A technological trendsetter the open olympia this one was built in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight the olympia was a best seller and one nine hundred thirty five the year that the model was introduced and helped all will become the first german manufacturer to produce more than one hundred thousand cars a year and that made opel europe s biggest automaker but the awful olympia it s the car of its time and the mid one nine hundred thirty s. that was opals ad slogan for its new mass production model says vintage car expert chris thought it might not look very spectacular but under its nondescript exterior is a technological milestone the olympia was the first german mass production model to have a unitized body and uni body construction is still the standard in car making today because by the down notes. from the early twentieth century on opel was a hive of innovation in one thousand nine it s two seater doctors car used in the