine developing 160 PS , sold out all 3,000 limited edition units within four months when it was launched in 1999. Since then more than 50,000 of these high performance cars have been sold in a variety of models, ranging from Corsa OPC to Zafira OPC. Opel was the first brand to offer a high performance variant of a MPV when it launched the Zafira OPC with a a 2-litre turbo producing 192 PS in 2001.
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| Founded: | 1997 |
| Headquarters: | Rüsselsheim, Germany |