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Opel Kapitän 4door sedan 

1955-1957, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
55-57: i6/12V 7.1:1 2473cc.(151ci)

75DIN-hp

@3900rpm

30.3 hp/l 1bbl 125lb-ft. (170Nm)

@1700rpm

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

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
2.5l75hp: 140kph/87mph ?s 20.0s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

11.5 l/100km20.5 mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 6.40-13
transmission/drive wheel: 3-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 4735 x 1760 x 1560 mm (186.4 x 69.3 x 61.4 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2750 mm - 1372/1372 mm (108.3 in - 54.0/54.0 in)
some calculations: base aera: 8.33 m² (89.7 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.27 m² (~24.4 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 13.00 m³ (459.0 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 1300 kg (2866 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 17.3 kg/hp (38.2 lb/hp) 58 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: 9,510 DM (1955-1956) 
production: 92,555

   

This was the first all new Opel Kapitän after WWII, and the successor to the Kapitän built between 1948 and 1953.
This model was quite successful, it had the same engine as the predecessor model and received a facelift in 1955.

Pictures taken at the "Musikbox und Strassenkreuzerfestival 2008" in Verl, Germany
 
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Pictures taken at the "Technorama 2009" in Hildesheim, Germany and in 2008 in Garbsen (near Hanover), Germany.
 
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Pictures taken at the "Technorama 2008" in Hildesheim, Germany
 
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Pictures take in 1999 in Rüsselsheim, Germany
 
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