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12 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1970 Opel Kapitän in Gold, rear right: File:Opel Kapitän (4620861545).jpg : nakhon100 derivative work: Mr.choppers· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Opel Kapitan Hebmüller: Bali77· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Opel Kapitän,Bj.1956am20050717: User Spurzem on de.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 4. Opel Kapitän '51 (1951-53) am 2009-10-13 ret: Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 5. Opel Kapitän (Modell 1939-40) b: Lothar Spurzem· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 6. Opel Kapitän 1959 03: No machine-readable author provided. ChiemseeMan assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 7. Opel Kapitän 2013-07-21 14-18-16: Berthold Werner· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Opel Kapitän A: Herranderssvensson· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Opel Kapitän B BW 1: Berthold Werner· Public domain
- 10. Opel Kapitän 1951 im EFA Mobile Zeiten Museum Amerang 2008: Norbert Pietsch Enpi48· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 11. W9619 Opel Kapitan 2.6 1961 FB BoissiereDuDore VideVillage 20260614 112400830: Llann Wé²· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 12. W9620 Opel Kapitan 2.6 1961 FB BoissiereDuDore VideVillage 20260614 112427895PXL: Llann Wé²· CC BY-SA 4.0
base stats
Bars compare against all cars: 600 hp, 0 g CO₂, 400k registrations, €150k.
what the fuel types mean
- petrol Cheapest to buy, simple, but fuel is expensive in NL.
- LPG Runs on autogas (cheap fuel) via a conversion; extra road tax in NL.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939–1970
- body
- sedan
- engine
- 2.6 L
- cylinders
- —
- turbo
- —
- power
- 89–177 hp
- drive
- —
- gearbox
- —
- seats
- 5
- doors
- 4
- weight
- 1,400 kg
- fuel use
- —
- CO₂
- —
- US rating
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- EV range
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- US size class
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- avg new price NL
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Ranges cover every version ever sold. Blank means the sources don't say.
🇳🇱 on Dutch roads
146 are registered in the Netherlands today, #1258 of all models. Most common build year: 1954 (12 cars).
19391970
Cars still registered, by year of first registration (RDW).
Sources: RDW open data.Updated 2026-10-24.