View Full Version : The new Opel Manta?
dieselhead
11th March 2011, 07:40 PM
Compared to this puppy (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/265363/vote_for_the_name_of_vauxhalls_new_convertible.htm l)the topless Golf looks like a bath tub with snout :)
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_859/car_photo_429808_25.jpg
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_859/car_photo_429805_25.jpg
hazrd
11th March 2011, 08:10 PM
the new golf cabrio just looks like a glorified eos imo
and this one doesnt look too bad i guess, would want a better motor than what the former astra H vert had (z22yh) coz that was terrible due to the weight of it. oh, and if they name it a calibra, they will never make it out of the showroom :lol:
guy 27
11th March 2011, 08:18 PM
i'm a bit confused as to why they would show it with a cloth top. The Tigra and Astra H vert both went to hard tops.
Ice
11th March 2011, 08:39 PM
it is very nice isnt it......mmmm
gmonkey
11th March 2011, 09:08 PM
wasnt the manta a "muscle" car styling sorta car not a vert?
poita
11th March 2011, 09:13 PM
thats what i thought too brenton
http://www.hilmersson-racing.com/bilder/Bildgalleri/Manta_galleri5.jpg
ChrisMaz
11th March 2011, 09:17 PM
perhaps the next Astra Vert edition?
dieselhead
11th March 2011, 09:19 PM
“Calibra
is possible, as well as Manta.”
ChrisMaz
11th March 2011, 09:24 PM
Ok should have read the article :p
There were a few custom convertible Manta's which were called the centaur "The cars were developed by Magraw Engineering and sold through Vauxhall dealerships on behalf of Crayford."
Really, I don't think either of those names are suitable.
Bloodnok
12th March 2011, 12:52 AM
Really, I don't think either of those names are suitable.
+1 - totally inappropriate for both. Could dig up a few old Vauxhall names that would suit - but probably from era when Vauxhall was naming stuff, and they don't end in 'A'....
gmonkey
12th March 2011, 01:35 AM
id rather it be the tigra.. but due to its on astras platform it seems not corsa (even though the latest tigra was a bit of corsa c and astra h styling) so probs astra droptop leaving room for twintop aswell :p
aussie_in_london
12th March 2011, 01:50 AM
Compared to this puppy (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/265363/vote_for_the_name_of_vauxhalls_new_convertible.htm l)the topless Golf looks like a bath tub with snout :)
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_859/car_photo_429805_25.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f191/aussie32/2011-opel-gtc-paris-23_800x0w.jpg
Gotta love Auto Express when it comes to design and photoshop lol
gmonkey
12th March 2011, 01:51 AM
are the wheels stretched astra g srit 17"s?? :P
Wraith
12th March 2011, 09:54 AM
WOW nice, nice, nice !!!
The AJ series just keeps getting better...
If something like that comes to fruition - I'M SOLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn't mind either soft top or hard top, preferably hard top would be the way to go...
Hopefully it'll end up being a vert twin top variant of the AJ VXR with the hard top - HOT :D
BEK-46P
14th March 2011, 06:18 PM
Very nice! Love it...
ChrisMaz
14th March 2011, 07:27 PM
I'd still rather they made a hardcore vert like the Opel GT. Even though it was based on a pontiac, was still awesome.
Wraith
14th March 2011, 10:32 PM
I'd still rather they made a hardcore vert like the Opel GT. Even though it was based on a pontiac, was still awesome.
Just my opinion, but that thing was ugly and it never even registered for me...
This new Manta however - at least going by the pics is HOT :D
ChrisMaz
16th March 2011, 05:01 AM
Where as for me the new manta *COUGH* Astra J vert looks real boring. O.K boring is harsh. But a little plain if its going to take the Manta nameplate.
Personal taste all over again mate :cornut:
Wraith
16th March 2011, 01:19 PM
This is what I'm talking about...
A proposed 2 seater roadster AJ twin top (hard top) vert...this one if it materialises will have the full whack turbo 4 powerplant option as well, not so boring me thinks, it's absolutely HOT :p
Bring it on I WANT ONE :cornut:
http://i56.tinypic.com/nnw2ts.jpg
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