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Opel's first car - the Motorwagen System Lutzmann from 1899

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Created on April 3, 2017

Reading time 4min

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - Vollgummireifen und Holzspeichenräder waren bei den frühen Exemplaren gegeben

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Opel Patentmotorwagen "System Lutzmann" (1899) - mit im Heck liegenden offenen Einzylindermotor von 1,5 Liter Hubraum (Techno Classica 2013)

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - im Vordergrund der Patentmotorwagen nach System Lutzmann

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - es gab einiges zu bedienen und verstellen am frühen Opel

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - man liest wohl besser das Handbuch, bevor man den Motor startet

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - Fussbremse

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - Blick auf die Antriebseinheit, ein 1-Zylinder-Viertakter

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - eine Handkurbel hatte der Wagen nicht von Anfang an

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - Herstellerplakette

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Opel Patentmtorwagen System Lutzmann (1899) - rustikale Bauweise

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Summary

In 1899, the Opel company launched its first passenger car, which it was able to build thanks to patents and inventions from the Lutzmann company. 65 examples were produced by 1901, and at least two survived in Germany. This report describes the first Opel passenger car and shows some pictures of it.

This article contains the following chapters

Further developments in detail
Every carriage was different
No coach
65 vehicles produced
The Opel Lutzmann of the German Museum
Epilogue
Technical data
Further information

Estimated reading time: 4min

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The founder of the Opel company, Adam Opel, had already died in 1895, but his widow and two sons, Karl and Wilhelm, continued the work they had started. After years of success with sewing machines and all kinds of other equipment, the company had already started building bicycles in the 1980s. Around the turn of the century, the company realized that the automobile was slowly but steadily gaining ground and decided to buy the patents and inventions of the Lutzmann company. This opened up the opportunity for "mass production" for the master locksmith, automobile pioneer and designer Friedrich Lutzmann.

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