The Opel Kapitän is a luxury car made in several different generations by the German car manufacturer Opel from 1938 until 1970. The Kapitän was the last...
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February 1964 Opel introduced a new range of flagship models as successors to the Opel Kapitän P-LV of 1959/1963. These KAD models (Opel Kapitän, Admiral and...
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1938 Kapitän Logo on the rear of a 1951 Kapitän 1959 Opel Kapitän The lightning of the Opel Blitz replacing the hood ornament Early 1950s Opel Blitz...
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1964-1977 Opel Admiral 1937-1938 Opel Super 6 1939-1970 Opel Kapitän 1953-1986 Goshko Podloshko 1953-1957 Opel Olympia Rekord 1964-1977 Opel Diplomat 1967-1982...
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named. The original Senator was a de facto replacement for Opel's KAD cars (the Opel Kapitän, Admiral and Diplomat), which competed in the F-segment (full-size...
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of specialist car bodies. Unlike the slightly smaller unitary bodied Opel Kapitän introduced at the end of 1938, the Admiral used a traditional separate...
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produced 33.5 PS (33.0 hp; 24.6 kW) and 100 N⋅m (74 lb⋅ft). The 1959 Opel Kapitän was the next vehicle from the company with a straight-6 engine. This...
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a 2.6 L 6-cylinder engine (which originated in the Opel Kapitän and Admiral) since March 1964, Opel in February 1967 launched the Commodore as a faster...
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dimensions had first appeared in the 1959 Opel Kapitän. However, the basic design of this unit went back to the 1937 Opel Super Six. The 1959 upgrade had left...
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BRIXMIS contingent used Opel Kapitän cars in the 1950s, followed by Opel Admiral cars and their later replacement, the Opel Senator, converted to four-wheel...
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Admiral and Kapitän. On all three applications maximum power output of 100 hp (74 kW) was claimed at this stage. The new six-cylinder powered Opel Rekord L-6...
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The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel from 1936 until 1940 and then from 1962 until 1991 (the Cabrio...
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In 1937, Harley Earl assigned MacMinn to a new studio to develop the Opel Kapitän. MacMinn left GM before World War II and then returned for a short time...
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The Opel Ascona is a large family car (D-segment in Europe) that was produced by the German automaker Opel from 1970 to 1988. It was produced in three...
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engine, and the 300 series. Opel revived the pre-war cars Opel Olympia in 1947 and the Opel Kapitän in 1948. (Toolings for the Opel Kadett were taken by the...
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the Opel Kapitän and Opel Admiral, with later versions switching to an overhead valve (pushrod) design. In 1968, the straight-six versions of the Opel CIH...
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The Opel GT is a front-engine, rear-drive two-seat sports car manufactured and marketed by Opel in two generations separated by a 34-year hiatus. The...
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The Opel Rekord is a large family car which was built in eight generations by the German car manufacturer Opel. Between 1953 and 1986, approximately ten...
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General Motors examples are the Vauxhall Velox (United Kingdom).- and the Opel Kapitän (Germany). One of the earliest completely new styled cars that were introduced...
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The Opel Astra is a compact car/small family car (C-segment) developed and produced by the German automaker Opel since 1991, currently at its sixth generation...
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The Opel Mokka is a subcompact crossover SUV that has been produced by German automaker Opel since 2012. Sales began with the model year of 2013, at the...
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The Opel Insignia is a large family car (D-segment in Europe) developed and produced by the German car manufacturer Opel from 2008 to 2022. Taking its...
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the 1938 Opel Kapitän and the 1941 Chevrolet Fleetline (the choice of car may have been influenced by the acquisition of the tooling from Opel's Rüsselsheim...
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1964–1976 Nissan Cedric, 1960-1965 Oldsmobile 98 – Oldsmobile 88, 1957–1959 Opel Kapitän, 1958–1963 Packard Caribbean, 1955-1958 Packard Clipper, 1955-1958 Packard...
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The Opel Grandland (Vauxhall Grandland in the United Kingdom) is a compact crossover SUV produced by the German manufacturer Opel and its British twin-sister...
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The Opel Speedster is a mid-engined, targa-topped, two-seat sports car produced by German automaker Opel from July 2000 to July 2005. It was built in both...
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6-cylinder engine from the Super Six. From 1938, Opel also used the larger engine from the Kapitän. The reason for building the Geländesportwagen may...
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Vis pistol, hand grenades). "Bruno" (Bronisław Hellwig) – driving an Opel Kapitän and armed with 2 Parabellums and grenades. "Sokół" (Kazimierz Sott) –...
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