Opel GT model history 1965: The Opel GT is shown in concept form at the Frankfurt motor show. It features a Rekord 1.9-litre engine, pop-up headlights and is based on a Kadett floorpan.

This near-perfect 1973 Opel GT, which will be sold at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction of the eclectic Elkhart Collection, will make even the most diehard of American car fans stand up and take notice.

You may remember the classic, sleek Opel GT from the late 1960s through the early 1970s as sort of a European “baby-vette,” which quite readily recalled the styling of the Corvette C3.

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And no doubt if he could sell a helpful number of GTs in the Americas, badged as Buicks, he'd be only too delighted. After all, the original 1968-73 Opel GT -- one of which Neumann personally owns ...

And Opel's bosses seem to want to take the GT further. Unfortunately, as Karl-Thomas Neumann, Opel's CEO, admitted to Motor Trend, there is no suitable RWD platform in GM. This is a tiny car.