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{{Verification|date=June 2022}}{{Short description|Serbian car manufacturer based in Kikinda}}
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| name          = IDA-OPEL Kikinda
| logo          = IDA-Kikinda.jpg
| type          = [[Joint venture]]
| foundation    = {{start date|1977}}
| defunct       = {{end date and age|1992}}
| location      = [[Kikinda]], [[FR Yugoslavia]] (1992)
| area_served   = [[Southeast Europe]]
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| industry      = [[Automotive]]
| products      = [[Automobile]] parts
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'''IDA-Opel''' was a Yugoslav car manufacturer based in [[Kikinda]], Serbia. It operated from 1977 until 1992.
==Name==
The company name "IDA" is the abbreviation of "'''I'''ndustrija '''D'''elova '''A'''utomobila" (eng. Industry of Automobile Parts) and "Opel" in its name stems from co-operation with the German automotive company [[Opel|Adam Opel AG (Opel)]].
==History==
The original plant was established in 1908 as a workshop attached to a local brick factory.<ref name=GJrs>{{cite journal | url = http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/ekonomija/glas-javnosti-07-09-2008/posao-za-invalide-u-livnici-kikinda | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014336/http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/ekonomija/glas-javnosti-07-09-2008/posao-za-invalide-u-livnici-kikinda | archivedate = 2018-09-26 | date = 2008-09-07 | title = Posao za invalide u "Livnici - Kikinda" | trans-title = Work for disabled people at "Livnici-Kikinda" | lang = sr | journal = [[Glas Javnosti]] }}</ref>
In 1977, after eight years of successful co-operation, the iron foundry in [[Kikinda]] signed a joint venture and long-term co-operation manufacturing contract valid for a period of 15 years with [[Opel|Adam Opel AG (Opel)]]. US$78.5 million were invested in the newly established IDA-Kikinda factory, funded 51% by Kikinda Iron Foundry and 49% by [[General Motors]].
The first delivery of manufactured parts from two new factories in Kikinda (Livac and Metalac), took part in December 1979. The export of Yugoslav-made parts allowed IDA to import mostly finished Opels, about 3,000 per year in the early 1980s, and have them treated as Yugoslav products.<ref name=AGp54>{{cite magazine | ref = AG140 | magazine = De AutoGids | number = 140 | volume = 6 | page = 54 | title = Zastava en cie | trans-title = Zastava and company | first = Peter | last = Homola | language = nl-be | date = 1985-02-07 | publisher = Uitgeverij Auto-Magazine | location = Brussels, Belgium }}</ref>
By exporting partly manufactured and fully manufactured parts/components for Opel vehicles, an import/export ratio of 1:1 was enabled. Up to the imposition of economic sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ([[Serbia and Montenegro]]) in May 1992, 38,700 Opel vehicles and large number of spare parts worth around [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 100 million were produced. During the 12 years of IDA-Opel manufacturing co-operation, over [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 1.3 billion have been made from this joint venture.<ref name=GJrs/> The plant was later restructured as the Livnica Kikinda metal foundry, which was taken over by Slovenia's [[Cimos]] in 2004 and manufactures auto parts for various European manufacturers.<ref name=GJrs/>
* total number of vehicles produced: 38,700
* models produced: [[Opel Kadett]], [[Opel Rekord]], [[Opel Ascona]], [[Opel Senator]], [[Opel Corsa]], [[Opel Vectra]] and the [[Opel Omega]]
The 1983 model year and onwards [[Opel Senator]] was sold in the Yugoslav market sold under the name "Opel Kikinda."
<gallery>
File:Opel Kadett D 1 v sst.jpg|Opel Kadett D
File:Opel Kadett E front 20080131.jpg|Opel Kadett E
File:Opel Senator front 20080303.jpg|Opel Kikinda (Opel Senator in mainland Europe)
File:Opel Omega A front 20090430.jpg|Opel Omega A
File:Opel Vectra front 20071109.jpg|Opel Vectra A
File:Opel Corsa A front 20080131.jpg|Opel Corsa A
</gallery>
==See also==
{{Portal|Cars|Companies}}
* [[Zastava special cars]]
* [[Fiat Automobili Srbija]]
* [[Opel]]
* [[List of companies of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]
==References==
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{{Opel}}
{{Automotive industry in Serbia}}
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[[Category:Opel]]
[[Category:Defunct companies of Serbia]]
[[Category:Car manufacturers of Serbia]]
[[Category:Car manufacturers of Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kikinda]]
[[Category:Serbian brands]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1977]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1992]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:1992 disestablishments in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]