W04 W06 W08 W0L

Adam Opel AG

Adam Opel AG's codes decode four makes: Buick, Cadillac, Opel and Saturn. Plants in seven countries appear in its rules. Its codes are registered in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. Its newest code was added to vPIC in June 2016.

Model years covered by each code

One bar per three-character code, grouped by the vehicle type NHTSA lists for it. Bars reaching 2027 include rules with no end year.

Passenger cars 4

  1. W061997–2001
  2. W082006–2010
  3. W0L2006–2012
  4. W042011–2020

Every code, side by side

CodeVehicle typeMakesModel yearsModelsPlant countries
W04passenger carsBuick2011–20205Germany, Poland, Belgium
W06passenger carsCadillac, Opel1997–20011Germany
W08passenger carsOpel, Saturn2006–20105Belgium, South Korea, Germany
W0Lpassenger carsOpel2006–20121Belgium, Germany

Models found under the most codes

Model, model years across all codes, and how many of the codes name it

  • Catera1997–2001 · 1 code
  • Aura2007–2010 · 1 code
  • Ion2007–2007 · 1 code
  • Roadster2007–2007 · 1 code
  • Sky2007–2010 · 1 code
  • Astra2008–2009 · 1 code
  • Opel2010–2010 · 1 code
  • LaCrosse2011–2011 · 1 code
  • Lucerne2011–2011 · 1 code
  • Regal2011–2020 · 1 code
  • Cascada2016–2019 · 1 code
  • Regal TourX2018–2020 · 1 code

Codes per make

Number of Adam Opel codes that decode each make

  1. Opel3
  2. Buick1
  3. Cadillac1
  4. Saturn1

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.