Keinath Automobilbau is a car manufacturer based in Reutlingen

Reutlingen

Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....

, Germany

Germany

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 owned and operated by Horst Keinath. The company began by producing a convertible variant of the Opel Monza, and the Vauxhall Cavalier

Vauxhall Cavalier

The Vauxhall Cavalier is a large family car sold primarily in the UK by Vauxhall Motors, the British division of General Motors , from 1975 to 1995...

 Mark 2. Along with Hammond & Thiede and Voll

Voll

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, Keinath produced their convertible version of the Opel Ascona (badged C3) from 1983 to 1988.

Recent activities

In 1996, Keinath made a presentation of his first original model, the GTR. The car has a convertible-coupe body with a hard roof that is stored in the trunk. Limited-series production began in 1997, with a choice of 2.0-litre, 2.5-litre, or 3.0-litre Opel engines. In 2000, a GTR car was shown in Geneva

Geneva

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 equipped with a 5.7-litre LS family

GM LS engine

The GM LS engine family is an engine design intended as the only V-8 engine used in General Motors' line of rear-wheel-drive cars and trucks. The LS series was a "clean sheet" design with little in common with the classic Chevrolet small block V8...

 V8 engine

V8 engine

A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....

, similar to the powerplant used in the Chevrolet Corvette

Chevrolet Corvette

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In 2003, Keinath planned production of a new model named the GT/C. It was a 2-door sports car

Sports car

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 available as a coupé

Coupé

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 (presented in 2001) or a convertible (prototype in 2002). The GT/C was powered by a 3.2-litre V6 engine

V6 engine

A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each other, with all six pistons driving a common crankshaft...

 that produced 218 PS and had a top speed of 250 kilometres per hour (155 mph).

External links

• http://www.autobahnstormers.org/gallery/senator_cab.asp: Keinath Opel Senator
  Opel Senator
  The Opel Senator was a large automobile, two generations of which were sold in Europe by Opel, from 1978 until 1993. A saloon, its first incarnation was also available with a fastback coupé body as the Opel Monza and Vauxhall Royale Coupe....
  
  B cabiolet conversion (on Autobahnstormers).
• Keinath GTR specs and photos in automobile-catalog.com