Author Topic: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé  (Read 3120 times)

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Re: big one
« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2007, 12:14:18 PM »
not an NAG or another Berlin-based brand.

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Re: big one
« Reply #26 on: May 19, 2007, 02:59:37 PM »
Form Wuerttemberg?
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Re: big one
« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2007, 03:18:18 PM »
Not from Baden-Württhemberg...

We still have 14 alternatives :)

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Re: big one
« Reply #28 on: July 12, 2007, 12:58:59 PM »
Well, this company still belongs to GM today.

And this information is the link to the fact that not even one of those cars (Coupés,Limousine etc.) survived...

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Re: big one
« Reply #29 on: July 12, 2007, 01:47:24 PM »
Can it be Fritz von Opel and his Regent coupé?
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Re: big one
« Reply #30 on: July 12, 2007, 06:05:53 PM »
Exactely ! When GM bought Opel, all Regents produced were destroyed. Even those already sold were bought back and wrecked!

So not even one did survive...

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Re: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2011, 02:28:23 AM »
Found two less-known pictures of this beautiful car:

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Re: big one
« Reply #32 on: February 10, 2011, 04:23:15 AM »
Exactely ! When GM bought Opel, all Regents produced were destroyed. Even those already sold were bought back and wrecked!

So not even one did survive...

Why?

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Re: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé
« Reply #33 on: February 10, 2011, 04:56:19 AM »
General Motors didn't want an in-house rival.

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Re: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé
« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2011, 01:53:45 PM »
Thank you for the photos!

If Opel was Mercedes-Benz or Audi or BMW there would have been a replica of the Regent in the company museum.

But there´s still not even an official Opel museum...

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Re: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé
« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2011, 02:49:02 PM »
I understood that few Regents have been made and that they actually were never recalled but deemed not a succes?

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Re: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2011, 02:55:15 PM »
This one was bodied by Kruck

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Re: Fritz von Opel´s Regent Coupé
« Reply #37 on: February 10, 2011, 02:59:01 PM »
I understood that few Regents have been made and that they actually were never recalled but deemed not a succes?

Just 25 Regent built, but definitely bought back by GM.