Editing Opel (section)

==Motorsports==
[[File:2013-03-05 Geneva Motor Show 8022.JPG|thumb|Opel Adam R2 Rallye at the 2013 [[Geneva Motor Show]]]]
[[File:2005 DTM Zandvoort (17185339802).jpg|thumb|[[Opel Vectra GTS V8 DTM]] of [[Phoenix Racing (German racing team)|Phoenix Racing]] at [[Circuit Park Zandvoort]] in 2005]]
[[Opel Rally Team]] took part in [[World Rally Championship]] in the early 1980s with the [[Opel Ascona]] 400 and the [[Opel Manta]] 400, developed in conjunction with Irmscher and Cosworth. [[Walter Röhrl]] won the [[1982 World Rally Championship season|1982 World Rally Championship]] drivers' title, and the 1983 [[Safari Rally]] was won by [[Ari Vatanen]].

In the 1990s, Opel took part in the [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft]] and the succeeding International Touring Car Championship, and won the [[1996 International Touring Car Championship season|1996 championship]] with the [[Opel Calibra|Calibra]]. The brand also participated in the [[Super Tourenwagen Cup]] in the 1990s, winning the manufacturers' title in [[1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup|1998]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-21 |title=Opel Returns to Motor Sport |url=https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/opel-returns-to-motor-sport/ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=Automotive World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History – S. Spiess Motorenbau GmbH |url=https://www.spiess-racing.com/company/history/ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=www.spiess-racing.com}}</ref> Opel took part in the revived [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|German DTM]] race series between 2000 and 2005 with the [[Opel Astra|Astra]] and [[Opel Vectra GTS V8 DTM|Vectra]] models, but after winning several races in 2000, it struggled for results afterwards and never won the championship. However, Opel won the [[Nürburgring 24 Hours]] with the Astra in 2003.

Opel returned to [[motorsport]] competition with the [[Opel Adam|Adam]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2012/opel/11_21_opel_motorsport.html|title=Opel returns to motor sport|access-date=19 March 2017|date=21 November 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002242/http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2012/opel/11_21_opel_motorsport.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, Opel presented a road-legal sport version of the Adam R2 Rally Car – the [[Opel Adam S]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auto-power-girl.com/cars-news/2014/11/18/opel/8797/opel_adam_s_gets_priced.html|title=150HP Opel Adam S|work=Auto-Power-Girl.com|access-date=19 November 2014|archive-date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025071042/http://www.auto-power-girl.com/cars-news/2014/11/18/opel/8797/opel_adam_s_gets_priced.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> – powered by a 1.4 L turbocharged engine which generates 150 HP. The car makes 0–100&nbsp;km/h in just 8.5 seconds.

In 2019 at IAA, Opel presented the Corsa Rally Electric, an electric rally car for customer motor sport. Together with ADAC, Europe's largest automobile association, Opel has started the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup, the first rally brand cup for electric cars in the world in 2021. The charging infrastructure uses renewably generated electricity from the public power grid. In 2023, teams from seven nations took part in eight races in Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland. The electric motor, battery, inverter, and onboard charger come from the Corsa production vehicle. In 2024, the cup will enter its fourth season.