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Motor vehicle
Opel Blitz
Blitz 1.5 T
Overview
Manufacturer
Opel (General Motors)
Production
1930–1975
Assembly
Rüsselsheim Opelwerk Brandenburg, Mercedes-Benz Mannheim Blitz 3.6 until 1944
Body and chassis
Class
light/medium truck/ light commercial vehicle
Body style
Van Pickup truck Minibus
Chronology
Successor
Opel Arena
Opel Blitz (Blitz being German for "lightning") was the name given to various light and middleweight trucks built by the German Opel automobile manufacturer between 1930 and 1975. The original logo for this truck, two stripes arranged loosely like a lightning symbol in the form of a horizontally stretched letter "Z", still appears in the current Opel logo. The Blitz name was then applied to the British-made Bedford CF when it replaced the Blitz in certain markets.
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