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Opel Kapitän P2.6 4door sedan 

1959-1963, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
59-63: i6/12V 7.8:1 2605cc.(159ci)

90DIN-hp

@4100rpm

34.5 hp/l 1bbl 137lb-ft. (186Nm)

@1900rpm

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

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
2.6l90hp: 150kph/93mph ?s 16.0s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

12.0 l/100km19.6 mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 7.00 S14
transmission/drive wheel: 3-speed/RWD, 3-speed automatic optional

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 4831 x 1812 x 1512 mm (190.2 x 71.3 x 59.5 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2800 mm - 1378/1374 mm (110.2 in - 54.3/54.1 in)
some calculations: base aera: 8.75 m² (94.2 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.26 m² (~24.3 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 13.24 m³ (467.0 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 1340 - 1380 kg (2954 - 3042 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 14.9 - 15.3 kg/hp (32.8 - 33.8 lb/hp) 65 - 67 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: 9,975 - 11,975 DM (1959-1962) 
production: 145,618

   

The Kapitän P2.6 was the sucessor to the Kapitän built between 1954-1957 and
to the Kapitän P2.5 built between 1958-1959. It was based on its predecessor,
but with a reworked body and engine. It was the most successful Kapitän ever built.

Pictures taken at the "Technorama 2009" in Hildesheim, Germany
 
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Pictures taken in 2003 in Braunschweig and in 2007 in Hanover, Germany
 
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Pictures taken in 2003 in Salzgitter, Germany
 
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Pictures taken at the "Musikbox und Strassenkreuzerfestival 2007" in Verl, Germany
 
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Pictures taken in 2008 in Hamburg, Germany
 
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