Car Opel REKORD C coupe COBI 24345 - 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 Rekord C was launched in 1966 as part of a hugely successful range that was popular with customers for its high reliability and comfort.
• The Rekord name was a logical continuation of the previous Olympia models from the 1940s.
• The Coupé had, and still has, very attractive shapes inspired by the famous Coca-Cola bottle. The intention of the designers was to bring the shape of American cars into the European environment and we must say that they succeeded extremely well.
• The quality of the work was particularly appreciated by customers, who bought more than 1,276,000 cars during the production period.
• 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.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 4.57 m, width 1.75 m, height 1.42 m
• weight 1080 - 1175 kg
• power unit petrol 4-cylinder engine 1 897 ccm with 66 kW
• 4-speed manual gearbox or 3-speed automatic gearbox
• maximum speed approx. 160 km/h
• fuel tank capacity 46 l
• fuel consumption 12 l / 100 km
• number of seats 5