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Paul Krüger
12/08/2024

Fabrikneue Opel Rekord P1 und Opel Caravan P1 auf einem Autotransporter mit Chevrolet-Zugmaschine

What do you do if the resolution of a historical photo is not good enough for a "picture of the week" in the newsletter? Exactly: you simply use it for a blog. Take this photo of brand-new Opel Rekord and Caravan that arrived in America at the beginning of 1959 and are now traveling by truck to Buick dealers there.

The five Opels joined their 14,000 brand colleagues that were already running in the USA at the time the photo was taken. The brand with the Zeppelin had only been represented there for a year. Nevertheless, Opel was already the second most popular German brand on American roads - behind VW, of course.

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