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43 AutoData | Novembro 2018 MILLIONAIRE Nearly one million Opala models were produced in Brazil from 1968 to 1992. It left production lines to give way to Omega, breaking many fans’ hearts – the so-called ‘Opaleiros’. THE PIONEER Until 1968, GM had only produced trucks and commercial vehicles in Brazil: no one had ever seen a made in Brazil Chevrolet automobile. Caravan arrived in 1975. TYPICALLY BRAZILIAN Opala was the first global GM vehicle to combine an European body with an American engine. And so its name came from: mixture of Opel with Impala. SPORTS VERSION The SS version was born in 1971 and remained until 1980. But the luxury versions were indeed fundamental: Comodoro, from the 1975 line and Diplomata, 1980. er