Opel GT
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Interesting perspective too; "Small cars with modest performance and immodest looks are doomed to painful death ...Toyota had the unpretty MR2 Spyder. Dead. Honda had the S2000. Excellent car; dead. BMW had a 4-cylinder Z3 that even James Bond couldn't sell. Dead. Mini had a Cooper Roadster and Coupe. Dead and dead."
is the S2000 really seen in the same bracket as all those ?
is the S2000 really seen in the same bracket as all those ?
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Interesting perspective too; "Small cars with modest performance and immodest looks are doomed to painful death ...Toyota had the unpretty MR2 Spyder. Dead. Honda had the S2000. Excellent car; dead. BMW had a 4-cylinder Z3 that even James Bond couldn't sell. Dead. Mini had a Cooper Roadster and Coupe. Dead and dead."
is the S2000 really seen in the same bracket as all those ?
is the S2000 really seen in the same bracket as all those ?
Back on topic. I like the lines and overall styling of the car, but it's not the first time Vauxhall/Opel have given us an awesome looking sports car, but never delivered the final product. I fear this will be the same.
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Everybody wants slinky little cars like this — except, it seems, the people who are supposed to buy them. We're going to make a bold statement here: Small cars with modest performance and immodest looks are doomed to painful death. Or, phrased as a question: Upon how many graves must the Mazda MX-5 Miata dance before other automakers realize that this is a battle best avoided?
The new Opel/Vauxhall GT is, once again, a poor-man's Corvette, and should GM be foolish enough to push the concept into production, we predict that faint phrase will prove damning all over again. Because, let's be honest, a poor-man's Corvette is a used Corvette.
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