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mcpoz
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New Caddie entry
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Jan 3 02:38 UTC 1996 |
Anyone heard any scoop on the new "Youth Market" cadillac being introduced
this month? It is a renamed european GM car (Opel?).
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bruin
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response 1 of 7:
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Jan 3 11:55 UTC 1996 |
Mcpoz, check out the current issues of _Automobile_, _Motor Trend_, and other
such car magazines. Some of them may even have a photo of the Cadillac Catera
(that's what it's called, but how they came up with that name I'll never
know!). BTW, already they are making comparisons to Cadillac's ill-fated
Cimarron (Chevrolet Cavalier clone). And yes, it is a badge-engineered German
Opel.
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n8nxf
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response 2 of 7:
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Jan 3 13:19 UTC 1996 |
My family has gone through 3 German Opels. The Opel Manta was my favorite.
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mcpoz
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response 3 of 7:
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Jan 3 13:22 UTC 1996 |
I always thought of Opel as low end consumer cars. I did like, however, the
old Opel GT. I keep my eyes open for one and someday may buy one. (Probably
not).
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scg
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response 4 of 7:
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Jan 4 07:49 UTC 1996 |
I think Opal offers a pretty wide range of cars in Europe, from low end to
high end. Last time I was in Western Europe for very long they were the only
GM cars around.
When I lived in England ten years ago my parents bought a used Opal Kadett,
which borke down a lot. I'd hope they've gotten better since then.
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n8nxf
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response 5 of 7:
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Jan 4 13:41 UTC 1996 |
I had a '68 Opel Kadett wagon. It was 13 years old when I sold it. Someone
gave me $400 for it even though they it was pretty well rusted out! Didn't
even give me a chance to put an ad in the paper. It was one of the worst cars
I owned. It couldn't deal with the liberal amount of salt we spread on our
roads here and I was constantly patching holes in it. Tha Manta was a much
better car and it handled very well. It was well suited for zipping up and
down parking garages with the greatest of ease ;) The last German Opel I saw
was at Ford when I went there for an interview. They had it set up on a dyno
and were running all kinds of tests on it. It looked like a very nice car!
An Opel Kapatin or somesuch...
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mcpoz
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response 6 of 7:
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Jan 5 00:26 UTC 1996 |
did you get the job?
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n8nxf
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response 7 of 7:
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Jan 8 00:29 UTC 1996 |
Nope. Didn't want it.
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