In the top of the range diplomat long-time a V8 engine with 190 HP and a top speed of 200 km/h (price 17.500,-DM). The Six-cylinder engine dating back to the previous captain with 100 HP at 155 km/h top speed (10.990,-DM) works in the model. In the model Admiral, technically with the captain, obtained for 1200 extra charge a higher-quality equipment. Would the attack on the upper classes succeed so that? To solve this delicate task, the planners of the parent company GM trusted only the own design studio in Detroit. So, the shape of the new Serie A emerged largely in the United States. The Europeans in the distant Russelsheim only the task came to production criteria compliance”to ensure later ex-design-Germany-chef Killmer recalled.
From what perspective you may also consider this body, it is masterfully designed.”so the seller’s Guide 1964, functionally perfect, as an expression of the sense of style of modern humans but not less convincing so present themselves to the ‘big three’ of Opel.” In one of the world’s most modern automotive plants”were in identical Body equal K three vehicles with the sonorous name apitan “and A dmiral”produced, starting in autumn 1964 also the D iplomat”. The American style”of this series of A KAD you faced sympathetically to skeptical. The buyers in Germany construction and extensive maintenance were particularly solid “dear to the heart. Other European manufacturers were old and dusty. You wanted to hunt off the coveted customers of high-earning and emerging middle-class in particular the paragraph numbers in the segment of the upper class only little further forward facing competitors Mercedes, explaining also Opel’s aggressive pricing policy. All 6000,-DM price difference to the Mercedes equipped only with a six-cylinder 220 SE were for the diplomat with his V8 a telling argument. In March, the final prices were announced: the dealer expected 10.