UK’s rarest cars: 1980 Opel Ascona B 2.0, one of only 28 left This German saloon was considered superior to the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 – although they were very similar and emerged from the ...

The Ascona also became one of Opel’s first mass-production vehicles to feature a diesel engine, a 1.6-liter naturally aspirated compression ignition mill with 55 horsepower.

Back in the 1970s German automaker Opel was setting new trends with the launch of the Manta and Ascona models, selling nearly 1.2 million units in only five years’ time.