• Only two registered owners since 1991 • Attractive colour combination • Rarely seen six-cylinder Opel • Beautifully presented • Solo due proprietari dal 1991 • Colore stupendo • Raro modello opel a sei cilindri Son of a locksmith, Adam Opel chose to leave the family firm in 1863, setting himself up as a manufacturer of sewing machines in his hometown of Rüsselsheim near Frankfurt, Germany.

The enterprise grew rapidly.

In the mid-1880s Opel diversified into bicycle making and by 1895, when its founder died, had become one of Europe's largest manufacturing concerns.

It was to be expected that its next move would be into motor manufacturing but Opel's first such venture was an uncharacteristic failure.

Now managed jointly by Adam's five sons, Opel acquired the rights to a design by Friedrich Lutzmann and produced its first automobile in 1898.

However, by this time the horizontal-engined Opel-Lutzman was somewhat dated and production ceased after only two years.

Opel next turned to...