Opel 3.7 liters

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3.7 liters
Sales designation:	14/50 hp
Production period:	1929
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Touring car , Pullman limousine , station wagon
Engines:	Otto engine : 3.6 liters (37 kW)
Length:	4700 mm
Width:	1900 mm
Height:	1920 mm
Wheelbase :	3210-3500 mm
Empty weight :	1605-1790 kg
Previous model	Opel 12/50 hp
successor	Opel Admiral

The Opel 3.7-liter or Opel 14/50 PS was an automobile of the upper class , which the Adam Opel AG only in 1929 as a successor to the model 12/50 PS built.

At the beginning of 1929, Opel presented the 3.7 liter as the successor to the 12/50 PS and at the same time the 4.2 liter as the successor to the larger sister model 15/60 PS .

The engine of the 3.7 liter was again a side-controlled six - cylinder in - line engine , but with an increased displacement to 3636 cm³. The power remained the same at 50 hp (37 kW) at 2800 rpm and the torque was given as 130 Nm at 2400 rpm. The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a multi-plate clutch, a manual three-speed gearbox, a cardan shaft and a differential .

Like its predecessor, the 3.7 liter had a ladder frame made of steel U-profiles, on which two rigid axles were attached to longitudinal leaf springs (semi-elliptical at the front, quarter-elliptical at the rear) and fitted with shock absorbers . All four wheels had drum brakes.

The 3.7 liter was also available as a touring car, Pullman limousine or station wagon.

Production was stopped at the end of 1929. The successor was the Admiral , who had only been launched in 1937 .

literature

• Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920–1945. Volume 2, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02170-6 .