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These were featured in a great series of books about bats by Canadian author Kenneth Opel called Silverwing [0].

If you want typical European controls, have a look at a run-off-the-mill Volkswagen, Renault, Opel or Ford with stick shift.

Same with my granddad, he had to work in the Opel factories.

My granddad was interned in ww-II (German prisoner of war camp, forced labor for the Opel car company, a supplier of transport for officers).

IBM president John Opel served on United Way's national board...as did Mrs.

I mostly drive rentals, in the range of Ford Fiesta to Opel Astra -- all of them fell in that range.

GM seems to be in, with Chevy and Opel brands showing.

Before he changed to the Audi Team, he did win lots of rallyes with an Opel Ascona 400, which was not exactly overpowered compared to the other rallye cars of this time.

Recent examples: Opel attempting to buy itself out of GM (saved by Gov't bailout), Creditor Deutche Bank National Trustcompany (housing debt), most SV chip machinery comes from DE such as Zeiss etc.

Beyond that, the technology was not held by IBM alone, Powers/Remington-Rand and Siemens and Halkse also had similar equipment and technology - so while IBM may have been the market leader, they were by no means alone - and choosing IBM over Powers in my mind is different than buying a Ford-werke truck over an Opel one.

Except for VW, which are decidedly Northern, most other big German car manufacturers have their headquarters in the South, particularly in Baden-Württemberg or Bayern (Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche), with Opel sitting in Hessen.

When someone mentioned Microsoft to IBM President John Opel in 1980, Opel responded, "Oh, that's run by Bill Gates, Mary Gates' son." Opel served with Mrs.

Out of your list only Opel really qualifies as an "autmotive entrepreneur".

Several weeks later, when deal was ready to be signed, IBM execs ran the agreement by John Opel, who then mentioned " oh, this must be Mary Gates' son.

During a business trip, Mary Gates mentioned to John Opel that " My son is doing business with your company ", but he answered that he wasn't aware of any deal, and never heard of any "Micro-soft".

Chairman John Opel, who was also on the United Way committee, the business IBM was doing with Microsoft.

In Belgium, over 10000 ex-Opel employees got to go on pension, some as young as 38.

GM also has Saab, Opel, Daewoo, Holden, and Vauxhall, but is selling Saab, Opel, and Vauxhall.