Opel Rekord C "Black Widow" COBI 24333 - Youngtimer collection

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You know that:

• The Opel Recod C "Black Widow" was created in addition to series production in secret so that the Opel factory management did not know about it?
• US GM commissioned Latvian designer Anatol Carl Lapin to design a sports car?
• The serial Opel record C was the longest car in the brand's history?
• The car was extremely popular with the public and each of the three generations sold over a million units?
• Side lines do not deny the American pedigree GM, when the back wave was inspired by a bottle from Coca-Cola?
• The famous F1 driver Niki Lauda also raced with another car starting number 41?
• If you want to buy the Recorda C in the serial version today as a veteran, then you have to prepare more than 40 000€ ?
• A sports car with the starting number 41 on which the famous F1 driver Niki Lauda raced, among other things, was lost somewhere near Vienna in the early 1970s?
• It considered that car 41 was not scrapped, but is in the collection of an unknown car enthusiast?
• Opel built a replica of the 41 car in 2012, and since the complete plans have not been preserved, the original designer A. Lapin helped with the construction?

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 4.55 m, width 1.75 m, height 1.36 m
• weight 930 kg
• power unit petrol engine 1 897 ccm modified to power 180 hp
• maximum speed approx. 200 km / h
• fuel consumption 14 l / 100km normal driving
• number of seats 1