Autostyl (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Ron's Opel GT has had the door shuts etc coloured, and is now ready for topcoat - Great looking cars these, early ones came with an 1100cc motor - all show no go, although a 2.0 red top with a 5 speed box is more common place in resto'd ones. last week we finished off Ash's mini - lots of reconstruction replacing a shit old flip front with steel fixed panels, then full repaint. Not bad for a first...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Filed under: Technology , Lotus Back in the Nineties, shortly after Lotus introduced the original Elise, the company made it known that its new sportscar platform was designed to be easily adapted to different applications - including different powertrains. Companies that were interested in a platform for a niche products using their own powertrains were welcome to contract with Lotus for use of the...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
As reported yesterday, Fisker Automotive confirmed today that it has purchased General Motors’ Wilmington, Delaware plant, which produced that Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice and the Opel GT until July. Fisker said that it has signed a letter of intent with Motors Liquidation Co., formerly known as the wonderful General Motors Corp. to purchase the Wilmington plant [...]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
We've got something of a dilemma here at 24 Hours Of LeMons HQ: at this moment, a 1988 Ford Festiva is defying the odds and sitting at 29th place (out of 126). Now, there's no argument that the tiny, 1,300cc Festiva is a truly effluent vehicle, but this one is only 21 years old and it wasn't built in Britain, Italy, France, the Soviet Union, or 1963 Detroit. Does Team Festivus have a shot at the coveted...
Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Fisker Automotive announced they would be making an announcement on where their next automotive plant would be located this week. But the cat may be out of the bag. (Source: Delawareonline ) The Boxwood Road plant near Newport may be the new site for Fisker. They have toured the plant, idled since GM closed the plant in July. Fisker intends to build as many as 100,000 electric hybrid sedans annually...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Remember the Fiat Brava? Those lucky enough to be at the Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons will get to see a Brava take on a Karmann-Ghia, an AMC Gremlin , and a VW Fastback! That's right, in addition to the Little Buckaroo Baja Bug , Frogmasters MGB-GT , and the 'No Fat Shiksas' Team Israel Opel GT that we've seen at previous LeMons Texas races, we'll have Team ROADKILL in an armadillo-fied Volkswagen...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 29/07/2009
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Plants/Manufacturing , Pontiac , Saturn Pontiac Solstice GXP - Click above for high-res image gallery Old saying: The flame that burns twice as bright burns only half as long. Having driven our share of Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters, we can't honestly declare them to be brightly burning flames. Oh, they have their attributes, but the market's...
Cars review info (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The Solstice GXP Coupe concept is based on the GXP coupe. It is equipped with GM Performance Parts Stage 2 performance kit and performance air intake kit, the engine thrust to about 290 horsepower (216 kW). The car also includes a GM Performance Parts cat back exhaust system and race-ready suspension kit, factory polished wheels. The car was presented at the 2008 SEMA show Pontiac Solstice 2009 Pontiac...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
You know what the Opel GT needs? More off-road ability, that's what. This CJ5-based custom is actually overwhelmingly cool. The best part? It's for sale in Pennsylvania. Buy it now! This one of a kind vehicle was built from a 1969 Opel GT , a 1985 CJ7 Jeep frame and a 1978 CJ5 Jeep drive train. The engine is a new crate engine, a 258 cubic inch straight 6 cylinder with 200 miles clocked since building...
Cars review info (Free subscription) | 14/06/2009
The Saturn Sky is the first sports car from the Saturn brand of General Motors, American automobile manufacturer. He was released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model. You use the Kappa platform shared with the car Pontiac Solstice and Opel GT. The concept of paradise is indicated at 2005 North American International Auto Show, with the next production version of 2006. E 'GM built in Wilmington,...
Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 04/06/2009
General Motors announced that is accelerating the closure of some U.S. factories and idling others, with more production changes to follow as the company restructures under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. We already know that GM is planning to eliminate its Hummer, Pontiac, Saab, and Saturn brands. (In fact, GM just announced the potential sale of Hummer to a Chinese company, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 28/05/2009
Filed under: Humor We love cars. We even bathe, polish, and prune our autos, but we're quite sure we've never taken our obsession this far. According to the UK's Telegraph , Edward Smith freely admits he has had 'sex' with over 1,000 cars as part of a love affair that began with the Corvette Stingray at age 13 and is still strong today at age 57. We're not making this up. Ed really loves his rides....
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 14/03/2009
Before the Gator-O-Rama 24 Hours Of LeMons race, readers guessed how many laps they thought a couple of Index Of Effluency contenders might complete. Syrax takes that one, with an amazingly prescient guess. Syrax guessed 195 laps for the Team Opular Dependence Israel Opel GT , and 260 laps for the Frogmasters MGB-GT. When the race was over, the Opel had finished 180 laps and the MG did 260, giving...
http://www.modifiedcars.com/rss.asp (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
New modified ride Opel GT 1969.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 28/02/2009
Since the main Index Of Effluency rivalry at the 24 Hours Of LeMons Gator-O-Rama is the Opular Dependence Team Israel Opel GT versus the Frogmasters MGB-GT, let's see how well y'all can guess the laps! Last time we had such a poll , I included too many choices and it was just too damn much work. This time it will be much simpler, with just two teams. The whole deal is pretty easy: you guess how many...
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