During WW1 already the military standadized the type to four tonnes, driving Opel to devise a larger and more reobust “standard truck”, produced and sold until the early 1920s. In 1907, the first truck was added to the portfoli, a 3/4 tonne vehicle with pneumatic tyres, propeller shaft drive and 2-4 cylinder engines. Delivery and transport vans were built, based on “System Lutzmann”, patent created the first automobile in Rüsselsheim.
The origins of commercial automotive venture by the pioneer Fritz Opel dated back 1899. Opel Blitz 1.5 tons pickup (1932), one of the three body style available with the van and bus to the civilian market. During WW2, the Opel Blitz became the prime utility truck of the Wehrmacht, deployed in every front. The logo created for this brand, two stripes arranged loosely like a lightning symbol in the form of a horizontally stretched letter "Z", became the Opel logo. The Blitz (German for "lightning"), coined in a prize competition, became a brand name for various light and middle-weight trucks, right up to 1975. About 130,000 built The Blitz, Opel's legendĭuring the interwar, Opel became the largest truck manufacturer in Germany. Opel Blitz Germany (1934-44) Medium Truck.
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