Spy Shots: 2008 Opel Vectra, now without camo!
The new 2008 Opel Vectra is obviously very close to introduction based on how many times it has been turning up at the far end of spy camera lenses lately. The latest images that have appeared show a couple of views of the new car with all the striped mylar photoshopped away to give us a clean look at the first vehicle built on General Motor's Epsilon II platform. The car pictured here will be appearing stateside in about two years wearing Saturn badges as the new Aura. Variants with different bodies will also appear as the next next Chevy Malibu, Saab 9-3 and 9-5, and possibly even more.
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John M. Colucci, Sr. 3:17PM (5/23/2007)
Looks pretty good, and looks as though a coupe could also be a possibility. Too bad they also photoshopped the hood permanently closed! LOL
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Daniel 3:19PM (5/23/2007)
looks cool, looking forward to it, opel seems to be heading in a good direction....even under gm
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Aprime 3:53PM (5/23/2007)
Opel has been under GM since before WW2, I fail to see your point.
Calebe 3:46PM (5/23/2007)
Looks good. Hope GM USA doesn't change it like they did the current Aura which is nice from a distance but when you get close you see the parts they cheaped out on. Still, for GM it is a very good effort.
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jgp 3:36PM (5/23/2007)
The side profile looks almost exactly like the new Altima. Not that I'm complaining though, because I like the new Altima...
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srivendel 3:37PM (5/23/2007)
Eye of the beholder and all that, but this car looks awful, IMHO. This car looks Korean. Like a Daewoo or something. Maybe Chinese. The current Saturn Aura is quite handsome. Replacing it with this would be a big step back in terms of styline.
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Puffy C 3:44PM (5/23/2007)
Very nice!!! It's about time someone showed Toyoda and Honda what good styling is all about.
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Carter 3:45PM (5/23/2007)
Apparently the eye of the beholder needs Lasik surgery. This design is a good natural progression of the current Aura which is an older design...which I'm not crazy about.
The new malibu is a better design and this new Opel will prove to be very popular. Too bad we have to wait a few years.
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saccorator 3:50PM (5/23/2007)
This looks better than any of the crap GM produces. Why can't the american cars look good and not be such plastic peices of S#%t. By the way, GM has stupid car logo's...both Opel and Chevrolet. As much as I would like to buy an American car, I can't spend nearly the same amount of money on an American car when I can get a more refined car from the Japanese.
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Aprime 3:54PM (5/23/2007)
This isn't Ford we're talking about, sir.
GM's got some great stuff coming up.
saccorator 4:39PM (5/23/2007)
Coming up? I hope so. I would love to buy a GM car, but for the money I can buy a Honda, Toyota...heck, even Hyundai seem more refined than GM cars.
xxx2 3:52PM (5/23/2007)
DANIEL///
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OPEL has been under Gm for 70 years now.
Great looking car..great transition from the curent one.
The interior looks great too.
GM is kicking some ass with all new new products/
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Aprime 3:55PM (5/23/2007)
Um, seems I got the "reply to" system wrong, first comment was directed to Daniel and the second to Saccorator.
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Daniel 6:13PM (5/24/2007)
i'm aware that opel has been under gm for a long time but i really didn't like their cars and thought that they would never star making cars that would really measure up to other europeans....they were alwasy a bit cheap-looking and feeling...take alfa romeo for example...they made the 159/156/155 which is easily nicer then a vectra...(same thing) or compare the passat to the vectra....and this has gone on for a long time...and for about all the models opel had you could find another european car in the same price range that was..more desirable...they never had a class leader... this one may be diffrent....but in europe it has the new mondeo and passat as fierce competition...
Dave 4:20PM (5/23/2007)
Looks a little bloated to me. And I think I see some Bangle in the character line on the doors.
I'm not sure I like it as much as the current Aura. I definitely don't like it as much as the upcoming Malibu.
But its still far far better looking than the current Accord and Camry.
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Aprime 7:23PM (5/23/2007)
Hyundai is great, heh.
Can't say much about the current-gen GM cars (exception: the new breed (Acadia, Aura, etc.)), but the ones coming out late this year/early next year are looking great to me.
Hamud 5:05PM (5/23/2007)
Looks like a mix of BMW, Mercedes, some Korean cars, everything but Opel, and mainly, everything but a Vectra.
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Ligor 5:17PM (5/23/2007)
Yes, about time to show Honda and Toyota how to make a good looking car, case in point an Altima.
hehehe
but it does look good, just as the Altima looks good, and I rather look at this than the new camry adn the coming Accord.
please move it forward to mid '08, please
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Jason 5:38PM (5/23/2007)
That rear end looks horrible!!! It's pointed like a front end which is all wrong! Reminds me of the poor selling first generation Acura CL, with it's alien rear lights and trunklid. Frumpy, hard on the eyes, and weak!
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iQuack 5:26PM (5/23/2007)
GM is finally doing what it should have done 20 years ago: Offer cars people want.
Latest GM designs are as good or better than most others.
If GM can further weaken the UAW's choke-hold, the company will prosper again. This will ultimately benefit GM's future employees, too.
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