Opel Wien

Opel Wien GmbH

Type	GmbH
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1982
Headquarters	Aspern, Austria
Key people	Michael Lewald, Chairman
Products	Engines Transmissions
Owner(s)	General Motors Company[1]
Employees	2,000
Website	www.opel-wien.at (German)

Opel Wien GmbH^[2] (formerly GM Powertrain Austria GmbH) is an Austrian manufacturing company based in Vienna/Aspern, Austria and a subsidiary of General Motors. It currently produces engines and transmissions.

History

The Austrian Chancellor Dr. Bruno Kreisky and GM Austria Chairman Helmuth Schimpf signed a contract to build an engine plant in Vienna/Aspern on August, 23rd 1979. The investment amounted to over 9,8 billion Schilling.

Products

Opel Wien GmbH produces three- and four cylinder Twinport Ecotec high torque engines with a size of 1.0 to 1.4 liters. In January 2010, the production of a new turbocharged variant of the 1.4 engine started. The five-speed transmission with a torque of 170 to 190 newton meters is produced for petrol and diesel engines with a maximum engine size of 1.8 liters.

See also

• List of GM engines
• List of GM transmissions

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opel Wien.

• Opel Wien on the Open Directory Project
• Opel Wien official corporate website (German)

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