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#35631 of 37025 Re: ??? [lemko] by michaell
Jan 25, 2013 (7:46 am)
Replying to: lemko (Jan 25, 2013 7:38 am)
Vauxhall Corsa (?) - 80's vintage.
- lemko (Jan 25, 2013 8:21 am)
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#35632 of 37025 Re: ??? [michaell] by lemko
Jan 25, 2013 (8:21 am)
Replying to: michaell (Jan 25, 2013 7:46 am)
Right make. Wrong model.
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 9:15 am)
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 10:38 am)
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- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 10:38 am)
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#35633 of 37025 Re: ??? [lemko] by ateixeira
Jan 25, 2013 (9:15 am)
Replying to: lemko (Jan 25, 2013 8:21 am)
I will guess Opel Kadett. They sold Kadetts in Brazil as Chevys, and that looks awfully familiar.
They're bigger than Corsas, about a size up.
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 10:38 am)
- lemko (Jan 25, 2013 12:11 pm)
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- lemko (Jan 25, 2013 12:11 pm)
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#35634 of 37025 Re: ??? [ateixeira] by fintail
Jan 25, 2013 (10:38 am)
Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 9:15 am)
The pictured car is Kadett E based - but is not an Opel. UK variant would be Vauxhall Astra.
- lemko (Jan 25, 2013 12:11 pm)
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#35635 of 37025 Re: ??? [fintail] by lemko
Jan 25, 2013 (12:11 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 10:38 am)
Actually, the car is a 1989 Vauxhall Belmont sold in the UK. We suffered with this car as the Daewoo-built Pontiac LeMans.
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 12:13 pm)
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#35636 of 37025 Re: ??? [lemko] by fintail
Jan 25, 2013 (12:13 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Jan 25, 2013 12:11 pm)
Oh that's right, Belmont was the trunkback version, I think. I remember a family friend had a new LeMans, ca. 1988-89. I don't recall them having any big issues with it (of course, they dumped it by 1994-95 or so), but it was definitely built to that low price.
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 12:30 pm)
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#35637 of 37025 Re: ??? [fintail] by ateixeira
Jan 25, 2013 (12:30 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 12:13 pm)
Brazil only saw the 3 door hatch, IIRC.
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 1:35 pm)
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#35638 of 37025 Re: ??? [lemko] by grahampeters
Jan 25, 2013 (1:34 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Jan 25, 2013 7:38 am)
G'day Sold as the Vauxhall Belmont when I first went to Britain in 1990. IT was just an Astra with a boot.
Oddly, we have just sold mum's Astra from about the same era, as she is no longer driving. I was too terrified of the risk to pass it on to any of her grandchildren and was grateful to get $1,000 for it. Driving it is a real reminder of how much car safety has advanced in the past 25 years.
Cheers
Graham
#35639 of 37025 Re: ??? [ateixeira] by fintail
Jan 25, 2013 (1:35 pm)
Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 12:30 pm)
In europe, trunkback versions of existing cars are seen as made for old people. In Germany, Jetta/Bora is definitely an old persons car.
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 2:00 pm)
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#35640 of 37025 Re: ??? [fintail] by ateixeira
Jan 25, 2013 (2:00 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 1:35 pm)
Same in the US, baby boomers love trunks.
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