General Motors will present the all-new 2007 Opel GT to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show (March 2 to 12, 2006). With exciting, sharply-cut lines, rear-wheel drive, and a potent four-cylinder turbo engine with gasoline direct injection, the new sports car “echoes the successful concept of the original GT, which was built between 1968 and 1973,” the company says. The GT is based on the same platform as the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. It also borrows heavily from the design of both cars. The original Opel GT owed much to the USA, as well. Its lines were inspired by a new American design style, the so-called “coke bottle shapeâ€?, which also defined the Corvette Stingray. See the full images after the jump…
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02/01, 9:51 AM
posted by:
Mike
i think all three, solstice, sky and now this gt look alot better than the miata.
02/01, 12:20 PM
posted by:
Bill Brown
When can we get this state side? It looks much better than the Pontiac!!
02/01, 1:21 PM
posted by:
Greenspeed
Sweet take on the Solstice/Sky… you won’t get an Opel in the US without having to import it yourself.
02/01, 4:47 PM
posted by:
manny
not really… if this car is the replacement for the speedster (and i think it is) that car will be built in the us, just not sold here… however it is based on the kappa platform of the solstice/sky so federalizing it should be a piece of cake, in theory…
03/02, 1:01 PM
posted by:
nikivee
It is a Saturn Sky rebadge, that is all.
03/02, 6:47 PM
posted by:
Nuno
“The GT is based on the same platform as the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. It also borrows heavily from the design of both cars.”
That is an understatement, it looks just like them.
03/02, 6:57 PM
posted by:
Jordan
I’m with “nikivee” just go take a look at the Sky. You’ll see they’re the same car. Just a simple re-badge.
03/03, 3:44 AM
posted by:
DaveO
But for once the USA may benefit from badge engineering if they start to bring in more Opels as Saturns (see the new Saturn Aura).
If Lutz had a brain he’d bring them in as Chevys and beat Ford once and for all. Saturn may have lost a lot of their customer base because of their recent models but Chevy will always have a loyal following. (As a Ford man I can’t believe I said that, but it’s true.)