| Opel Tech 1 Concept | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Concept car |
| Manufacturer | Opel |
| Production | 1981 (Concept car) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 5-doorhatchback |
| Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
| Platform | T Platform |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | 1979Opel Kadett (D) |
| Successor | 1985Opel Kadett (E) |
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TheOpel Tech 1 Concept was a research vehicle andconcept car developed byOpel, which was a subsidiary ofGeneral Motors at the time. It was exhibited at the1981 International Motor Show Germany (IAA) inFrankfurt. The car was based on the fourth-generationOpel Kadett D and used theplatform, 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.
The design targeted a peak of aerodynamics and reached adrag coefficient of 0.235 cw thanks in part to apanoramicwindshield. Some of the car's aerodynamic features made it into production form on both the 1984Opel Kadett E and the 1986Opel Omega – most evidently its front-end styling. The Tech 1's wheel design entered intomass production as an alloy wheel option on top-spec models of theOpel Rekord E2/Vauxhall Carlton.[2][3]
All controls were push buttons; only thesteering wheel,gear lever andfoot controls were conventional.[4][5]
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