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Parallel to the senator the OPEL Monza was presented and delivered, which represented a two-door variant senator of A with large rear flap. The role of the top model of OPELs fulfilled the senator until 1993, who possessed now however no independent, but one of the record E (senator A) and/or omega A (senator B, starting from 1987) derived body. From the senator B there was no more variant. A successor senator of B was not no more developed due to the too small sales figures.

In addition the OPEL senator A served as basis for bitterly the sports club

Prehistory

To hay-to light it is generally forgotten that OPEL sold its captain in and the early 60's 50's with models most upper class Sechzylinderfahrzeuge in Germany. This position became playful with the appearance a first captain/admiral/diplomat series in the year 1964, could which be sold in four years only 89,277 times. These vehicles grew precipitously in their external dimensions, and frightened me their US Design and - format and up to 5,4 litres capacity large V8 US engines conventional German customers, which changed hastily to the gediegenen competition to Stuttgart.

The second, 1969 presented version of the "“KAD"” upper class row mentioned were not 4.8 cm more briefly, 1.5 cm flatter and 5 cm more narrowly than their predecessors, had however a clear stronger competition of Mercedes and BMW to itself, and could not the downtrend in the sales figures among other things also because of awkward of marketing (one of the advertising slogans read "“many more cars than one needs"”) any more to stop, so that one took her after only 61,619 sold copies despite her Europeanized Design and her great travelling comfort owing to the DeDion rear axle 1977 of the market.

In order the lucrative and prestigious vehicle market for upper class vehicles not completely Mercedes and BMW too leave and lost terrain again to good-close, dared OPELs 1978 with the appearance of senator and Monza a new attack in this segment. Shocked of the continuous effects of the first oil crisis of 1973 and the energy consciousness of the autobuyers developed from it one said good-bye to the V8 segment, and although formulated officially only indirectly in such a way, senator and Monza were positioned from the size and motorizing a Fahrzeugklasse more deeply than the KAD series and were thus only than replacement meant for the sechszylindrigen Commodore B, which was offered from 1972 to 1977 as sedan and First public tests brought however the surprising realization that the viewers were in such a manner impressed by the Design of the two new models that they regarded it against the original Marketingstrategie as successors in the year 1977 of the adjusted KAD upper class series. So itself Mercedes 280 SE of the W 116 series had in first comparison tests the senator with the new 7er BMW and, and which Monza with BMW more expensive over 10.000 DM let 630 CS measure, and thereby outstanding road performances more than good figure owing to their made even one for sovereigns of chassis and.

Technical and optical basis of senator A and Monza A was however the record E and the one half year later presented Commodore C: all models used the same body base. Senator and Monza A as well as the Commodore C introduced in the autumn 1978 possessed extended front, the senator regarding the row six cylinder one in the comparison to the record additionally differently arranged side view, outwardly also recognizably from the third side window, and a more representative Heckpartie with nearly black working tail lamps. Senator and Monza had besides technically very double diagonal steering wheel in place of the simple Starrachse of record and Commodore.