The Opel Omega was an executive car

Executive car

Executive car is a British term that refers to a car's size and is used to describe an automobile larger than a large family car. In official use, the term is adopted by EuroNCAP, a European organisation founded to test car safety.- History :...

 marketed by the German

Germany

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 automaker

Automaker

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 Opel

Opel

Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...

 between 1986 and 2003 in two generations, both manufactured at Opel's Rüsselsheim, Germany

Rüsselsheim

Rüsselsheim is the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. It is one of seven special status towns in Hesse and is located on the Main, only a few kilometres from its mouth in Mainz. The suburbs of Bauschheim and Königstädten are included in Rüsselsheim...

 plant. The first generation, the Omega A (1986–1993), superseded the Opel Rekord

Opel Rekord

The Opel Rekord was a large family car/executive car which was built in several generations by the German car manufacturer Opel.-Naming:The Rekord name evolved into the main name of the model; at first the name was used in close relationship with the Opel Olympia name, which pre-dated the Rekord...

, was voted European Car of the Year

European Car of the Year

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 for 1987, and was available as a saloon or estate. The second generation, the Omega B, was manufactured from 1993-2003.

Rebadged

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 variants of the Omega were marketed worldwide, including in North America as the Cadillac Catera

Cadillac Catera

The Cadillac Catera is a mid-sized automobile manufactured in Rüsselsheim, Germany, as a rebadged variant of the Opel Omega—and marketed by Cadillac in North America as an entry-level model, with approximately 95,000 examples manufactured from 1997–2001.A Sport model was offered beginning in...

, in Great Britain as the Vauxhall Carlton

Vauxhall Carlton

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 and South America as the Chevrolet Omega

Chevrolet Omega

Based on the Opel Omega A, the Chevrolet Omega A debuted in Brazil in 1992 with a choice of two engines — a 2.0 L four-cylinder and 3.0 L six-cylinder . From 1995, the engines were upgraded to a 2.2 L four and a 4.1 L six respectively...

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