Opel 16/35 hp

Opel
Opel 16/35 PS (1910) at the Technoclassica 2015 in Essen
16/35 hp
Production period:	1910-1911
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Touring car , Phaeton , limousine , landaulet
Engines:	Otto engine : 4.1 liters (25.7 kW)
Length:	5000 mm
Width:	1800 mm
Height:	2500 mm
Wheelbase :	3350 mm
Empty weight :	Chassis: 1050 kg
Previous model	Opel 15/24 hp
successor	Opel 18/40 hp

The Opel 16/35 PS was an automobile of the upper class , which the Adam Opel KG 1910-1911 as successor to the model 15/24 PS built.

History and technology

The engine was, like its predecessor, a four - cylinder block engine composed of two blocks , but with a displacement of 4084 cm³ (bore × stroke = 100 mm × 130 mm), the 35 hp (15.7 kW) at 1500 rpm. performed. The side-controlled motor was water-cooled, the coolant circulation was ensured by a centrifugal pump. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a leather cone clutch, a manual four-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The maximum speed of the car is given as 80 km / h.

The frame was composed of sheet steel U-profiles. The two rigid axles were suspended from three-quarter elliptical (predecessor: semi-elliptical) longitudinal leaf springs. The service brake was designed as an internal shoe brake that acted on the transmission output shaft. The handbrake worked on the drums on the rear wheels.

The 16/35 PS was available as a four-seater double phaeton , a torpedo , a four-door sedan and a landaulet . The two-seater Phaeton from its predecessor was no longer available. With the cheapest body (double phaeton) the car cost 11,000 RM.

The 16/35 hp was built until 1911. The successor was the 18/40 hp model .

literature

• Werner Oswald : German Cars 1885–1920. Volume 1. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 , pp. 281-299.