Opel Olympia (Olympia A, 1967 to 1970)

The Olympia A was a revival of the Opel Olympia name in August 1967. The name had last been used until 1959 for a reduced specification version of the Opel Rekord, but now it was applied to a luxury derivative of the Opel Kadett B, recognisable by its redesigned front end and the word Olympia on the body sides behind the front wheels. Olympias were often equipped with a black vinyl roof. The new name may have distanced the car from the Kadett and let Opel charge a premium price, but it did not convincingly fill the gap that had opened between small and big family cars. It was available in saloon and coupe versions, and the saloon, with two or four doors, shared the fast-back Limousine body of the Kadett LS.