Kapitan

1938 – 1970

Opel's six-cylinder luxury saloon built 1938-1970 and revived after the war, a symbol of the prosperity of Germany's economic miracle.

Explore the lineage

88years

7generations

7trims

54–130hp range

Lineage Trims Owners

The Lineage

7 generations · tap any to explore

1 trimKapitan '38

1938–1940

Flagship 54 hp

1 trimKapitan '51

1951–1953

Flagship 57 hp

1 trimKapitan '54

1953–1958

Flagship 67 hp

1 trimKapitan P1

1958–1959

Flagship 79 hp

1 trimKapitan P2

1959–1963

Flagship 89 hp

1 trimKapitan A

1964–1968

Flagship 99 hp

1 trimKapitan B

1969–1970

Flagship 130 hp

The Story

Why the Kapitan matters

The Kapitan was Opel's upper-class sedan from 1938 to 1970, with a break from 1940 to 1948. The first car had a 2.5-litre six with 55 PS, and production stopped in 1940. The car came back in 1948, got a new nose and 58 PS in 1951, and a pontoon body with 68 PS for 1954. The Kapitan P 2.5 of 1958 lasted a single year; its successor, the P 2.6, had a 2.6-litre six with 90 PS. In 1964 the Kapitan joined the Admiral and Diplomat in a new three-model range, with a Chevrolet V8 in a handful of cars, and the Kapitan B of 1969 was dropped after about a year.