Opel Rekord Series C

Opel Rekord Series C
Overview
ManufacturerOpel (General Motors)
Production1966–1971
Assembly
Body and chassis
ClassLarge family car (D)
Body style2/4-door saloon
3/5-door station wagon
3-door van
2-door coupé (from 1967)
PlatformV body
Related
Powertrain
Engine1,492 cc I4
1,698 cc I4
1,897 cc I4
2,239 cc I6
Transmission3-speed manual offered till 1970
4-speed manual included or optional according to model
Automatic optional with 6-cylinder and high compression 4-cylinder engines from 1968
Chronology
PredecessorOpel Rekord Series B
SuccessorOpel Rekord Series D
Opel Rekord C (factory built) coupé
Opel Rekord C convertible: Karl Deutsch conversion based on the factory built 2-door sedan
Opel Rekord C 3-door Kombi (estate/station wagon). The Rekord C was the first Rekord offered with a five-door station wagon included in the range, but many customers continued to specify the three-door version.
Opel Rekord C 5-door Kombi (estate/station wagon).
Opel Rekord C 2-door Sedan/saloon/Berline. Vinyl roof coverings were fashionable at this time, and with the Rekord C they had the added advantage that they made the car resemble, for a careless observer, an Opel Commodore
Opel Rekord C interior

The Opel Rekord Series C is a large family car that was introduced in August 1966,[2] by Opel as a replacement for the short-lived Opel Rekord Series B. It was slightly larger all round than its predecessor, from which it inherited most of its engines. It continued in production until replaced by the Opel Rekord Series D at the end of 1971.

The Rekord C's 5+1⁄3-year production run was longer than that of any previous generation of Opel Rekord, and during that period 1,276,681 were produced. This made it the first "middle-class" Opel to exceed the one million mark. Cars based on the Rekord C were also built at other General Motors plants both inside and beyond Europe, notably in South Africa and (with Chevrolet engines) Brazil.

  1. ^ Leeps (1989-06-04). "Rust Busters". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2015-05-03 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ Oldtimer Katalog. Vol. 23. Königswinter: HEEL Verlag GmbH. 2009. p. 263. ISBN 978-3868520675.