The third iteration of Opel’s popular Olympia, named in anticipation of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin One of the world’s first mass production cars to feature a unitary body A charming 1950s saloon car replete with period details Powered by a 1,477-cc four-cylinder engine paired to a column-mounted three-speed shifter Dritte Generation von Opels beliebter Olympia Baureihe, ursprünglich benannt in Reverenz an die Olympischen Spiele in Berlin 1936 Eines der ersten in Großserie gebauten Fahrzeuge mit selbsttragender Karosserie Charmante Limousine der 1950er Jahre mit zeitgenössischen Details Angetrieben von einem 1.477 cm³ Reihenvierzylinder mit Dreigang-Lenkradschaltung Named in anticipation of the Olympic Games held in the city the following summer, Opel’s Olympia was unveiled at the 1935 Berlin Motor Show.

A technical tour de force, it became the first German car with a weight-saving, all-metal unitary body to enter mass production.

The revised OL38 debuted two years later, m...