Opel 1200

The Opel 1200, also called P1200, is a lower mid range car built from 1959 to 1962 by the German maker Opel. It was introduced to take the place of the Olympia, the economy version of the Olympia Rekord and Rekord P1 made until then, because Opel had not offered a low priced popular car since the first Kadett left production in 1940. Its body was entirely that of the Rekord P1, including the panoramic windscreen, and it came only as a two door with simpler, more spartan equipment. A new overhead valve four cylinder engine of 1,205 cc, derived from the 1.5 litre Rekord unit with the bore reduced from 80 to 72 mm, gave 40 CV and a top speed of 115 km/h through a three speed manual gearbox. Launched at 5,835 DM, it was built until December 1962 in 67,952 examples and was succeeded by the Kadett A and the Olympia A.