The Opel Rekord is a 2/4-door saloon / 3/5-door station wagon / 3-door van / 2-door convertible / 2-door coupé from Opel, built from 1953 to 1986, at the height of the post-war boom. The total made was 6,591,894.
Where it came from
The Opel Rekord is a large family car which was built in eight generations by the German car manufacturer Opel. Between 1953 and 1986, approximately ten million were sold. The Series D and E Rekords also spawned derivative versions manufactured by Opel's British sister company Vauxhall and in the case of the Rekord E, GM's Australian arm Holden. In 1986, the Rekord nameplate was replaced by the Opel Omega.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 2/4-door saloon / 3/5-door station wagon / 3-door van / 2-door convertible / 2-door coupé. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Opel Olympia; its successor was the Opel Omega. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Corvette, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Cadillac Eldorado — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Opel catalogue sit the Opel Sintra and the Opel K-180.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Opel Rekord 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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