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Re: Shell Autoshow Ferrari
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Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:43:44 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Nicholas Allan writes:
> >
> > "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> > > Now why can't GM import a LHD version of the Holden Commodore to • America?
> > > Now there's a decent car.
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> > And why does Vauxhall (Opel in the UK) let HSV (Holden Special Vehicles)
> > import the Commodore Loonmobile as an Holden rather than rebadging it as • a
> > Vauxhall Omega Thundersaloon? (Yes, this is confusing, UK: Vauxhall • Omega,
> > OZ: Holden Commodore, US & C: Cadillac Catera, Rest of Known Universe: • Opel
> > Omega.) That way Vauxhall could revive the spirit of Vauxhall Carlton
> > Thundersaloon.
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> Hmm... I could be wrong but I don't think that the Catera and the Commie • are
> the same car. The Commie is a big rear drive saloon, the Catera is more
> midsized, I think.
They are all the same car, have a look at these photos:
Compare these two photos; this one is of the Vauxhall/Opel Omega from behind
http://www.vauxhall.com/showroom/search/standardModel.jhtml?brand=Omega&mode
l=Elite
and this of the Cadillac Catera
http://www.cadillac.com/catera/gal_r_photo6.htm
And a few more of a
Catera(http://www.cadillac.com/catera/images/photo5.jpg), Omega
(http://www.vauxhall.com/repositories/images/VehicleLarge/Omega/omega_mv6.gi
f_) and Commodore
(http://www.holden.com.au/images/body/sc02_vehicle_showroom/sc02_7_vxcommodo
re/Intro/commodore_intro/new/hero_exec_sedan.jpg) (boy, I bet that URL
wrapped well ) all in similar poses.
Have a look at this page all about the Holden Commodore, also mentions the
Omega and Catera: http://www.uq.net.au/~zznweber/commodore/vt/vt-main.html
Opel/Vauxhall/Holden are all part of the GM group (as you've already stated)
and so their cars get scattered around America in a variety of disguises.
Have a look at this page for a complete list and photos of Opels in
disguise: http://members1.chello.nl/~j.a.vis/lookasa.html
> > Nicholas Allan
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| (...) They have made it<the GM 2800 platform> wider and longer, and stronger. <to make the Commodore> So no, I don't agree with you. The Catera is smaller. ++Lar (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Hmm... I could be wrong but I don't think that the Catera and the Commie are the same car. The Commie is a big rear drive saloon, the Catera is more midsized, I think. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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