Opel Astra H RS Tesla???

[willhouse]

Is this actually a thing, or has someone just spent some dollars to make it look different?
Looks like a Golf inspired front end, with some fancy wheels and badges slapped about.
Ive never come across one before, is it a limited run or just someone modding a standard one?
I like the front!

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/76/240656976_full.jpg

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/26/240656926_full.jpg

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/10/240656910_full.jpg

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/opel/astra/auction-531316138.htm

[btm]

i like the seats!

[poita]

i like the seats!

they look like the pleather seat covers you get off ebay.

Tai had a set in his GTR, you could tell they where seats covers, but they where pretty good quality and finish

[guy 27]

its a modified car. not an original option.

[benzino]

those rs badges are from ebay. I used to have one on the back of the lanos :D

[willhouse]

Ha ha a Lanos RS. Sounds legit!
Ah I had a feeling it wasnt actually a model. So the dealer has pretty much just decided its the Tesla version. Fair enough.

[benzino]

What the hell is an Astra Tesla anyway?
Google isn't showing anything.

[poita]

it doesn't exist

[willhouse]

Just an import from Singapore it seems.

http://www.dreamvale.net/sgopel/viewtopic.php?t=2773&sid=e4b454946625eba5783b02a7e9d7d425

[btm]

was going to say $15K sounds expensive!! then i realised it was NZD and that converts to about $7.50 AUD :p

[benzino]

Damn NZ has some relaxed import laws.
Why would you even go to the trouble of importing that!?

[poita]

was going to say $15K sounds expensive!! then i realised it was NZD and that converts to about $7.50 AUD :p

Wow the exchange rate is pretty high at the moment!! :lol:


Damn NZ has some relaxed import laws.
Why would you even go to the trouble of importing that!?

They have no car industry, so import laws pretty well don't exist.

They have next to no taxes on them. Hence why ricelines, slivias, wrx's, evo's etc etc etc are so damn cheap

Maybe I should look at dual citizenship and get some cheap cars.............

[Jen]

Maybe I should look at dual citizenship and get some cheap cars.............

The cars may be cheap but be prepared to have no money after you fill it with petrol being about $2.50 a litre

[benzino]

So what about $1.05 in real money?

[hazrd]

I paid $2.39 a litre in Auckland last year. It hurt because I was filling a VE dunnydore lol

Worked out to be about $1.80/L at the time. So still bloody expensive for 91

It makes sense seeing that over there. Because fuel is so expensive, there are heaps of 4cyl cars modded to the hills lol