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Published: 2014-02-11 02:42:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 918; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 9
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A late-80's, early-90's Chevrolet Opala.An Opala Comodoro to be more specific.
Related to the Opel Rekord C, the Opala was the first car Chevrolet build in Brazil. Launched in 1968, coupe and station wagon versions were available during the lifetime of this car.
Considered a muscle car by many, the Opala has gathered a legion of fans over the years. The brazilian government (presidents included) used black Opalas during the 70's and 80's.
The Chevy Opala was retired after many facelifts, in 1992... more than 20 years after its debut.
A true blockbuster.
And mind you, these are highly collectible. Opalas in good conditions are worth quite a lot of cash.
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O som do motor dele é música pros nossos ouvidos!
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Grande Opala!!! vindo de um encontro de carros baixos meu amigo estava a uns 160 KMH e veio um opala (MUITO POSSIVELMENTE PREPARADO) e nois "atropelou" com um belo ronco de 6 bocas gritando... esse é um dos poucos carros antigos nacionais que eu aprecio...
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Cabeças viram quando vemos um Opala passar
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Opalão!!!!!! Tá um carro como poucos que fizeram por aqui. Me inclua como um dos fãs
Meu pai ainda mantém a Caravan 76 !!!! XDDDDDDD Aquele carro é um tanque de guerra
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Opalas e Caravans, quando bem cuidados, são carros bemmm classudos!
O Opala, por falar nisso, é um dos poucos carros que, pra mim, fica maravilhoso quando pintado de preto.
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Hehe, me lembra os usados pelas autoridades... 
Aw, bons tempos....
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so, it's practically a brazilian Impala? American muscle with brazilian spicy touch?
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Not only "Opala" is the name of a precious gem (opal, that is), but also happens to be the combination of the words "Opel" and "Impala"
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yeah, brazilians do make everything more interesting 
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Great photo!
Very nice car, I can see resemblance to older Opels. What engines are available?
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Thanks a lot, mate!
I have a book about the Opala... I'm looking here, it says the Opala was available as:
- 4-cylinder 2.5
- 6-cylinder 3.8
- 6-cylinder 4.1
The 2.5 produced aprox. 98hp, and the 4.1 aprox. 150hp.
The 4100 being the most famous, as it equipped the sporty version, the Opala SS... which is made by HotWheels, but they only call it "Chevrolet SS" for unknown reason
So, even though it is regarded as a muscle car in here, it never had a V8 engine.
But it's RWD
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Huge engines for Polish standards!
Different countries have different muscle cars...
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For brazilian standards of the past 20 years, the most common engines range from 1.0 to 2.0... and in-line 4-cylinder, FWD
...we don't have much options when it comes to details like these anymore :/
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