RE: Vauxhall preps 'Adam VXR'

[MiseryStreak]

LuS1fer said:

Better still, sell it with a boy racer chav advert...

http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/microsite/adam/#/adam_slam

Check.

[LuS1fer]

Winter Edition - Adamski?

War edition - Adam Buster.

[Hellbound]

Dave Hedgehog said:

A Scotsman said:

This has to win the prize for the most idiotic car name ever.

This twice

May as well have called it the VXR knobjockey

The problem is nobody knows who Adam Opel is/was, he's hardly a household name. They should have called it something obscure and quirky like 'A-O'. Or summat.

[Fetchez la vache]

LuS1fer said:

rhinochopig said:

I'm going to call Vauxhall with the marketing idea of the century. Offer it with a white bonnet stripe and call it the Adam Ant!

Better still, sell it with a boy racer chav advert, link it to Apple and call it the iAdam

Thought you were going to say..
paint it red & green with a brown roof and call it Adams apple..

[piman2k]

Adam isn't named after Adam Opel.

[Fire99]

I quite like it..

[Dave Hedgehog]

piman2k said:

Adam isn't named after Adam Opel.

you can imagine the Marketing meeting

"OK guys we have an A-Z list of every name conceivable, its Friday, 16:45 and the pubs are open"

10 mins later the vauxhall adam was born

[RacingBlue]

Euuuech.

Vauxhall have been making some decent looking cars for the last few years (especially after finally ditching that googfy 'V' grille) but this looks unbelievably naff.

And it has a ridiculous name too.

[rhinochopig]

piman2k said:

Adam isn't named after Adam Opel.

So Mr Ferrari gets the Enzo, a state of the art supercar, and Mr Opel gets a noddy car. Now THAT's how to honour your founding father.

[Dion20vt]

Is it me or is £12k steep for an entry level model vauxhall? That said the new KA starts from £8k, twingo £10k, Up/citi go £8k, 107/aygo/C1 £7k, fiat 500 £10k... All before "discounts" etc of course

Unless its the "vxr" version thats £12k? it's already lost before it starts.

[tommy vercetti]

A Scotsman said:

This has to win the prize for the most idiotic car name ever.

+1. What a crap name

[Pixelpeep]

Dave Hedgehog said:

you can imagine the Marketing meeting

"OK guys we have an A-Z list of every name conceivable, its Friday, 16:45 and the pubs are open"

10 mins later the vauxhall adam was born

If that was the case it would have been the Vauxhall Aaron

[LuS1fer]

tommy vercetti said:

A Scotsman said:

This has to win the prize for the most idiotic car name ever.

+1. What a crap name

It is ace compared to Nissan Cedric.

[dublet]

Offer it in orange and call it the Edam.

[LuS1fer]

dublet said:

Offer it in orange and call it the Edam.

Too cheesy but Edam is traditionally red wax.

[Fastra]

Just wait for the special edition celebrating Vauxhall's new partnership with a well know computer company..





I give you...

Adams Apple



I Thank you very much..!

Edited by Fastra on Wednesday 7th November 15:36

[stuart-b]

Anyone think the front looks a bit like a Cayenne?

[LuS1fer]

stuart-b said:

Anyone think the front looks a bit like a Cayenne?

Yeah, the people who posted that at 11:34.

[Pixelpeep]

stuart-b said:

Anyone think the front looks a bit like a Cayenne?

Yeh, with your back to it, in the thick fog, wearing a welders mask, the other-side of a humpback bridge after being stabbed in both eyes with a biro it does have a tiny resemblance.

[A205GTI]

Chicane-UK said:

Do Vauxhall actually charge their RRP's when people go into dealers to buy cars, or do they always do good deals? I remember when my sister was looking at new cars, and we looked at prices for Vauxhall Corsa's on the Vauxhall site - and saw the list price - and immediately looked elsewhere because they were so high.

Doesn't this damage Vauxhall as most people will just see the prices and walk away?

They will do deals when I enquired about the Insignia, told them how much I had to spend what model, spec i wanted, they pretty much said yes, £6k off of list price without even really pushing so yes they will be open to price movement.