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8456 messages, Last post on Nov 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 03, 2009 5:00 pm) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 03, 2009 5:00 pm) Is the symbol for OPEL with a horizontal lightening bolt really dorky looking? Or is it just my impression of it and others think it looks modern, cool, up-to-date? I assume the other is VAuxhall with the bird going through the circle. It looks like an old Pontiac hood ornament from the 50s.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Nov 03, 2009 6:06 pm) Ah, it's the "Zeppelin" Opel logo from 1937. link |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Nov 03, 2009 6:06 pm) I always thought it looked like some kind of logo that you'd see in a low-budget 1970's sci-fi movie. Maybe Roger Corman designed it? 
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 03, 2009 5:00 pm) It's only natural though. Without Opel GM is practically doomed. |
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...of Audi's logo: 
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 04, 2009 5:53 am)
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Replying to: m4d_cow (Nov 04, 2009 6:32 am)
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Replying to: m4d_cow (Nov 04, 2009 6:32 am) The irony is GM's. If Audi were GM they would have *retained* each of those 5 company names, putting out rebadges of the A3, A4, A5, A6, A8, S4, R8, Q5, Q7, TT, etc. under each name, for a total of over 40 models. They would have 5 sets of redundant dealerships who competed with each other. Then their reps would come on Edmunds and claim that the brand structure did not add any cost to their operation and that they brought in more buyers in different demographics that way. |
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"General Motors' (GM) decision to hang on to its European car unit Opel, including Vauxhall, was welcomed in the UK but met with anger in Germany. German leaders and labour unions had favoured a sale, to Canadian car parts maker Magna, as the best way to save German jobs as it included a guarantee that no German factory would be closed." German fury over GM Opel U-turn (BBC)
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