My grandchildren were born after the wolf born. 3 generations. Journey through german history. Starts nov 6th on d. W. Hello and welcome to drive with your motor magazine on the w. Today camping is very popular we show you the latest. New type of Combustion Engine from mazda. Hybrid s. U. V. It. Has a chance to test the most powerful s. U. V. Porsche are currently offers with 500 kilowatts not everyones ideal car and in time when Environmental Protection takes such priority but he proposes that even this monster can do its part to cut c o 2 emissions he knows hes taking a risk but. Its hard even to imagine that a car with that much performance. And this kind of sound could in any way be considered ecological. A minimal find some grounds for his optimism about its environmental qualities in the admittedly long name. And turbo as a hybrid its powered by a combined Gasoline Engine and Electric Motor bringing average consumption to below 4 liters per 100 kilometers many compacts can even m
class in germany with a market share of 59 percent of fortune even used it as a comparison while developing the v.w. beetle germany s 1st true people s car if this in spite of its success they could add that didn t earn that distinction while it was a relatively low cost car at the time for the masses it was still an affordable luxury modified with their primitive vehicle but he was the. that s why over 30 percent of the production was sold abroad cadets could be found on the roads in south africa argentina and china and new zealand after world war 2 broke out production ceased the last original model cadet rolled off the assembly line in may 1940. yanis that christe of toes was the wild production of the opal olympia resumed in a postwar years that could if it wasn t resurrected as because as part of the war
kristen says the opal olympia really holds the road and can t be beat when it comes to safety here here but the end beam on a cock body gives the olympia a much lower center of gravity than its predecessor a whole fifteen centimeters lower income a nation with the independent wheel suspension at the front and opals patented synchronised suspension and makes for great road handling but they begin with opel drivers add the content themselves with just twenty four horsepower not only starting in one thousand thirty eight could they get a one point five liter four cylinder engine with thirty seven horsepower that gave the car a top speed of one hundred twelve kilometers an hour making it fit for the autobahn . as an example is christophe finds the olympians design a little conservative and some places he says you can already see the influence of general motors which bought opel in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine but at
says the quarter windows in front and back provide a breath of fresh air thanks to opals patented draft free ventilation system the spacious interior is said to allow complete freedom of movement making the strains of driving a thing of the past. priestesses the opal olympia really holds the road and can t be beat when it comes to safety gear here but then the monocoque body gives the olympia a much lower center of gravity than its predecessor a whole fifteen centimeters lower in combination with the independent wheel suspension at the front and opals padded synchronized suspension that makes for great road holding but to begin with opel drivers had to content themselves with just twenty four horsepower only starting in one nine hundred thirty eight could they get a one point five. five liter four cylinder engine with thirty seven horsepower is
we re taking a journey into the past in a technological trendsetter the opal olympia this one was built in one nine hundred thirty eight the olympia was a best seller and one nine hundred thirty five the year the model was introduced it helped opel become the first german manufacturer to produce more than one hundred thousand cars a year and that made opel europe s biggest automaker. it s the car of our time in the mid one nine hundred thirty s. that was opals ad slogan for its new mass production model says vintage car expert christophe mower and might not look very spectacular but i m sure it s nondescript exterior is a technological milestone the olympia was the first german mass production model to have a unitized body and uni body construction is still the standard in car making today so it s a good ticket as it s all downhill. from the early. twentieth century on opal was