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New Opel Insignia (Vectra Replacement)

  • 15-04-2008 04:23PM
    #1
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,877 ✭✭✭✭


    This is the new Vectra replacement:

    [URL="javascript:self.close();"]car_photo_255579_25.jpg[/URL]
    [URL="javascript:self.close();"]car_photo_255576_25.jpg[/URL]
    [URL="javascript:self.close();"]car_photo_255573_25.jpg[/URL]

    I don't like the styling. I think it looks very bloated looking almost American which I assume might be the idea as GM might sell the car in US. I hope it isn't American to drive though. Will wait to see it the flesh before passing final judgement.

    Any thoughts?


Comments

  • #2
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,816 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Its better than I expected and would certainly get me into their showrooms, which is more than any other GM product has ever done for me. It's not quite cutting edge enough though, that front end is rather bland. Overall its looks like a lot like a BMW/Mercedes offspring, which is no bad thing really.


  • #3
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    ^^What you said^^ Edit: Wait, not you, the OP
    When I seen it I thought exactly what you wrote! Great minds thinking alike I feel!


  • #4
    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭E92


    Holy mother of God the arse of it is ugly. There is an overdose of chrome there.... an Americanism if ever I saw one.

    The side is copied off a BMW, and the fin on the roof...now where did I see that before:eek:? Not that that's a bad thing though.

    The front of it looks like something an American would design.

    The steering wheel is reminiscent of an 80s Citroen.

    Pity, as the side looks good, and the rest of the interior is refreshingly different.

    As this car will be sold as a Saturn in the States...what's the betting they had (too much of) an input into the design?


  • #5
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    E92 wrote: »
    The side is copied off a BMW
    Its so blindingly obvious now you mention it!

    I cant quite put my finger on it but the rear somehow says hyundai Coupe, after it got smashed together with a new Corsa. I think its the lights that are Hyundai coupe like.

    And after the Astras looks promised so much.... tut tut opel


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