Marko Hanželic
Ford was first attacked by s fifty years ago Capri. There is no reason to panic, they said at Opel, since the brand had Manto. Not as a muscle man, but as a coupé for families and women. Manta became a macho athlete only in the second edition.
Let’s leave the saga about for now Capri, which encouraged the Oplovs to be Manto transformed into an athlete and embark on fifty years in history. Half a century ago when they aborted an originally non-muscular family athlete by name Manta, the lightning brand has long since shaken off post-war modesty and with models such as Opel GT, Commodore GS, Sprint Record ali Rally-Kadett reached a level of sportiness that other mass brands could only dream of. In sales statistics, the brand was from Rüsselsheim so much behind the heels of competitors from Wolfsburgthat the latter seriously feared for their primacy in the German market.
Opel in the time of the Cadet, Record and Manta
In fact, it is a development Opel Manta started as early as 1966, initially as a quick successor to the Kadett B. However, it is Opel with Cadet in Record found enough room for a stand-alone series, which filled the models Ascona in Manta. Sporty rear features, long bonnet in the style of a marine predator from the movies oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and dual headlights in the style of Italian supercars. A seductive coupe was created "For young fathers who have an Opel GT too small and for women who prefer sports cars with style", as he explained at a press premiere in 1970 Opel Marketing.
Ford had a V6 and Opel only four-cylinder ones
Mantin four-cylinder could not compete with capacity Capri with V6, as the athlete from Rüsselsheim was able to really live out his sporting mission only in the second generation, introduced in 1975. At that time, the popular athlete became less popular and significantly more athletic. Many labeled Manta by name Porsche Schreck, hence Porsche’s fears. The Opel sports car has become a cult, as it proves comedy Manta, Manta, in which it plays a major role of course Opel Manta.
“Manta is standing in front of the university…”
Shortest Manta joke…
In fact, it’s not just well-maintained antiques that have kept the myth of the small alive Opel coupe, which they made for almost twenty years. Above all, the attitude towards life and lifestyle associated with Manta, which was recently presented in the form of an exhibition in House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Why will the new generation of Manta be three meters high?
That it will be possible to lower it to the ground by at least two meters.
The red thread of the exhibition was the aforementioned film showing subculture »Domestic amateur processors Mant, who, among other things, share hairstyles with ponytails, Kenwood stickers, a Porur dialect and a blonde hairdresser in the passenger seat ”. And an indispensable seal of astonishment: "Boah, hey." With regard to Manta, Germany is not without jokes that have persisted into the 21st century.
Gallery: Opel Manta - 50 years
