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martinbo · 02-01-2006, 09:31 AM

Hussein do you know if the Elise-based VX 220 has been dropped from the Opel range? I can find no reference to that car on Vauxhalls UK site so I suspect that it's been dropped from GM's european line-up altogether...

Which leads me to guess that the GT is a sort of VX replacement. And that's a tough legacy to live up to... Aesthetics aside, Opels these days lack the dynamic ability and even user-friendly practicality of their competitive counterparts. An Astra VXR is outclassed by the Golf GTI despite the latter's power deficit and the Mazda MX5 looks to have the measure of the Solstice/Sky/GT by way of a few example.

Maybe new Opels look good but I don't think they're great products anymore - a reflection on GM's poor showing ($4.78 billion loss) of late.

02-01-2006, 09:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
martinbo Fanatic Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Johannesburg Posts: 1,250 Thanks: 136 Thanked 202 Times in 114 Posts	Re: New Opel GT coming to Geneva Hussein do you know if the Elise-based VX 220 has been dropped from the Opel range? I can find no reference to that car on Vauxhalls UK site so I suspect that it's been dropped from GM's european line-up altogether... Which leads me to guess that the GT is a sort of VX replacement. And that's a tough legacy to live up to... Aesthetics aside, Opels these days lack the dynamic ability and even user-friendly practicality of their competitive counterparts. An Astra VXR is outclassed by the Golf GTI despite the latter's power deficit and the Mazda MX5 looks to have the measure of the Solstice/Sky/GT by way of a few example. Maybe new Opels look good but I don't think they're great products anymore - a reflection on GM's poor showing ($4.78 billion loss) of late.