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Opel launched the second generation Ascona at the 1975 Frankfurt Motor Show and began production that year.
The Ascona B was also sold as the Chevrolet Chevair in South Africa.
When Opel shut down the production of the 2nd generation Ascona in 1981, there had been built more than 1.2 million copies of the car.
topThe Ascona B was launched with the same engine options of its predecessor: 1.2-, 1.6- and 1.9-liter petrol-fueled units. The 1.9-liter engine was replaced by a new 2.0-liter unit with 100 hp in 1977. Since 1978, Opel offers also a 2.0-liter diesel engine with the Ascona B.
A new Ascona version was added in 1979 with a 2.4-liter engine that produces 144 hp (Ascona 400) and the 1.2-liter unit was increased to 1.3 liters in the same year. In 1980, there was a new 2.0-liter engine offer with 110 hp.
topThere was only one body style version of the Opel Ascona B, a sedan body with either two or four doors.
The car received a small facelift in 1979, being given a grey front grille and new plastic bumpers.
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Opel entered the automobile business in 1899, selling Opel-Lutzmann cars, the first of them being the “Patent Motor Car”. Partnership between Opel and Lutzman was terminated in 1901 and Adam Opel’s son initiated a new contract with the French carmaker Darracq that allowed the German company to built Opel-Darracq cars. These cars received their chassis from Darracq and their bodies from Opel.
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