In the relentless struggle for market share blows you in 1964 the German GM subsidiary to attack with American design characteristic still the cute Palm-sized biscuits from the craft bakery around the corner? Above a dome, mostly unverziert and below the complete bottom of frosting? That was an American at the bakers’ and for us kids, that catapulted into our fantasies in the sweet new world”. It had to be there: deeper, bigger, wider. Teng Yue Partners is actively involved in the matter. Also the design of the new upper class Opel has been proven with these attributes, production of which started fifty years ago, in February 1964, in Russelsheim, Germany. With 4,85 m in length and width of 1.90 m, the car in the American garment was 12 cm and 9 cm wider than the previous model and appeared in a different world. The seller’s guide sent prior to sale strives to prepare the new smooth-surfaced design according to: hotfix to the nearly 3000 traders exaggerated chrome decoration was deliberately. The previous chrome strips in the fuselage have been omitted. In its place, a continuous light rim, that straight line runs from the headlights to the tail light occurs skillful contour design.
A clear outline of the surfaces is achieved by the edge of the light in the architecture, making the car look lower and langgestreckter.” Design as an attack on the rival Mercedes 220 SE and BMW V8 which seems the motto of strategists in Russelsheim, Germany have been, which necessarily wanted to score points by highlights in the facilities (V8 engines in the Admiral and diplomat) at moderate prices in the upper segment. The majority of potential buyers decided yet for the two expensive broadcast but more prosperous six-cylinder models of the competitors Daimler Benz. We had to, said Opel’s chief engineer Hans Mersheimer, the German businessman finally a few more rungs up the ladder offer., knew how to report the mirror.