The Senator occupied the top position in Opel's European lineup, going up against the likes of the BMW 7-Series and a little less directly against the W116-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

Enter the Opel Senator. BRIXMIS forces had been using Opels since the 1950s, as the likes of the Kapitan were spacious enough ...

As a matter of fact, Farias was about to swap a six-cylinder engine out of a 1990 Opel Senator B into this very Opel 1900 to give the car a little more oomph.

Ok, confession time. Up until stumbling across this yesterday and it meeting with PH approval, I was unaware that this generation of Opel/Vauxhall Senator even existed. The word Senator conjured ...