Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: plym ian on 10 March 2012, 20:57:28
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found this pic surfing Internet don't no if it's just a concept but looks stunning
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae360/ianboniface/9f3d7bf6.jpg)
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Pretty sure it would stay that way but a very good looking car. :y
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It looks something like batman & robin would drive around in.
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It will be FWD box, prob some elements of it in the new Insignia.
No new Omega will be made, no market for it.
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It will be FWD box, prob some elements of it in the new Insignia.
No new Omega will be made, no market for it.
Unfortunately unless it says BMW, Mercedes, Audi or Jaguar on it no-one will buy it.... and most of those purchasers wouldn't know what wheels are driven on it.....
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It will be FWD box, prob some elements of it in the new Insignia.
No new Omega will be made, no market for it.
Unfortunately unless it says BMW, Mercedes, Audi or Jaguar on it no-one will buy it.... and most of those purchasers wouldn't know what wheels are driven on it.....
Yup, previous market was the company car fleets. But now thats all emissions based, small little engines in medium sized cars are the choice now.
Also given GM's current money flow issues, can't see the Omega being reborn any time soon
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Nobody would desire one with a Vx/Opel badge, so it will never happen.
TBH, those pics look little more than a revamped Insignia...
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It will be FWD box, prob some elements of it in the new Insignia.
No new Omega will be made, no market for it.
Unfortunately unless it says BMW, Mercedes, Audi or Jaguar on it no-one will buy it.... and most of those purchasers wouldn't know what wheels are driven on it.....
yep.. a sad fact.. and looking at the current economic climate I dont give it a chance for at least 5 years or GM is sold ..
besides GM thinks selling cheapo crap cars is the new trend which is definitely wrong and tearing their last pieces of image..
today when I go to market for buying some bread and breakfast stuff, it was very interesting to see street is full of Toyota and Hondas.. Why Turkish customers prefer them is obvious.. Japanese cars got the image of building reliable cars which they didnt have long years ago.. and they were nearly selling 0 cars at the time.. now even with high prices and expensive parts our customers choose them.. and opel sales have dropped substantially in the last 5 years..
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and one more thing middle segment is shifting to japanese cars.. their increase in sales is really impressive..
a brand new Yaris here is approx 15K£ and people without doubt go and buy them.. ???
one friend last week decided to pay approx 19K£ for a diesel Auris and I was really shocked when I hear their prices :o
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As I said many times most people will buy anything as long as it is new they are not bothered
Sometimes the price is no object
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Any more news about the chinese or VW buying GM europe? I know Anglea merkle was talking to VW as the German government had put a lot of money in to keep GM going and didnt want the chinese to grab it. Keith B
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Am I getting old or do all new cars look the same? This could be an XF, BMW5, or just about any large car from europe couldn't it :-\
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noyou are not getting old, when bmc was making cars austin ,morris. & riley cars were nearly the same to look at with different badges.
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Nice concept... but unfortunately concepts generally stay that way :(
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Am I getting old or do all new cars look the same? This could be an XF, BMW5, or just about any large car from europe couldn't it :-\
They've AlWAYS looked the same!
Most thirties cars can only be distinguished by the radiator grille.
Look at the 'difference' between a Peugeot and a Farina Austin/Morris in the fifties.
How about a Supeminx and a mk1 Cortina? Early sixties.
Triumph 2000 and Volvo 144? Mid sixties.
Hillman Hunter and mk2 Cortina? Late sixties.
Mk3 Cortina and a Ventora? Early/mid seventies
Mk2 Cavalier and mk5 Cortina?
Nova, Polo and Fiesta?
Honda Accord and F/L Omega?
By the time you've packaged the mechanical parts, added an interior and the applied the style of the day, then they're bound to look the same.
Compare the square Lincoln Continentals of the sixties with a smilar aged Fiat or Alfa. Only real difference is the size.
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Looks 'orrid to me. It's sagged where the a pillar meets the bonet/wing. :-\
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Am I getting old or do all new cars look the same? This could be an XF, BMW5, or just about any large car from europe couldn't it :-\
They've AlWAYS looked the same!
Most thirties cars can only be distinguished by the radiator grille.
Look at the 'difference' between a Peugeot and a Farina Austin/Morris in the fifties.
How about a Supeminx and a mk1 Cortina? Early sixties.
Triumph 2000 and Volvo 144? Mid sixties.
Hillman Hunter and mk2 Cortina? Late sixties.
Mk3 Cortina and a Ventora? Early/mid seventies
Mk2 Cavalier and mk5 Cortina?
Nova, Polo and Fiesta?
Honda Accord and F/L Omega?
By the time you've packaged the mechanical parts, added an interior and the applied the style of the day, then they're bound to look the same.
Compare the square Lincoln Continentals of the sixties with a smilar aged Fiat or Alfa. Only real difference is the size.
I made that mistake yesterday :-[ :-[ well from an angled view of the rear quarter, I simply said to swmbo I like the colour of that Omega and then when got a square rear view realised I had the wrong car.....quite similar really...... ::) ::)
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here's a couple more pics and a link to tech spec
http://www.worldcarfans.com/104050510664/new-omega-for-2006
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae360/ianboniface/93463544.jpg)
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae360/ianboniface/0b71349e.jpg)
(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae360/ianboniface/23c92d10.jpg)
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Clue is in the link "new-omega-for-2006" ::)
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What a minging car! :o