Uma namuhla i-converter ye-catalytic ibonakala njengengxenye "evamile" kunoma iyiphi imoto, kwakukhona izikhathi lapho ibhekwa "njengokunethezeka" okuhloswe kuphela amamodeli abiza kakhulu futhi yamukelwe yimikhiqizo enokukhathazeka okuphezulu kwemvelo. Kulokhu, i-Opel izogqama, okuthe kusukela ngo-1989 kuya phambili izobeka isisekelo sokubusa kwentando yabantu.
Lokhu “kubusa kwentando yeningi” kwaqala ngo-April 21, 1989, lapho abakwa-Opel bememezela isinqumo sokunikeza njengochungechunge kulo lonke uhla lwayo lokho okwakubonwa ngaleso sikhathi njengendlela engcono kakhulu yokunciphisa intuthu engcolisayo: i-catalyst yezindlela ezintathu.
Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, zonke izinhlobo ze-Opel zaba nenguqulo okungenani eyodwa efakwe isiguquli se-catalytic esijwayelekile, izinguqulo ezazibonakala kalula ngophawu oludumile lwe-“Kat” oluvela ngemuva kwamamodeli omkhiqizo waseJalimane.
Ibanga eligcwele
Izindaba ezinkulu zesilinganiso esimenyezelwe yi-Opel bekungekona ukwamukelwa kwesiguquli sendlela ezintathu, kodwa ukufika kwalena kulo lonke uhla. Njengoba umqondisi we-Opel wangaleso sikhathi uLouis R. Hughes aqinisekisa: “I-Opel ingumkhiqizi wokuqala ukunikeza ubuchwepheshe obungcono kakhulu obunobungani bemvelo njengengxenye yezinto ezisetshenziswayo ezijwayelekile kulo lonke uhla kusukela kwencane kakhulu kuye phezulu kwebanga. ”.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngakho-ke, kusukela ngo-1989, bekuzoba nama-Opel amahlanu anezinguqulo ze-catalyzed: i-Corsa, i-Kadett, i-Omega ne-Senator, ngaleyo ndlela iphothula isu i-brand eyayiqale eminyakeni emihlanu ngaphambili ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa ukuvikelwa kwemvelo.
Namuhla, eminyakeni engu-30 ngemva kokufika kwezinguqulo ezithuthukisiwe zalo lonke uhla lwe-Opel, uhlobo lwaseJalimane lulungiselela ukwethula inguqulo ye-plug-in hybrid ye-Grandland X kanye ne-Corsa kagesi yokuqala, izinyathelo ezimbili ezihambisana nohlelo lomkhiqizo okufanele lube nalo. 2024 inguqulo efakwe ugesi yemodeli yayo ngayinye.