Car Opel Manta A GT/E 1974 COBI 24349 - Youngtimer 1:12

You know that:

• The founder of the company, Adam Opel, started out like many of today's car companies with the production of sewing machines and bicycles. It wasn't until his sons Carl, Wilhelm, Heinrich, Friedrich and Ludwig that the automobile industry took off.
• When Adam Opel saw the first car produced in his factories at the end of his life, he said, "This stinking box will never be more than a toy for millionaires who don't know how to spend their money!" Today we know how wrong he was then.
• The Opel Manta GT/E was created in 1974 as a competitor to another famous car, the Ford Capri.
• The British know this car as the Vauxhall Cavalier.
• The Manta A GT/E had a 1.9-litre engine with 105 horsepower, which was outstanding in its class at the time. The car also featured sporty upgrades such as sports seats, a sports steering wheel and sports suspension which improved the car's handling and drivability.
• Originally, the Opel Manta A GT/E was to be equipped with a larger displacement engine, but due to the 1973 diesel crisis, the carmaker's management decided to go with a smaller 105 hp engine, which had lower fuel consumption. This engine later proved to be very reliable and was used in other Opel models.
• Initially, sales were not very good. This was due to a false legend about the rapid rusting of cars from Rüsselsheim, Germany, which reached bizarre proportions. Unhappy owners would stop their cars to cover them with a waterproof tarpaulin every time it rained. Time has shown that this was not true. Unfair competition was behind the spread of the legend.
• The Manta was a success for Opel and actually became an icon of the 1980s. The sports car with the look of American muscle cars found more than 498,000 customers in its short production run.
• The carmaker is proud of its legacy, and so in 2022 the retro electric car Opel MNTA GSe ElektroMOD was created.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 4.292 m, width 1.626 m, height 1.355 m
• weight 980 kg
• power unit petrol in-line 4-cylinder engine 1 897 cm³ with 77 kW
• torque 153 Nm at 4 200 rpm
• 4-speed manual transmission
• maximum speed 190 km/h
• fuel tank capacity 60 l
• fuel consumption 9.5 l / 100 km
• number of seats 4