Opel Regent Limousine, rare front view.

[grobmotorix]

Who knows this car?

[grobmotorix]

Up!

[Siata1]

American?

[bentleybob]

Gräf & Stift?

[grobmotorix]

 Not american, not austrian, but european.

[grobmotorix]

Still much too easy for our pros.

[sixtee5cuda]

Maybach?

[grobmotorix]

No, not this exclusive.

[RayTheRat]

Belgian?

[grobmotorix]

No, it comes from the Maybach country...

[RayTheRat]

Friedrichshafen?

[grobmotorix]

Friedrichshafen is the town, where the Maybachs have been built.

So, sorry no.

[RayTheRat]

Friedrichshafen is the town, where the Maybachs have been built.

So, sorry no.

Yes, I know.  Do I understand you to be saying that the car comes from Germany, but not near the location where the Maybachs were built?

[grobmotorix]

Oh, sorry, my fault. Non native speakers sometimes have their own problems

Yes, I know.  Do I understand you to be saying that the car comes from Germany, but not near the location where the Maybachs were built?

That´s what I wanted to say - it´s a german car.

[RayTheRat]

Not a problem.  Your English is much better than my very rusty German (which wasn't all that great to start with.) 

Now I know where to start looking.

r

[grobmotorix]

Cars of that brand have been sold in the USA, too.

And I´m sure you know one or two of them...

[grobmotorix]

BIG HINT:

the company is still existing...

[RayTheRat]

Opel?

[grobmotorix]

YES!

LOCKED for you for 24h!

[RayTheRat]

1929 Opel Modell 24'110 ps Regent Limousine.

Here's the text that accompanied the photo in German

1928 bot Opel seiner Kundschaft einen großen Wagen der Luxusklasse mit 6.0 Liter- Achtzylinder-Motor und 110 PS an: den Opel Regent (offizielle Bezeichnung: "Opel 24/110 PS").

Von diesem zwei-Tonnen-Fahrzeug wurden bis zum Produtkionsstop 1929 nur 25 Stück produziert.
Nach der Übernahme von General Motors 1929 mußte Opel alle 25 verkauften Fahrzeuge zurückkaufen und verschrotten.
Der Grund dafür lag wohl darin, daß General Motors die Befürchtung hatte, der Regent könnte den Absatz von Cadillac- und Buick-Modellen in der Luxus-Klasse gefährden.
Offenbar hat tatsächlich kein einziges Exemplar überlebt.

And then in English:
1928 Opel offered its customers a great car in the luxury class with a 6.0 liter eight-cylinder engine and 110 PS: the Opel Regent (official name: "Opel 24/110 hp").

From this two-ton vehicle to the end of production in 1929 only 25 were produced.
After General Motors' takeover of Opel in 1929, it had to buy back every one of the 25 vehicles sold and scrap them.
The reason for this was probably the fact that General Motors had the fear that the Regent could jeopardize the sale of Cadillac and Buick models in the luxury class.
Apparently not a single specimen has survived. Major bummer!

Epic irony: my 2nd car (after a 1953 Buick) was a 1958 Opel Kombi.  It was a love-hate (It loved to leave me stranded when it quit running and I hated that) relationship and I sold it before I entered military service.

[sixtee5cuda]

Incredible car, with a sad story around it.

At least I have 2 pictures of it now.

[grobmotorix]

Ray has made the race!

Very good. And you´ve provided all of us with the whole story around this car.

Unfortunately Opel has had too many financial problems during the last decade.
Otherwise the Opel Museum in Rüsselsheim would be reality today and they would have tried to built a replica car of the Regent, I´m sure.
Manufacturers like Audi, BMW and Mercedes have revived some of their legendary and lost cars to let them roll again at classic car events and show them at their museums.

We all can be lucky if Opel survives the next decade...

RAY: I love your Avatar and the subtitle...

[Otto Puzzell]

After General Motors' takeover of Opel in 1929, it had to buy back every one of the 25 vehicles sold and scrap them.

That sounds a bit hyperbolic. GM bought them back from whom? If all 25 had been sold, that would be virtually impossible.

[Allemano]

After General Motors' takeover of Opel in 1929, it had to buy back every one of the 25 vehicles sold and scrap them.

That sounds a bit hyperbolic. GM bought them back from whom? If all 25 had been sold, that would be virtually impossible.

When the price was high enough, why not? 25 clients would have been a manageable I think.

[Otto Puzzell]

Sorry, it just sounds like BS to me. Just my opinion.  

That said, should this be moved to 'Solved'?