When you could still really see out of the car
09/11/2019
The cars of the seventies are rightly considered to be particularly well laid out. Not only did the wind tunnel play less of a role back then, but low beltlines and large window areas were also "en vogue".
The Opel Ascona A is a typical child of its time and indeed it impresses with its very good all-round visibility. This was also confirmed by Automobil Revue in a very detailed test in 1972 , in which the all-round visibility was also completely measured.
At that time, we learned that only 50 degrees of the full 360-degree all-round view were obscured by window mullions and that the floor was visible at the rear after just 6.1 meters.
Modern cars perform significantly worse in these respects; in the Range Rover Evoque, for example, recent tests have shown that you can only see the ground after around 30 meters if you look through the rear window.
We published a comprehensive driving report on the Opel Ascona 19SR a few days ago.
