Opel Diplomat V8 Coupe
For those who don’t know, German car manufacturer Opel was one of the biggest GM companies outside the US. For almost 90 years (from 1929-2017), GM owned Opel and influenced the design of its models more than a few times as a result (via Stellantis).
One of Europe’s most American cars ever produced is the glorious Opel Diplomat V8 Coupe, built from 1965 to 1967. The Diplomat was Opel’s luxury model and got Chevrolet’s 327 V8 engine due to that status. The overall design was reminiscent of Chevrolet’s mid-size and full-size models of the moment. With the standard Powerglide automatic transmission, the Diplomat V8 Coupe could easily be mistaken for a US model. However, since Opel was always an economy car manufacturer and the Diplomat Coupe V8 was very expensive, it was produced in only 347 examples because of this.