Opel 20/45 hp

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20/45 hp
Production period: 1914
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car , Pullman limousine , landaulet
Engines: Otto engine :
5.0 liters (37 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3515 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1150 kg
Previous model Opel 18/40 hp
successor Opel 18/50 hp

The Opel 20/45 PS was an automobile of the upper class , which the Adam Opel KG only in 1914 as a successor to the model 18/40 PS built.

History and technology

The 20/45 hp was essentially the same as the previous 18/40 model, but had a larger and more powerful engine.

This engine was a side-controlled four - cylinder block engine , but with a displacement of 5022 cm³. The output is 50 PS (37 kW) at 1500 rpm. specified. The engine was water-cooled; a centrifugal pump provided the cooling water. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a leather cone clutch, a manual four-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The top speed of 80 km / h also remains unchanged.

As with its predecessor, the two rigid axles were suspended from the sheet steel U-profile frame on three-quarter elliptical longitudinal leaf springs. The service brake was an internal shoe brake that acted on the cardan shaft. The handbrake was designed as a drum brake on the rear wheels.

The car was available as a four-seater double phaeton , a torpedo , a four-door Pullman limousine or a landaulet .

The production of the 20/45 HP was stopped at the end of 1914 due to the war . The successor 18/50 hp did not appear until 1916.

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