Opel has designs on 'one-euro car'

http://www.physorg.com ^ | 09-12-2011 | Staff

[Red Badger]

One euro to rule them all, One euro to find them, One euro to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

[When do we get liberated?]

Just raced my 1970 Opel GT this weekend! Nice to see where GMs better engineering comes from.

[the invisib1e hand]

looks like a Lego kit I bought my son once.

Anyway, now the union can be secure!

[When do we get liberated?]

Just raced my 1970 Opel GT this weekend! Nice to see where GMs better engineering comes from.

[hoosierham]

Unsafe in most American commutes.

[jessduntno]

“The car has a range of 60 miles and a top speed of 75 mph.”

Hmmmmmmmmmmmph....and it sounds like that’s the HIGH point of the car. It sure looks like a futureistic toilet on wheels, though. Probably no chance of getting hurt in one of those babies if you got in an accident...you know, if you were going down hill and moving fast enough to lose control of it. Or drafting behind a bicyclist...

[Tex-Con-Man]

28 MPH will get you killed in Texas.

[agere_contra]

It’s not a car, it’s a quadricycle.

The main difference is that a quadricycle has the same crash-proofing requirements as a paper-bag filled with blood-oranges.

As long as that is understood, this is a cool vehicle. Loads of people might have a use for an electric quadricycle, especially a futuristic-looking one.

[Blue Highway]

I read the article before seeing the pictures and I figured it would be similar to the Volt or Prius. Heck it looks like a modified motorcycle chassis with 4 wheels and a solid faring enclosing the cockpit.

[hoosierham]

I miss my Opel GT.Had a 1973 5-spd but never got it past 110mph as no one I knew of could properly adjust or repair the carb.Years later a fellow related how he found warping of the mounting was the issue and having the mounting surfaces milled flat again cured the tiny air/vacumn leaks that prevented proper adjustment.But I had already long sold my GT after a family member wrecked it and I was unemployed and unable to afford the repairs. Have not seen any in even decent shape in a long time.Looked at a couple advertised and found rusted junkpiles on inspection.

My parents had the Opel 1970 station wagon and it was thrifty of gas and easy to drive,park , and still carried a LOT of stuff.Local GM dealers didn’t want to be bothered with Opels.

Although I miss the GT ,the Opel Manta was also a sporty little car but more practical with seating for the family.

My Fiero is the out-of-the-ordinary car now,and it won’t rust!

[GonzoGOP]

So it has the crash proofing of a motorcycle, but lacks the latter maneuverability to avoid accidents. It is the worst of both worlds. Brought to you by the power of Centrally Planned Bureaucracy.

I never thought they could make the Trabant look good.

[Blue Highway]

I always had a fondness for these ugly imports. Was sad to see them go in the 70's.

[Red Badger]

My step-dad had one! Bought new in 1970, he kept it until about 1980 when he gave it to my brother, blew the engine in it..........

[DaxtonBrown]

I think I would name it “One Deathtrap” and have done with the false advertising.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There were hop-up parts for Opel cars back in the late 1960s. A buddy owned a Kadett with a 1.1 liter 4 banger that would turn 7,000 rpm.
It sounded like a thousand angry bees...

[Red Badger]

...and a solid faring enclosing the cockpit.

and a solid faring enclosing the death chamber.......there, fixed it.......

[Red Badger]

The Autobahn will be littered with carcasses of these cars.........and drivers.........

[GraceG]

“In a Yugo....”

[Oztrich Boy]

And yet, still cooler than GM America's EN-V

[ETL]

Here's a "slightly" modified 1970s-something Opel...

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/classifieds/classifieds.php?a=2&b=18701