Opel 6

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Opel 6 Cabriolet with two doors
Opel 6 Cabriolet with two doors
6th
Sales designation: Opel 6, Opel 2 liters
Production period: 1934-1937
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Limousine , Pullman limousine , convertible , landaulet
Engines: Otto engine :
1.9 liters (26.5 kW)
Length: 4390-4800 mm
Width: 1565 mm
Height: 1600 mm
Wheelbase : 2642-3050 mm
Empty weight : 1060-1200 kg
Previous model Opel 1.8 liters
successor Opel Super 6

The Opel 6 , also called Opel 2 liter , was an Opel passenger car with a water-cooled six - cylinder in - line engine . From 1934 to June 1937, 52,594 vehicles of the best-selling German mid-range car of the 1930s were delivered in Rüsselsheim . The successor, the Super 6 , presented in February 1937 received a newly designed OHV six-cylinder engine.

In January 1934, the Opel 6 was presented as the successor to the Opel 1.8 liter at the same time as its smaller sister model Opel 1.3 liter . The vehicles developed in the USA together with the Opel parent company General Motors had a streamlined body with an externally accessible trunk on the new torsion-resistant box frame with crossbar.

The side valve engine, otherwise identical to its predecessor , had a 2.5 mm larger bore (67.5 mm) in the Opel 6 with the same stroke of 90 mm and a displacement of 1932 cm³ . The output was 36 hp / 26.5 kW at 3300 rpm (1.8 liters: 32 hp / 23.5 kW at 3200 rpm). The maximum torque of 105 Nm was reached at 1200 rpm.

The drum brakes on all four wheels, previously operated by a cable, were now hydraulically operated. The front rigid axle also gave way to an independent suspension with Dubonnet spring knees . At the rear, as before, a rigid axle was installed on longitudinal leaf springs, which now had hydraulic shock absorbers . The front suspension, in conjunction with the rigid rear axle, was referred to by Opel as " synchronous suspension " and was comfortably tuned for this time.

The Opel 6 reached a top speed of 100 km / h. His gasoline consumption was 12-13 liters per 100 kilometers.

The car was available as a two- or four-door sedan , as a two-door convertible and as a four-door landaulet .

Opel 6 Pullman (1936)

From August 1934 to October 1936, Opel offered this type especially for the taxi industry as a six-seater Pullman limousine with an extended wheelbase . The long version, designed to compete with the successful Mercedes 200 , was sold 2050 times. With the same wheelbase of 3050 mm, the six-seater 40-hp Mercedes at 6550 Reichsmarks (RM) was around thirty percent more expensive than the Opel 6 Pullman with 36 hp, which was available for 5000 RM. These prices today correspond to approx. 29,300 and 22,400 euros.

The successor to the Opel 6, the four-seat Opel Super 6 , offered from the beginning of 1937 , had a three-speed gearbox with synchronized second and third gear (Opel 6: four-speed without synchronization) and the 2.5-liter six-cylinder engine redesigned by Opel , with largely the same chassis technology -Motor with OHV valve control and 55 HP.

Remarks

  1. The figures were based on the template: Inflation determined, rounded to 100 euros and apply to the previous January

literature

  • Werner Oswald : German Cars 1920–1945. 6th edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-87943-519-7 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Schneider: 125 years of Opel - cars and technology . Verlag Schneider + Repschläger, Weilerswist 1987, OCLC 75001475 .
  • Karl Ludvigsen, Paul Frère: Opel - wheels for the world. Princeton Publishing, Princeton NJ (USA) 1975, ISBN 0-915038-17-X , p. 51.

Web links

Commons : Opel 2 liter  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files