• Hilmar Born, the owner of the Opel museum looks at his vintage Opel ‘Rekord’ car. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    Hilmar Born, the owner of the Opel museum looks at his vintage Opel ‘Rekord’ car. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • A vintage Opel car sign is seen at a Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    A vintage Opel car sign is seen at a Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • A worker enters a truck loaded with Opel cars at the Opel assembly plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    A worker enters a truck loaded with Opel cars at the Opel assembly plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • The facade of the Opel plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    The facade of the Opel plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • A traffic sign of Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    A traffic sign of Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • Vintage Opel signs are seen at the Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    Vintage Opel signs are seen at the Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • Vintage Opel cars are seen at the Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    Vintage Opel cars are seen at the Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • Hilmar Born, the owner of the Opel museum poses by a vintage Opel ‘Rekord’ car in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    Hilmar Born, the owner of the Opel museum poses by a vintage Opel ‘Rekord’ car in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • A banner “we were Opel employees with heart and soul” is seen in front of the Opel plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    A banner “we were Opel employees with heart and soul” is seen in front of the Opel plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • A vintage Opel ‘Admiral’ car is covered at the Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    A vintage Opel ‘Admiral’ car is covered at the Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • Stickers stating ‘Opel. We love cars’ are seen at the entrance of the Opel plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    Stickers stating ‘Opel. We love cars’ are seen at the entrance of the Opel plant in Bochum. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • Vintage Opel signs are seen at a Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
    Vintage Opel signs are seen at a Opel museum in Herne. Ina Fassbender / Reuters
  • Employees arrive for work at the Opel factory in Bochum. Sepp Spiegl / Bloomberg
    Employees arrive for work at the Opel factory in Bochum. Sepp Spiegl / Bloomberg

European carmaker Opel to cut its engines - in pictures


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Opel will close its Bochum plant in Germany by the end of this year.