Opel: Logo Meaning, Evolution, SVG, PNG and Company Overview

1978

This logo is a black square with bright yellow color fill. It has another black square with soft curves, the square has a black circle with yellow color fill and a bolt sign with squared ends. Below the soft-curved square, Opel is designed in black color with all capitalized letters using Podium Sharp 9.9 font.

1970

The logo has a light pinkish skin colored square and it has a black circle with a black bolt passing through it. The ends of the bolt are squared. Below the circle, Opel is designed in black color with all capitalized letters using a Girard Wide Heavy font.

1968

The logo is the same like the Opel’s second logo of 1964. The only difference is that the ends of bolt are more extended outside the circle. The logo also seems bigger and the bolt is sleek and thin than before.

1964

This logo has a black square with white color fill. The square has Opel designed in black color with all capitalized letters using Size Semi Bold font. Below the company’s name, there is a black circle with white color fill and there is a black bolt crossing it.

The company had 2 logos this year.

The logo is a 5-nested circle. The first four layers are grey and white and the last one is in grey color with white color fill. There is a grey and white bolt passing through the circle.

1963

This logo is a 3 nested circle. The first two layers are grey and black and the last one is grey with white color fill. There is a grey colored bolt with black color fill passing through the circle. The bolt looks more of an abstract.

1959

This logo has a single circle in brown color with white color fill. The airplane is designed by using 3 customized lines in white and brown color. The left part of the plane is bigger than the other end.

1957

The logo is again a 5 nested circle. The first 4 layers are black and white and the last one has a white color fill. The airplane is also black and white but the wing of the plane is completely black this time.

1956

The logo is still a copy of 1953 Opel – the only difference is that the grey color is now black. The wing of the airplane is designed a bit different this time.

The company had two logos this year.

This logo is just a single circle in black color with white color fill and the black and white black is thinner and sleeker than before.

1954

90% of the logo is the same like the 1953 Opel logo. The grey color is replaced by a brown color. The bottom of the logo has the name of the company in brown color.

1953

The logo is the same like the Opel’s second logo of 1951. It is a 3 nested circle. The first two layers are grey and white and the last one has a white color fill. The airplane is passing through the circle. The grey in this logo is a bit darker compared to the 1951 Opel logo.

1951

This logo is just a bolt on a transparent background. The upper part of the bolt is grey and the bottom part is solid black.

1951

This logo is the same as the Opel’s second logo of 1937. The company also introduced another logo in this year.

This logo is a 3 nested circle. The first two layers are grey and white and last one has white color fill. This time the rocket more looks like an airplane in grey and white color and is passing through the circle.

1947

The logo is a single circle in grey color with white color fill. A grey and white rocket is passing through the rocket going in the same direction like the rest of Opel logos.

1938

The logo is similar to the 1937 Opel logo. The logo is a 5 nested circle. The first 4 layers are in grey and white colors and the last one has a white color fill and it has a grey and white rocket passing through and going to left.

1937

This logo has a grey circle with white color fill and there is a design of what seems to be a rocket in grey and white color facing left. This rocket design is in the center of the circle but each end of it is outside the circle.

The company changed its logo 3 times this year. Below is the second logo of 1937.

The logo is a horizontal circle in black color and it has two color fills; white and skin color. The left part is white and the right part has skin color. The center of the oval has Opel designed in black color with all capitalized letters. The letters O and P are in white section and the letters E and L are in skin colored section.

The third logo of this year is below.

The company brought the rocket back. The logo has a black and yellow circle and the grey and black rocket is passing through the circle, going left.

1936

This logo is the name of the company and the name of the product. Opel Blitz is designed in black color with all capitalized letters. There is a black bolt between the letters and its edges are striking through the letters.

The company launched 2 logos this year.

The logo is still the name of the company and the product. This time the words are in white on grey diagonal rectangles. The font used is customized Times New Roman.

1930

The logo again has a pointy oval but this time in a bright yellow color. It has a lot of triangle shapes inside the oval in black color and the center of oval has Blitz designed on top of Rad. All the letters are capitalized in black color and used a customized Times New Roman font.

The company again launched 2 logos this year.

The oval now looks like a rugby football. It is a 2 nested oval. The first layer is in grey color and second one has black color fill. The grey part has 2 arch lines on top and bottom. The black part has Blitz designed in grey color. The letter I has extended lines reaching to the letters B and Z. The letter I looks like a thunder bolt.

1928

This logo is a soft-curved square in light brown color. The letters P and E are in white squares and the letters O and L are on the brown color fill.

In this year, the company introduced two logos.

The logo is a yellow circle with a bright red color fill and it has the same pointy oval design in yellow with red color fill. Opel is designed in yellow using the same font as used in the 1921 Opel logo.

1921

The oval shape is now more pointier than before. It is a 3 nested oval. The first layer is in black, followed by a yellow, and the third layer is again in black with a yellow color fill. It has Opel designed in black color with all capitalized letters using the same font style. The rusty squares are now 3 nested triangles in black and yellow colors.

1910

The logo again has a pointy oval but this time in brownish rusty color with a floral design inside it. It has another oval in blue color with Opel designed in white and has a rusty brown outline. All the letters are capitalized and use a customized York Baile Hill font. On each end of the blue oval there are customized 2 nested squares in rust color with blue color fill.

1909

The logo is the name of the company on a transparent background. Opel is designed in a customized font in light brown color. The letter O is capitalized and rest of the words are in smallcase. The edge of the letter L is extending to the letter P.

1906

This time, the logo is given a fancy look. It has a shape of a grave headstone in black color with a dull golden color fill. Opel is designed in the center in dull golden color with black color the letter’s spaces – all the letters are in uppercase using York Baile Hill font.

At the bottom of the logo inside the headstone, there is a black rectangle with text “A. Opel Russelsheim A/M”. All of these letters are capitalized and are in golden color using Times New Roman font. The letter A beside the M is superscripted.

1902

This logo has a customized oval shape with pointed edges. It is a 3 nested oval. The first layer is in thick red color and the second layer has a white color fill. Its top part has text “Motorwagenfabrik” designed in red with all capitalized letters and its bottom part has text “Russelsheim” designed in the same way. Both words used Times New Roman font. The third layer is in red color with white color fill and Opel is designed in red with capitalized letters using Grot Rough font.

1899

It looks like a badge in black color with a white inline and a black color fill. The black part has Opel designed on top of Motorwagenfabrik and below it, Russelsheim is designed on top of a.Main. All of these words are white. Opel has all capitalized letters. The letter M of Motorwagenfabrik is capitalized and rest are in small case.

Since this word has a lot of letters so it is small in size compared to Russelsheim a.Main. Except the letter A beside Main, all the letters of this word are capitalized. The fonts in this design are customized Times New Roman.

In this year, the company launched two logos, the second logo of 1899 Opel is below.

This logo looks like a floral crown in grey, brownish, and pink color. The year 1899, is designed on top of the logo in grey color. Opel is designed in an old-fashioned font in brownish color with a black outline on a pink color fill background. Bottom of the logo has a text “Fahrrader” designed in black color with all capitalized letters using Biblia Serif Bold OTF (700) font.

1888

This looks like a customized crest with a hexagonal shape. It has 4 circles at each end and has a light grey color fill. Inside the shape, Adam Opel is designed in black color with capitalized letters using customized Times New Roman font.

The letters A and O of each word are bigger than the rest. Below it, there are two lions holding a crown while standing on their hind legs. The lions seem to be standing on a floral design. Below this, Russelsheim is designed in the same way as Adam Opel.

1886

This logo has a lot of details. This logo is a customized ornate in dark grey color and all the details in it are black. On top of the ornate, Opel is designed in grey color with black outline with all capitalized letters using Calibri Body Bold font. Below it, Victoria Blitz is designed in black color with all capitalized letters using Times New Roman font.

In the center of the ornate, there is a fairy hovering over a boy on a bicycle. Both are forwarding left. This part also has design of clouds, trees, trail, and grass. On the bottom of the ornate, Russelsheim is designed in same way like Opel.

1862

This is the third logo of Opel and it looks like an oval and vertical ornate in grey color. There is a diagonal separating line in the center of the oval and Opel is designed in black color with all capitalized letters using customized Times New Roman font. Inside on top of the ornate, Adam Opel is designed and on the bottom side, Russelsheim is designed. Both words are capitalized and are in black color using customized Times New Roman font.

1862

This is the first logo of Opel. This is the year when the company used to manufacture sewing machines. The red part of the logo looks like a customized shape of a medallion. Inside it, there is a customized letter A and its top exceeds the red border. The letter A represents the founder’s name Adam Opel.