Según sus fabricantes, esta conjunción fue la que le dio origen al nombre de este auto, ya que “Opala” se puede presumir como un acrónimo del término “Opel Impala”. Estaba disponible con dos tipos de motorización: Un 4 cilindros “Iron Duke”, y un 6 cilindros de 250 pulgadas cúbicas, ambos derivados del Chevrolet Impala estadounidense. Se trataba de un automóvil de turismo, del segmento E, derivado de los modelos Opel Rekord alemán (en el caso del sedán) y Opel Commodore (en el caso de la coupé), que fue fabricado desde 1968 hasta 1992. El Chevrolet Opala fue un automóvil producido en Brasil por el fabricante General Motors, a través de su subsidiaria brasileña para la marca Chevrolet.Some of the Opala's components and chassis were used in other Brazilian cars such as the Santa Matilde, Puma GTB, and the Fera XK (a Jaguar XK replica). The Opala's long-lived 250-cubic-inch (4.1 L) engine was also used in its replacement, the Chevrolet Omega (which featured electronic fuel injection in the GLS and CD trims) from 1995 to 1998. The Opala "Coupé" continued as a pillarless hardtop well into the late 1980s, long after U.S. Its reliability and easy maintenance made the Opala the choice of many taxi drivers and was also popular on racetracks. The military government issued Opalas to its agents through the 1970s. It was used by the Brazilian Federal Police for many years. A luxury version of the Opala was marketed as the Chevrolet Diplomata. It was the first passenger car built by GM in Brazil by the General Motors do Brasil division. It was replaced by the Chevrolet Omega in 1992, also an Opel spinoff. GM manufactured about one million units including the Opala sedan, Opala Coupé, and the station wagon variant, the Opala Caravan. It was derived from the German Opel Rekord Series C, Opel Commodore Series A, but used local design styling and engines sourced from North America.
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