Opel had been GM's German subsidiary since the 1920s, but the Opel Diplomat model would serve as Europe's first taste of the small-block Chevy V-8 platform. The Diplomat would be a primary ...

The Opel Diplomat V8 Coupe only survived on the market from 1965 to 1967. During that period, the German carmaker only produced 347 units of what became the most American German car ever.

Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann will enter his own Diplomat A V8 Coupé to the Bodensee Klassik event starting on May 7. The rare model is powered by a 5.4-liter V8 engine producing 230hp and is part ...

Being a rare V-8 Diplomat, it packs the famous 5.4-liter (327 ci) V-8 from Chevrolet's workshop. The car reportedly wears freshened components from a nut-and-bolt restoration performed between ...

Opel Diplomat V8 Coupe. Photo: Opel. In 1965, GM Europe's Opel brand launched a new range of three sedans, the Kapitän, Admiral, and Diplomat, with the aim of rivaling Mercedes.

The model he adopted was the 1969 Opel Diplomat V8, the most imposing European volume-badged car ever built, except for, perhaps, the far less attractive Ford Zodiac Mk IV.

03/11/2015 March 11, 2015. In 1964, Opel introduced its first luxury model since the Second World War, the Diplomat A V8. It became the third member of the exclusive 'KAD' range.

Opel will also bring two other cars from the KAD A range to Techno Classica, the rare 4.6 liter V8 Admiral and the range topping 5.4 liter V8 Diplomat Coupe. On display will also be the KAD B ...

The launch of the Diplomat V8 back in 1964 was Opel's post-war attempt to re-enter the luxury car market. The coupe was its top-of-the-line vehicle.

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