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The Admiral could be presented as a comfortable and rapid autobahn cruiser. Between 1937 and 1939, Opel produced 6,404 Admirals, split between 3,500 "Limousine" bodied sedan/saloon bodied cars, 2,314 cabriolets and 590 bare chassis supplied for completion to independent coach builders. [5]
In 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 Diplomat; also referred to as "The Big Three" by Opel) were available with 2.6-litre and 2.8-litre in-line six-cylinder petrol engines (100 or 125 PS), or a V8-Chevrolet small-block engine 283 (4.6-litre) teamed with a two-speed ...
Opel Kapitan Opel Admiral Opel Diplomat Opel Kadett Opel Olympia Opel/Vauxhall/Holden Calibra axles components GM F40 transmission Frigidaire refrigerators (1937-c.1940 & 1946-1959) 1898: 2020: Opel plant. Used to make engines. Sold to PSA Group in 2017. Rüsselsheim continued to supply the Buick Regal & the Holden Commodore ZB to GM through ...
German automobile manufacturer Opel has produced a number of vehicles, ... 1937–1939, 1964–1977 Opel Admiral; 1937–1938 Opel Super 6; 1939–1970 Opel Kapitän;
Volkswagen Type 14A, Opel Kapitan & Admiral, and many other manufacturers like Ford and Mercedes Opel Kapitan Hebmüller from 1940; just 2 examples survive Hebmüller Sons ( Karosseriewerke Joseph Hebmüller Söhne ) was a coachbuilder founded in 1889 by Joseph Hebmüller in the town of Wuppertal in Germany .
It was powered by the same engines as the contemporary Opel Admiral, namely a 2.6- or a 2.8-litre inline-six; a small number of Kapitäns even received the Chevrolet-sourced 4.6-liter V8. For the Austrian market, 580 Kapitän and Admiral models received the 2.5-liter version of the CIH six with an output of 112 PS (82 kW; 110 hp) in 1966 and 1967.
It was also sold as the Opel Kikinda in Yugoslavia, where it was produced under licence by IDA-Opel in Kikinda, Serbia, after which it was named. [3] 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
Opel RAK.1 – world's first public flight of a manned rocket-powered plane on 30 September 1929 Opel Admiral convertible (1937–1939) Opel Kapitän (1938–1940) In the early 1920s, Opel became the first German car manufacturer to build automobiles with a mass-production assembly line.