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Opel 4/8PS "Doktorwagen"  

1909-1910, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
09-10: i4/8V ?:1 1029cc.(63ci)

8-hp

@?rpm

7.8 hp/l 1bbl ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
1.0l8hp: 60kph/37mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

7.5 l/100km31.4 mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 700 x 85
transmission/drive wheel: 3-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: ? x ? x ? mm (? x ? x ? in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2130 mm - 1150/1150 mm (83.9 in - 45.3/45.3 in)
some calculations: base aera: ? m² (? sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ? m² (? sq.ft.) - LxWxH: ? m³ (? cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 525 kg (1157 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 65.6 kg/hp (144.7 lb/hp) 15 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: 3,950 - 5,040 Mk.  
production: 1909: 845
1910: 1,615
total: 2,460

   

This car was called "Doktorwagen" (~doctor's car) because it was typical for that time
that the medical doctors drove with cars like this to their patients at home.

Pictures taken at the "2011 Technoclassica" in Essen, Germany
 
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Pictures taken in 2010 in Rüsselsheim, Germany
 
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Pictures taken in 2008 in the "EFA-Automuseum" in Amerang, Germany
Pictures are used by courtesy of the EFA-Automuseum
 
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