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Wraith
25th August 2011, 02:27 PM
Hey Junior :D

http://www.carsales.com.au/news/2011/small-passenger/junior-is-new-kid-on-opel-block-26396
hazrd
25th August 2011, 02:29 PM
:sosp:
btm
25th August 2011, 02:35 PM
its pretty well disguised... no idea what it'll look like from those pics!
poita
25th August 2011, 06:21 PM
like a Nissan micra competitor, since the Cora ain't as small as it used to be
faneca
25th August 2011, 06:47 PM
its hard to see what itl look like based on that but if its like the recent models it should be a treat
rjastra
26th August 2011, 06:49 AM
Would it be based on the same platform that the Spark is built on?
gmonkey
26th August 2011, 07:10 AM
i was about to say doesnt Opel have a small car already? something starting with A (not antara or aveo)?
benzino
26th August 2011, 04:18 PM
spark and aveo aren't opels... hahah

THEY'RE DAEWOOS! :D
Wraith
26th August 2011, 04:19 PM
like a Nissan micra competitor, since the Cora ain't as small as it used to be

Same 1st impression I got too, ie. much like a Nissan Micra...

Silly name (Junior) if that's what they intend to call it in the end :D
chris_r
26th August 2011, 09:42 PM
i was about to say doesnt Opel have a small car already? something starting with A (not antara or aveo)?

You are thinking of the Opel Agila.
gmonkey
26th August 2011, 10:11 PM
You are thinking of the Opel Agila.
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yeh that one!!
Bloodnok
27th August 2011, 12:27 AM
Silly name (Junior) if that's what they intend to call it in the end :D

Works in German, not in English. Unlikely to get changed for an English market though, we've had full name parity for a while...
gmonkey
27th August 2011, 12:55 PM
maybe they likee arnies movie that much :p
benzino
27th August 2011, 07:05 PM
maybe they likee arnies movie that much :p

ahahahaha
Dahlia
27th August 2011, 10:31 PM
Works in German, not in English. Unlikely to get changed for an English market though, we've had full name parity for a while...
Does it mean something different in German?
gmonkey
27th August 2011, 10:48 PM
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss172/gmonkey14/arniecopy.jpg
Bloodnok
27th August 2011, 11:35 PM
Does it mean something different in German?

It's not that it means something different - but it appears to have totally different connotations in German. A 'kids version' product made by the company I work for was named in the pattern 'My First <X>'. The Germans objected to this, and decided to call their translation 'Junior <X>' instead. Sounds damn odd to us, and was a right royal PITA to implement, but apparently works for the German market...