The Opel Regent is a luxury car from the German carmaker

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introduced in November 1928 and available as a four-door limousine and two-door coupe. The official name was ''Opel 24/110'' (24 Steuer-PS/110 PS nominal). The long ''Regent'' was available from 25,000 Reichsmark, and had an eight-cylinder engine with 6 litre capacity that allowed a top speed of . The Regent is notable for being Opel's most luxurious vehicle and competed with the likes of Rolls-Royce,

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, and Mercedes-Benz. In March 1929,

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bought 80% of the share capital of Adam Opel AG. Since GM feared too much competition with the top models of its own brands

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and

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, the Regent was discontinued. GM purchased back all models that had been purchased and scrapped them in an event described as unique by various automotive historians. This means that no Regent has survived. The name ''Regent'' was later used for the luxury versions of the 1932 Opel Regent 1.8 Litre. However, the Opel Regent 1.8 Litre was much smaller and less powerful than the original Regent and was never seen as its true successor.

References

* Marcus Schneider: ''Deutsche Automobile''. Edition XXL, Fränkisch-Crumbach 2005, , S. 274 (German)

External links

Opel Specials (German Website)

Carsablanca (German Website)
{{Opel Regent Cars introduced in 1928 Luxury vehicles