car was marketed as the "Opel 1.3". The car was made available in two versions, as a two-door saloon and as a two-door soft-top convertible: LZ 2-door 5-window saloon, costing 2500 Reichsmark CL 2-door 5-window cabriolet Opel Olympia OL38 (1937–1940, 1947–1949) In 1937, after just a few years, the Olympia received both a new engine, as well as a revised body. The new, larger motor now introduced overhead valves, and a capacity of . It produced some 50% more power, increased to , with the car's top speed now reaching . This engine was to remain in production until 1960 with only minor changes and its architecture was also used for the 2.5-liter "six" installed in the Opel Super 6 and Kapitäns. The car's body was also altered, not only giving it a facelift and adding a 4-door saloon version, but also making the cars somewhat bigger overall - both wider and longer, but also on a longer wheelbase. It was available in the same versions as its predecessor with the addition of the 6-light LV: LZ 2-door 4-light saloon, 2675 Reichsmark LV 4-door 6-light saloon, 2950 Reichsmark CL 2-door 4-light cabriolet, 2750 Reichsmark Due to World War II, production came to a halt in late 1940. During the war, the Opel plant in Rüsselsheim was severely damaged by allied bomb attacks. After reconstruction, production of the Olympia was announced in November 1947 and restarted the following month. Opel had been building the six-cylinder Blitz truck since July 1946; it would have made sense to restart production of the Kapitän before the Olympia since it used the same engine as the Blitz. However, occupation regulations prohibited civilian sales of passenger cars of over 1.5 liters' displacement at the time. Externally, the OL 38 looked unchanged to the pre-war car, but the fragile and complex Dubonnet front suspension was replaced by a more conventional control arm and coil spring one. Only the two-door sedan was produced after the war. Until the end of 1949, 25,952 of these were made. Opel Olympia 1950 (1950–1953) In January 1950 the Olympia got a modernized body, but the car was still based on the pre-war Olympia. One change was the seemingly retrograde change to a column-shifted three-sped manual from the floor-mounted four-speed used before. The following bodies were offered: 2-door saloon, 6400 Deutsche Mark 2-door cabrio-coach, 6600 Deutsche Mark 2-door kombi (estate), 7350 Deutsche Mark