No Rekord coupe was offered for the first time since 1961, Opel steering style-seekers to its new Manta instead.
Lead trim: 1.7N · up to 113 hp
Opel Rekord EE · 1977–1986
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FactNo Rekord coupe was offered for the first time since 1961, Opel steering style-seekers to its new Manta instead.
The Rekord E replaced the Rekord D at Rüsselsheim in August 1977, keeping its wheelbase and most of its engines under an all-new body, and was sold in the UK as the Vauxhall Carlton. It came as two- and four-door saloons, estates and a panel van on GM's V platform, with the six-cylinder Commodore C as its sister. An extensive rework in October 1982 created the E2 with new front and rear ends and new engines, and production in Germany ran until August 1986; between 1977 and 1982 Opel built 962,218 Rekord E1s.
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Trims & Figures
12 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7N | 1977–1980 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 83 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.8N | 1982–1986 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 97 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.8S | 1982–1986 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 103 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.8i Kat | 1985–1986 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 101 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1.9N | 1977–1982 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 97 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.0E | 1977–1984 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 108 hp | 117 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.0N | 1977–1982 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.0S | 1977–1986 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 122 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.1D | 1977–1978 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 87 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.2i | 1984–1986 | 2.2 L Inline-4 | 113 hp | 139 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.3D | 1978–1986 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 2.3TD | 1984–1986 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | 85 hp | 136 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
No Rekord coupe was offered for the first time since 1961, Opel steering style-seekers to its new Manta instead.
The Rekord D shared its body with the six-cylinder Commodore B, a badge-engineering trick hidden under four-cylinder sheet metal.
The Rekord B's cam-in-head engine didn't just power this car — it stayed under the hood of every Rekord built for the next 21 years, until the nameplate retired in 1986.
Partway through its run, the humble Rekord A could be ordered with a 2.6-litre inline-six borrowed straight from Opel's flagship Kapitän.
Even this humble family Opel got the bespoke treatment: coachbuilder Autenrieth hand-built a handful of Rekord P2 convertibles, priced at nearly double a regular saloon.
Opel sold a stripped-down Rekord P1 under the Olympia name — buyers had their own nickname for it: the "Bauern-Buick," or Peasant's Buick.
Rivals
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