Opel 9/25 hp

Opel
Opel 9/25 PS double phaeton (touring car)
9/25 hp
Production period:	1916-1922
Class :	upper middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , Phaeton , Pullman limousine , landaulet
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.3 liters (21 kW)
Length:	4500 mm
Width:	1700 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	3155 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model	Opel 8/22 PS
successor	Opel 9/30 PS , Opel 10/30 PS

The Opel 9/25 PS was an upper middle class passenger car that Adam Opel KG built from 1916 to 1922 as the successor to the 8/22 PS model .

History and technology

The 9/25 hp had a larger engine than its 8/22 hp predecessor. It was a side-controlled four - cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 2332 cm³, which produced 28 hp (20.6 kW) at 1600 rpm. performed. The engine power was passed on to the rear axle via a leather cone clutch, a manual four-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . This enabled the car to reach a top speed of 65 km / h.

The steel longitudinal member frame had auxiliary frames to accommodate the two rigid axles, which were suspended on semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs. The service brake was designed as a band brake and acted on the transmission output shaft.

The 9/25 hp was available as a two-seater Phaeton , four-seater touring car , four-door Pullman sedan and as a special landaulet with the character of a double phaeton.

Production of the 9/25 PS ended in 1922 and the new 9/30 PS and 10/30 PS models replaced it.

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Opel 9/25 PS  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files