Opel Tech 1

Opel Tech 1 Concept
Opel Tech 1 Concept
Overview
Type	Concept car
Manufacturer	Opel
Production	1981 (Concept car)
Body and chassis
Body style	5-door hatchback
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform	T Platform
Chronology
Predecessor	1979 Opel Kadett (D)
Successor	1985 Opel Kadett (E)

The Opel Tech 1 Concept was a research vehicle and concept car developed by Opel, which was a subsidiary of General Motors at the time. It was exhibited at the 1981 International Motor Show Germany (IAA) in Frankfurt. The car was based on the fourth-generation Opel Kadett D and used the platform, which was called the T Car. The vehicle was designed by Erhard Schnell^[1] and foreshadowed some of the design aspects found on production Opel/Vauxhall cars released throughout the 1980s.

Body

The design targeted a peak of aerodynamics and reached a drag coefficient of 0.235 c_w thanks in part to a panoramic windshield. Some of the car's aerodynamic features made it into production form on both the 1984 Opel Kadett E and the 1986 Opel Omega – most evidently its front-end styling. The Tech 1's wheel design entered into mass production as an alloy wheel option on top-spec models of the Opel Rekord E2/Vauxhall Carlton. ^[2]^[3]

Interior

All controls were push buttons; only the steering wheel, gear lever and foot controls were conventional.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Zukunftsmodelle – Opel Konzeptfahrzeuge". de.opel.ch. 4 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "1981 Opel Tech-1 Concept". de.opel.ch. 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Opels einstige IAA-Studien – Was ist bloß aus euch geworden?". kicker.de. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "George Gallion about Opel Tech 1 (1981)". YouTube. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Pictures of 1981 Opel Tech-1 Concept Car At Autozeitung". autozeitung.de. 4 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[1] "Zukunftsmodelle – Opel Konzeptfahrzeuge". de.opel.ch. 4 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[2] "1981 Opel Tech-1 Concept". de.opel.ch. 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[3] "Opels einstige IAA-Studien – Was ist bloß aus euch geworden?". kicker.de. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[4] "George Gallion about Opel Tech 1 (1981)". YouTube. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[5] "Pictures of 1981 Opel Tech-1 Concept Car At Autozeitung". autozeitung.de. 4 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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