DT1701

Thank you very much for your reply. I regret I haven't posted sooner. I was under the impression I'd get an email saying that there were replies to the thread. But I haven't received any as yet! Perhaps not? I'm quite excited about joining the forum. I have been brought up around Vauxhalls and have a love of all things GM. In particular, their reasonable prices. You get a lot of car for the money. Especially those HSV's! I was thinking that you guys were more lucky than me, I can count on one hand how many 'Vettes I've saw on the road! How ever I have saw 3 Monaro's. Those are total wow! I'm very interested in Saturn also, there has been news that Opel and Saturn may develop cars together. I also have to say I'm surprised that some euro models have found their way stateside. It's usually the other way round? Although I remember a hybrid version of the Astra Sport Hatch being shown at Detroit and thinking that it was odd at the time. I don't recall ever seeing and Opel/Vaux being shown off over your side of the pond! I'm not sure to what extent we can say the Sky is the VX lightning. Perhaps it signalled GM's intent for marketing some euro models in the USA. Once again thank you for the welcome. I cannot wait to participate more. I'm still looking for pictures of that yellow Vaux I mentioned in my first post. Once I find it I wll upload. The new Corsa was also in this issue of that particular magazine. I'll upload pictures of that too. Many thanks, Dave

Hi all. This is my first post here. I'm from Edinburgh, Scotland and love all things GM, pretty much anyway... I've grown up around Vauxhall's, from my early teens to late teens my father had a Calibra 4x4 Turbo... What a car... I find it very ironic that the Opel GT was designed in Britain and was designed with British tastes in mind and we may never see it! I have read however that limited numbers of the GT will be sold here as LHD Opels. I read last week that Vauxhall was assessing interest from potential dealers. I have also saw pictures in whatcar? -a publication here in the UK- of a yellow Roadster with the Vauxhall V-grille. This thing had a roof as well. The article said that the roadster would be front wheel drive and possibly shared with Saab. Could be fake I suppose? I do hope that Vauxhall have something in the works. The VX220 was a fantastic looking car and did very well I'm sure. I wish something would be released to fill the void that it has left. A proper affordable Calibra replacement would be nice aswell! As gorgeous as the Monaro/Pontiac GTO is... a V8 is no use for the UK... Last Sunday (05/02/06) My old man went to the local Vauxhall dealer to look at the Astra and Vectra VXR's. He told me he was disapointed. Neither of them "screamed buy me." So he said anyway... He was able to tell me that there is a 3 month waiting list for the Astra VXR. I wonder if he has bought one and is keeping it a secret? Fingers crossed! Dave