Opel Antara, getting my new one tomorrow! :)

AckwelFoley

Im collecting it tomorrow at 12 noon. I wanted a 4 X 4 and initally was going to get a Pajero, but there is a 3.2 litre engine in all the new models now and i do too much KM's per year and not enough "heavy" work to warrent it in my opinion.

I looked at all the other small 4 x 4's and SUV's and of every model i seen i finally choosen the Antara, with a 2.0 l turbo D engine, automatic 4 X 4 and really really comfortable drive with a generous amount of extras as standard it is the best value for money

Im getting the commercial version with a tow bar. Im trading in my 2007 opel combo with 45km and getting the Antara for €20 000.

Zonda999

Good luck with that snyper.I sat into a vw tiguan a few days ago and the antara deffo has the nicer interior.Probably nicer looking than tiguan as well IiMO.

AckwelFoley

Zonda999 wrote: »

Good luck with that snyper.I sat into a vw tiguan a few days ago and the antara deffo has the nicer interior.Probably nicer looking than tiguan as well IiMO.

Yea, the Tigan does not come in a commercial as far as i know and its smaller than the antara.

BeardyGit

Nice bus indeed - Enjoy it!

DWMRT have one that we use for a rapid response role (AED, trauma kit and medics on scene as quick as possible, while the Landrover and Transit play catch up) that's been sponsored by Airside Opel. It's been used in anger already on a callout last weekend and has surprised a few people by how capable it is compared to other 'softroaders'....

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chris85

Looks nice buddy, the colour in the pic is nice, is that same colour as your?

The cabin looks very comfy and thoughtfully laid out

Matt Simis

Zonda999 wrote: »

Good luck with that snyper.I sat into a vw tiguan a few days ago and the antara deffo has the nicer interior.Probably nicer looking than tiguan as well IiMO.

Oh really?
I was just about to comment on how the interior looked more "VW" (in a good way) than the purely functional interiors on most Opels.

First pic I found on Google:

pm.

nice car best of luck with it.

Zonda999

I've always been a fan of vag cars but never the tiguan.I just think that the tiguan feels too much like a golf plus on stilts and to be fair the interior is almost completely golf-plus.And another thing, why hav'nt vw put the new common rail 2.0 tdi in the new tiguan???They put it in the new A4 which costs the same???

Edit: matt simis that isnt the first pic you found on google bcos you just changed it

AckwelFoley

Slate blue


Im actually getting a stiffy now

MarkN

snyper wrote: »

Im actually getting a stiffy now

Jesus man you need to go looking at a few Porsches/Ferraris/Lambos.

AckwelFoley

audi Q7 or a Range rover set on 22's..

that would do it!!

Max_Damage

snyper wrote: »

Im actually getting a stiffy now

About a vehicle that is actually a re-badged Daewoo? Jesus...

Matt Simis

Zonda999 wrote: »

I've always been a fan of vag cars but never the tiguan.I just think that the tiguan feels too much like a golf plus on stilts and to be fair the interior is almost completely golf-plus.And another thing, why hav'nt vw put the new common rail 2.0 tdi in the new tiguan???They put it in the new A4 which costs the same???

Edit: matt simis that isnt the first pic you found on google bcos you just changed it

Maybe the 2.0 TDI is too large? Doesnt meet the low emission targets on the Tiguan? The A4 has nothing to do with the Tiguan.. no relevance to its engines here.
It has got the Turbo + Super charged 1.4L petrol, which is quite uncommon (vs other marques).

We saw the "tiger stripe" painted promo Tiguan in Park Motors window today, looks like a little Touareg, absolutely nothing like a Golf Plus in the metal.



I edited the post as the original image was from the US concept car (no VW badge on steering column), this is the first actual production Tiguan interior shot I found. So there.

promethius

Nice one enjoy her brother i think i remember you mentioning it before when i remarked it looked like an M Class. Take good care of her.......

Lex Luthor

I never liked that centre console layout of the latest Opels and was hoping they would have moved away from it on the Antara to give it a fighting chance as its already on the backfoot. I think they've missed the boat here to move on a bit

Best of luck with it though

slumped

sorry to p1ss on your parade but I drove the top spec version of the Antara last year, had all the trimmings etc. €54000 jobbie and was very disappointed.

Didn't handle well in corners (even slowly) and didn't really feel very powerful at all.

Hope you enjoy it more than I did!

prospect

Max_Damage wrote: »

About a vehicle that is actually a re-badged Daewoo? Jesus...

My Mam is considering the Antara. Please explain this comment in more depth, I'd be interested to know Daewoos contribution...

Lex Luthor

I thought it was based on the Chevrolet Captiva?

Vegeta

slumped wrote: »

Didn't handle well in corners (even slowly) and didn't really feel very powerful at all.

People who drive a 4x4 and expect them to handle well, even slowly, always surprise me.

Matt Simis

Lex Luthor wrote: »

I thought it was based on the Chevrolet Captiva?

Chevrolet in Europe is Daewoo...

MercMad

I think it looks very nice, deffor the Antara has the nicer interior !

In was going to stop by Opel and take a look, just for curiosity but I would be most interested to hear about the Chevy/Daewoo version too, I hadn't realised they had their own version out. Any prices ?

Matt Simis

MercMad wrote: »

In was going to stop by Opel and take a look, just for curiosity but I would be most interested to hear about the Chevy/Daewoo version too, I hadn't realised they had their own version out. Any prices ?

Prices? Of course, presuming it is shared with the Captiva (I didnt post that), "Chevrolet" have been whoring the life out of the Captiva for the last 6mths:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=749980

33 to 39k for a 2007 model, upto 50k for some of the 2008 specs (50k seems way OTT).

furtzy

Had one for a 24hr test drive and was impressed by its looks. Diesel is seriously missing a sixth gear though.

Plan_D

GM/Opel = Antara
Chevrolet = Captiva.
Daewoo = Winstorm

Daewoo (GMDAT) are just a production factory for GM now really, bar being a brand in Korea still. They do Suzuki too and a few on the American GM brands. Saturn etc.

GM sell the Saturn/opel roadster in Korea under the Daewoo G2X.
It is becoming a common enough practise. I think 3 or4 companies share the Peugot 4x4 platform too. Can't for the life of me remember who.

AckwelFoley

Its not a rebadged Cpativa.

Its a different body almost completely, yes made in the same factory, but ive seen the captiva and its not the same.

coolbeans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Antara
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Chevrolet-Captiva-2.0VCDi-LT-5st/220385/

It pretty much is a Captiva.;)

OPEL PARTS GREE

snyper wrote: »

Im collecting it tomorrow at 12 noon. I wanted a 4 X 4 and initally was going to get a Pajero, but there is a 3.2 litre engine in all the new models now and i do too much KM's per year and not enough "heavy" work to warrent it in my opinion.

I looked at all the other small 4 x 4's and SUV's and of every model i seen i finally choosen the Antara, with a 2.0 l turbo D engine, automatic 4 X 4 and really really comfortable drive with a generous amount of extras as standard it is the best value for money

Im getting the commercial version with a tow bar. Im trading in my 2007 opel combo with 45km and getting the Antara for €20 000.

I've got my in Cosmo edition with Xenon at total 36600 euros

AckwelFoley

coolbeans wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Antara
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Chevrolet-Captiva-2.0VCDi-LT-5st/220385/

It pretty much is a Captiva.;)

From the Wikki you posted.. which is my simple point

However, it has a different exterior and interior design, along with different exterior dimensions

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"However, it has a different exterior and interior design, along with different exterior dimensions " just about sums it up. Had one for 2 days and I thought it was fantastic. There's too much crap around about re-badged this and thats. It's a stand alone model and a bloody nice one at that. Enjoy it and safe motoring.

S.I.R

opels now a days are like what deawoo's where in the early 90's....

WHITE_P

Plan_D wrote: »

GM/Opel = Antara
Chevrolet = Captiva.
Daewoo = Winstorm

Daewoo (GMDAT) are just a production factory for GM now really, bar being a brand in Korea still. They do Suzuki too and a few on the American GM brands. Saturn etc.

GM sell the Saturn/opel roadster in Korea under the Daewoo G2X.
It is becoming a common enough practise. I think 3 or4 companies share the Peugot 4x4 platform too. Can't for the life of me remember who.

The Peugeot 4x4 is actually the new Mitsubishi (Outlander I think), also sold by Citreon. Naff no matter what badge it's wearing.

AckwelFoley

Teresa Mango Joyrider wrote: »

"However, it has a different exterior and interior design, along with different exterior dimensions " just about sums it up. Had one for 2 days and I thought it was fantastic. There's too much crap around about re-badged this and thats. It's a stand alone model and a bloody nice one at that. Enjoy it and safe motoring.

Yea, thanks. I think its incredibly comfortable, mind you for the price it would want to be! But compared to the "sh1tboxes" like the grand vitara which i test drove there is no comparsion, and we have a pajero and i know one cant really compare the 2 because the swb pajero is much more off road.. but the pajero is still with the new chassis very rough on the road.

coolbeans

snyper wrote: »

From the Wikki you posted.. which is my simple point

Ya, but mechanically it's the same car. Exterior dimensions etc can be quite misleading. It's easy to have a put a different bodyshell on the same mechnanicals and underpinnings.

coolbeans

snyper wrote: »

From the Wikki you posted.. which is my simple point

"It’s an SUV, a five- or seven-seater and, underneath, Vauxhall’s forthcoming Antara will be much the same" From Auto Express which you ignored.:p