Opel Rekord E1
7. Oldtimertreffen am 07.07.2012 in Greußen - Ausfahrt zahlreicher Teilnehmer nach Bad Tennstedt
Der Opel Rekord E ist ein Pkw der oberen Mittelklasse der Adam Opel AG, der im August 1977 als Nachfolger des Opel Rekord D eingeführt wurde. Wie seine Vorgängermodelle war der Typ auch als Kombinationskraftwagen (bei Opel traditionell „Caravan" genannt) erhältlich.
Bis zur Modellpflege im Oktober 1982 bezeichnet man das Modell als E1, danach wurde es E2 genannt. Die Plattform des Opel Rekord E wurde auch in den Modellen Commodore C, Senator A und Monza A verwendet.
Die Limousine mit Vierzylinder-Reihenmotoren, hinterer Starrachse und Hinterradantrieb war der letzte Vertreter der seit 1953 angebotenen Modellreihe Opel Rekord. Nach 1,4 Millionen produzierten Fahrzeugen wurde der Rekord E im September 1986 durch den Omega A abgelöst.
The Opel Rekord Series E was a large family car, replacing the Rekord D on Opel's Rüsselsheim production lines in August 1977, following the end of the summer vacation plant shut-down. It shared its wheelbase and inherited most of its engines from its predecessor, but the bodies were completely new.
In October 1982 the Rekord E was extensively reworked, retaining the central portion of the body, the same windows and the principal elements of the substructure, but with redesigned front and back ends, and with several significant new engines.
The Rekord E's 9 year production run was far longer than that of any previous generation of Opel Rekord. It became the third Opel Rekord to exceed a million units produced, but it took longer to reach that target than its predecessor. By now eye watering increases in fuel prices had persuaded many middle market customers to down-size. The Opel Rekord was perceived as a large family car even in its West German home market where, traditionally, family cars were a little larger than in southern Europe.
The Rekord E was sold in the UK badged as the Vauxhall Carlton, initially identified by a reworked bonnet/hood panel, and after 1982 differentiated by little more than the badges. Despite the UK branding, the Carltons were all produced at Rüsselsheim, leaving Vauxhall's British plants to concentrate on Cavaliers, Chevettes, Vivas and their successors.
The car was developed by Opel and a direct development of a succession of previous Opel Rekords, but during the closing decades of the twentieth century General Motors displayed a growing strategic interest in internationalizing their products, and the underpinnings of the Rekord E became known as the General Motors "V-platform". Cars based on the Rekord E (V-platform) were also built at General Motors plants outside Europe.
Opel Rekord E1
7. Oldtimertreffen am 07.07.2012 in Greußen - Ausfahrt zahlreicher Teilnehmer nach Bad Tennstedt
Der Opel Rekord E ist ein Pkw der oberen Mittelklasse der Adam Opel AG, der im August 1977 als Nachfolger des Opel Rekord D eingeführt wurde. Wie seine Vorgängermodelle war der Typ auch als Kombinationskraftwagen (bei Opel traditionell „Caravan" genannt) erhältlich.
Bis zur Modellpflege im Oktober 1982 bezeichnet man das Modell als E1, danach wurde es E2 genannt. Die Plattform des Opel Rekord E wurde auch in den Modellen Commodore C, Senator A und Monza A verwendet.
Die Limousine mit Vierzylinder-Reihenmotoren, hinterer Starrachse und Hinterradantrieb war der letzte Vertreter der seit 1953 angebotenen Modellreihe Opel Rekord. Nach 1,4 Millionen produzierten Fahrzeugen wurde der Rekord E im September 1986 durch den Omega A abgelöst.
The Opel Rekord Series E was a large family car, replacing the Rekord D on Opel's Rüsselsheim production lines in August 1977, following the end of the summer vacation plant shut-down. It shared its wheelbase and inherited most of its engines from its predecessor, but the bodies were completely new.
In October 1982 the Rekord E was extensively reworked, retaining the central portion of the body, the same windows and the principal elements of the substructure, but with redesigned front and back ends, and with several significant new engines.
The Rekord E's 9 year production run was far longer than that of any previous generation of Opel Rekord. It became the third Opel Rekord to exceed a million units produced, but it took longer to reach that target than its predecessor. By now eye watering increases in fuel prices had persuaded many middle market customers to down-size. The Opel Rekord was perceived as a large family car even in its West German home market where, traditionally, family cars were a little larger than in southern Europe.
The Rekord E was sold in the UK badged as the Vauxhall Carlton, initially identified by a reworked bonnet/hood panel, and after 1982 differentiated by little more than the badges. Despite the UK branding, the Carltons were all produced at Rüsselsheim, leaving Vauxhall's British plants to concentrate on Cavaliers, Chevettes, Vivas and their successors.
The car was developed by Opel and a direct development of a succession of previous Opel Rekords, but during the closing decades of the twentieth century General Motors displayed a growing strategic interest in internationalizing their products, and the underpinnings of the Rekord E became known as the General Motors "V-platform". Cars based on the Rekord E (V-platform) were also built at General Motors plants outside Europe.