Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 08:41:20 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: What to call the "new" 9-3 ?
in article 9qcga.5044$rP7.315320590nopsamsvr21.news.prodigy.com, pablo at pabloNOSPAMnopsamlyhombreDOT.net wrote on 26/03/2003 07:13: > > "Craig M. Bobchin" <CBobchinXXXXXSPAMKILLXXXXnopsamcom> wrote in message > news:MPG.18eaf1e7fa67169998969cnopsam.compuserve.com... >> ... how about the Opel (vauxhall, chevy) astra ? > > It amazes me that people in this newgroup spit the Astra thing out as if it > was something bad. Rent on of these when you're in Germany > http://www.opel.de/showroom/astracoupe/intro/images/intro_1.jpg they are > damn nice little cars. Very well put together - Opel has gotten its act > together in Germany. The older MK2s were the best, before VX turned them into a family saloon. http://www.wolfrace.co.uk/feat-cars/sp-astra300.htm - great fun to drive, boy racer favourite, easy to mod and p*ss cheap to maintain. If you wanted all this in a bigger car, there was the Opel Manta GTE. There was, or course, the awesome Lotus tuned Carlton. Wasn't there something on the Saab rumour mill recently about a Saab V8, which bore a striking resemblance to Lotus' V8? Paul