Opel Vectra
RDI-SAT Forums (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
OPEL VECTRA B2 1,8i 125 CP, an 2001, 4 airbaguri, geamuri electrice fata, ABS, climatronic, xenon, jante aliaj, insertii mahon, oglinzi electrice...
Earth and other unlikely worlds (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
So there I was, walking along a street in my neighbourhood, minding my own business, when a black Opel Vectra with a tall camera-laden pole sticking up from its roof went past: one of the infamous camera cars that Google is presently using, somewhat controversially , to photograph streets in major cities in Europe for Google Earth. After a brief moment of existential confusion, I remembered that I...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
If, while walking your dog, you see a black Opel Vectra with a top-heavy pole sticking out of its roof, do not be alarmed. It is not a UFO or a van checking for TV licence-fee dodgers, but a Googlecam. As it proceeds, the eight cameras mounted on the top of the pole take an endless succession of digital pictures of the road and its environs. Each image is tagged with its precise location using GPS....
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Filed under: Motorsports , Coupes , Sports/GTs , Lexus There hasn't been any news on an IS F racecar since we heard rumors that the sedan, unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Salon , was really a reskinned 2004 Opel Vectra DTM . While Lexus might not be supporting a factory-backed motorsports program for the IS-F, that doesn't mean that privateer teams can't develop a car on their own. DRC Motorsports has...
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Filed under: GM , HCCI General Motors first showed off its prototype Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engines last summer in an Opel Vectra and a Saturn Aura. We had the opportunity to drive these vehicles at GM's Milford Proving Ground at a very early stage of development. Because HCCI only works at part throttle conditions (while engines in cars have to work under all conditions),...
http://www.modifiedcars.com/rss.asp (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
2009 Opel Vectra VXR Photos and Details
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Filed under: Emerging Technologies , GM , HCCI , Opel Click on the HCCI equipped Opel Vectra for a high-res gallery There are rumors floating around the interwebs today regarding the Opel Insignia being the first official product from General Motors using its highly-efficient homegeneous charge compression ignition , or HCCI for short. We can't confirm these rumors at this point, as GM has made no...
TechyBoys.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Tougher emissions and fuel economy regulations in Europe and the United States have forced Saab to put the brakes on development of the next-generation 9-3. The current Saab 9-3 is built on GM's Epsilon platform (shared with the Opel Vectra, Chevrolet Malibu, and Pontiac G6). The next-gen model was set to be based on the [...]
Driive (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Euro , Hatchbacks , Saturn , Opel Over in Europe, midsize cars like the Opel Vectra, Renault Laguna and Ford Mondeo have long been offered in multiple body configurations including four-door sedans, station wagons and, of course, five-door hatchbacks. Unlike Americans, who for some reason are averse to a fifth body opening unless the vehicle rides 4 to 6 inches higher...
Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Seven people died in a dreadful car crash near Bulgaria`s city of Plovdiv on Sunday morning. Police reported that an Opel Vectra crashed headlong into a Ford Tourneo and burst into flames. Three teenage girls and two young men at the age of 24 burned in...
Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
How many can you get into a 5 seat Opel Vectra family car ? Well if you are a Romanian family returning after visiting family in France - The answer, it appears, is 14. German Traffic cops stopped a car travelling at 40Kmh (25 mph) outside Schwabach in Southern bavaria. In the back seats were two adult women each with two children on their laps and one squeezed between them. Two men sat in the
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Police in the of German state of Bavaria didn't know what they'd find when they stopped a slow-moving Opel Vectra running at around 40 kmph on a snowy A6. But upon stopping the budget brand car, they found Once on the side agents discovered the two men in the front seat, and in the back seat two women with two children on each lap and also a child between them. But wait, that doesn't sound like fourteen...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 01/21/2008
Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Lexus Remember that luscious Lexus IS-F racer study that received its fair share of unrequited attention the Tokyo Auto Salon? According to AutoBild , it turns out the car isn't an IS-F racer at all -- well, at least not beyond the hood and fact that it has four doors. The German paper reports that the car is actually a Lexus reskin of a 2004 Opel Vectra DTM...
CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
Opel today announced that their next-generation mid-size car which will succeed the current Vectra will bear the name “Insignia” after the concept that broke cover at the 2003 Frankfurt Show in Germany. Furthermore, GM's European subsidiary revealed that the Insignia will make its public debut at the at 2008 British Motor Show next July. The new Insignia family, which will be built at Opel's home
CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 11/06/2007
Remember the Croma, Fiat's top of the line model that combines elements from a hatch, an MPV and a station wagon - nope? We’re not surprised. The Croma was yet another unsuccessful attempt from Fiat in the mid-size category based on the Opel Vectra and conceived during Fiat's short marriage with GM. Now Fiat wants to resurrect the Croma from obscureness by enhancing its styling. The Nouvo Croma
