Opel does not build many cars like the Opel Kapitän: a 4-door saloon / 2-door coupe cabriolet with 2.5 , built from 1938 to 1970 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
The story
The Opel Kapitän is a luxury car made in several different generations by the German car manufacturer Opel from 1938 until 1970.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 2.5 . The gearbox is a 3-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Opel's history is not in doubt: the Opel Super 6 came before it; the Opel Diplomat followed it; it was built at Rüsselsheim, Germany. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Volkswagen Beetle, the Lincoln Continental, the GAZ GAZ-61. Nearby in the Opel catalogue sit the Opel Sintra and the Opel K-180.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Opel Kapitän has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.
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