we're taking a journey into the past in a technological trendsetter the opal olympia this one was built in one nine hundred thirty eight the olympia was a best seller and one nine hundred thirty five the year the model was introduced it helped opel become the first german manufacturer to produce more than one hundred thousand cars a year and that made opel europe's biggest automaker. it's the car of our time in the mid one nine hundred thirty s. that was opals ad slogan for its new mass production model says vintage car expert christophe mower and might not look very spectacular but i'm sure it's 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 so it's a good ticket as it's all downhill. from the early. twentieth century on opal was