Surprise cars

[trackerjack]

I was driving today and spotted a Vauxhall GTE of late 80's vintage.
Now this car came with a fine redtop 2 litre gem of an engine but somehow is unloved and a once cluttering the roads car is now a rare car.

Why is it uncared for?

Are there other cars that deserve a following but dont have?

Lets face it Beetles are horrible cars but loved!!!

[northwest monkey]

Very good point. Same with the Astra GSi that followed it.

Where have they gone?

[Bitofbully]

northwest monkey said:

Very good point. Same with the Astra GSi that followed it.

Where have they gone?

Understeered off the road in a ball of flames.

[s m]

trackerjack said:

I was driving today and spotted a Vauxhall GTE of late 80's vintage.
Now this car came with a fine redtop 2 litre gem of an engine but somehow is unloved and a once cluttering the roads car is now a rare car.

Why is it uncared for?

Are there other cars that deserve a following but dont have?

Lets face it Beetles are horrible cars but loved!!!

I think the people that own them now tend to love them. ( see Readers Cars ) .
A lot of them were plundered for the engines plus the media stories from some quarters that they didn't "handle"

[nagsheadwarrior]

I think most old vauxhalls are massively under appreciated compared similar aged fords,i had a mk 1 cavalier,very pretty and nice driving car but no where near as loved as equivalent cortinas.

I'll throw in the mk3 honda prelude,smart looks,pop up headlights and 4 wheel steering and 150bhp on the fuel injected models all in an uber reliable package but a car thats almost forgotten today.