petrol
12 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Opel KARL (1): Opel· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Opel Karl 1.0 ecoFLEX Exklusiv – Frontansicht, 28. Oktober 2015, Düsseldorf: M 93· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 3. Opel Karl 1.0 ecoFLEX Exklusiv – Heckansicht, 28. Oktober 2015, Düsseldorf: M 93· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 4. Opel Karl 1.0 ecoFLEX Exklusiv – Innenraum, 28. Oktober 2015, Düsseldorf: M 93· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 5. 2018 Opel Karl: Cornellier· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Opel KARL (10): Opel· CC BY 3.0
- 7. Opel KARL (12): Axel Wierdemann· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Opel KARL (13): Opel· CC BY 3.0
- 9. Opel KARL (3) Interior: Opel· CC BY 3.0
- 10. Opel KARL (4) Interior: Opel· CC BY 3.0
- 11. Opel Karl (49291964822): crash71100· CC0
- 12. Opel KARL (5): Opel· CC BY 3.0
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.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015–2019
- body
- hatchback
- engine
- 1.0 L
- cylinders
- —
- turbo
- —
- power
- 72–74 hp
- drive
- —
- gearbox
- —
- seats
- 5
- doors
- 5
- weight
- 941 kg
- fuel use
- 4.1–6.2 L/100 km
- CO₂
- 94–140 g/km
- US rating
- —
- EV range
- —
- US size class
- —
- avg new price NL
- € 13.432
Ranges cover every version ever sold. Blank means the sources don't say.
🇳🇱 on Dutch roads
29,923 are registered in the Netherlands today, #91 of all models. Most common build year: 2017 (8,462 cars).
20152019
Cars still registered, by year of first registration (RDW).
secondhand shopping hint
Cars 8–20 years old are where budget buys usually live. The register has 24,409 Karls from 2015–2018, so there should be plenty to choose from on Marktplaats or AutoScout24. Their price when new:
- 2015€ 12.683
- 2016€ 13.197
- 2017€ 13.040
- 2018€ 13.416
names it's registered under (2)
- Karl / Viva 29,139
- Karl 784
Sources: RDW open data.Updated 2026-10-24.