Opel Commodore C.

Opel
Commodore C.
Sales designation:	Commodore C.
Production period:	08 / 1977-07 / 1982
Class :	upper middle class
Body versions :	Limousine , station wagon
Engines:	Petrol engines : 2.5 liters (85–96 kW)
Length:	4620-4678 mm
Width:	1720-1726 mm
Height:	1470 mm
Wheelbase :	2668 mm
Empty weight :	1145-1305 kg
Previous model	Commodore B
successor	none

The Opel Commodore C is a car of the upper middle class of Adam Opel AG , which in August 1977 as a successor to the Opel Commodore B was introduced. For the first time, the type was also available as a combination vehicle ("Voyage").

Until the model update in October 1982, the Commodore C was located between Rekord E and Opel Senator A. Apparently the segment had become too narrow for its own model series, since the Senator was also available with the 2.5-liter machine from 1982.

Model history

General

Rear view

Although already presented at the IAA 1977, the Commodore C was only introduced in October 1978 as a two- and four-door notchback sedan. It had the long front section of the Opel Senator and the 2.5-liter six-cylinder engine of the predecessor.

From September 1980, an overdrive gearbox was installed, in which fifth gear could be engaged electrically (using the steering column lever). On request there was also a 3-stage automatic.

From May 1981 the engine was also available with an L-Jetronic injection system and 130 hp. This engine was also used in the Senator and Monza (here with 136 hp) to round off the series downwards (the 2.5 E replaces the 2.8 S variant in the Senator and Monza). The Commodore C had the simple rigid axle and, from the A-pillar, the body of the Opel Rekord E 1, but instead of the 4-hole wheel mounts of the Rekord, the 5-hole mounts and the internally ventilated disc brake system of the Senator / Monza were used (only on the front axle) used in combination with the drum brake of the Commodore B 2.5 S.

The Commodore was available with numerous special equipment such as cruise control, seat heating, electric window regulators, electric mirrors, air conditioning and, as a special feature, air conditioning in conjunction with a steel sliding roof and, for example, a pneumatic level lift.

The poorly selling two-door variant was deleted from the range in June 1981. For this, a luxurious station wagon variant appeared in April 1981, which was nicknamed Voyage . Of this, however, only 3440 copies were produced in 16 months, making the Commodore Voyage one of the rarest mass-produced cars.

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  Opel Commodore two-door (1978–1981)

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  Opel Commodore Voyage (1981–1982)

In August 1982 the production of the Commodore was stopped. The market segment between Senator and Rekord had become too narrow, so that this model series remained without a successor. Opel also feared in-house competition between Rekord 2.0 E and Commodore 2.5 S as well as Commodore 2.5 E and Senator 2.5 E. However, there was a "Commodore C2" in South Africa from spring 1983 to the end of 1989, with the front section of the Senator A2 and the rear section of the Rekord E2.

A total of 80,820 copies of the Commodore C were manufactured between August 1978 and August 1982.

Technical specifications

Web links

Commons : Opel Commodore C  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website dedicated to the Commodore C. Many documents also for the other Opel models as well as Vauxhall and Holden from 1978-82.
• More about the Commodore C and the other large series of Opels with many pictures

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Eckhart Bartels, Rainer Manthey: Opel: Vehicle Chronicle Volume 2: 1952–1990. Podszun, Brilon 2012, ISBN 978-3861336204 , pp. 71/72, 78/79 and 93.