There was a huge advertising campaign to get these cars in front of the American public. The little Opels were called the "Mini-Brute" and always featured an Opel auto with an elephant. In the first ones, and elephant was harnessed to the back bumper of an Opel and there was a tug of war -- predictably, the elephant was always able to drag the Opel away and the announcer would say, "The Mini-Brute loses again." I also seem to recall when they had the elephant and the Mini Brute at the drag strip and they raced, and of course, this time the Mini-Brute won.
I have tried to find a picture of the tug of war, but to no avail. For some reason, in my old age, I still find these commercials quite amusing. Perhaps because there was some truth in advertising? Anyway, here are three ads I could find. I'm sorry for cluttering this board with such nonsense, but perhaps someone will get a chuckle out of it:
http://www.legendarygmmagazine.com/free ... k_opel.pdf
