Opel Super 6
Overview
ManufacturerOpel
Production1937–1938
Body and chassis
Classexecutive car
Body style4-door saloon
2-door cabriolet
2-door coupé
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine2.5 L OHV I6
Dimensions
Length4,370 mm (172.0 in)
Width1,565 mm (61.6 in)
Height1,600 mm (63.0 in)
Kerb weight1,145 kg (2,524 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorOpel »6«
SuccessorOpel Kapitän

The Opel Super 6 is an executive car which was built by the German car manufacturer Opel between 1937 and late 1938. The car was equipped with a 2.5-litre straight-six engine and had a top speed of 115 km/h (71 mph). It was available in three different versions: a 4-door sedan, a 2-door coupé, and a 2-door cabriolet. A small number of custom-bodied cars were also made by various coachbuilders such as Karosseriewerke Otto Kühn and Gläser.[1]

The 2,473 cc (150.9 cu in) produces 55 PS (40 kW) at 3500 rpm. In total, 46,453 Opel Super Six were built in the two years it was available.[2]

An interesting detail was the windscreen wiper drive which received its power via a mechanical linkage from the camshaft, a solution which Opel continued to use in post-World War II Rekord models until 1957.

Sources

  1. ↑ Ludvigsen, Karl E. (1975), Opel: wheels to the world; a seventy-five year history of automobile manufacture, Princeton Publishing, pp. 52–54, ISBN 0-915038-01-3
  2. ↑ "Upel Super 6". KAD-online (in German). Archived from the original on 2007-03-18.
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