RE: Spotted: Opel Manta i200/i400

[JWarren98]

Mmmmmmmmmmm
I like this thread

[Skater12]

Wide arch / box arch FAIL !

[irocfan]

well seeing as we've got 944s and the Pug I guess that this should be here too....

[jamespink]

scholesy said:

it's ok, leaves me feeling a bit "meh". If it was cheaper I would probably get more excited, suppose it's like all these madly expensive old fords I see floating around.

Except it's been exquisitely engineered, actually looks gorgeous and doubtless turns out near 300 BHP

[jamespink]

sinbaddio said:

This.....?

That's more Darth Vader!

[Devil2575]

Switch said:

I'm sorry but that looks st

[droschke7]

I Lived in Germany 21 years many of those as a cab driver, the Germans have a thing called a double driver run where one of the cabbies drives the customers car home. The other guys didn't like to drive customer cars, I did. Due to this I got to drive many fantastic cars including an Irmscher i400 beautiful vehicle and I must admit i didn't want to give it back.......

[jackpe]

frogisland said:

Edited by frogisland on Thursday 26th April 13:47

Love it!!

The Manta on the other hand, although obviously well made... is absolutely hideous. Sorry.

[falkster]

JWarren98 said:

Mmmmmmmmmmm
I like this thread

Box arches? That's box everything!!

[anything fast]

Carnnoisseur said:

Skater12 said:

Not as the designer intended, and a little "blingy", but i'd still happily own it.

This.

Amazing, just doesn't seem to have aged?? Definitely my favourite....

am I the only one who noticed thats only got 2 doors! WTF??

[FWDRacer]

falkster said:

JWarren98 said:

Mmmmmmmmmmm
I like this thread

Box arches? That's box everything!!

This is the ( . )( . )'s

[Skater12]

anything fast said:

Carnnoisseur said:

Skater12 said:

Not as the designer intended, and a little "blingy", but i'd still happily own it.

This.

Amazing, just doesn't seem to have aged?? Definitely my favourite....

am I the only one who noticed thats only got 2 doors! WTF??

It's had the door handles on all 4 doors shaved and flushed.
If you look VERY closely, the shut lines are very tight on the rear doors, but they are there.

[Russell B]

Looks purposeful but isnt it just an old Cavalier?

[hwajones]

This is an northern irish car...
Pretty sure i seen it for sale recently, wasn't ridiculous money from memory!?
Where is it now?

H

[s m]

M666 EVO said:

I love it. How much they want for it?

Silly money I would guess. 25k???

Between 17 -> 18k I reckon

[paulshears]

Another box arched car .. My brother's Z-Pack Fiesta

[Chris1973]

This one?

[s m]

dave stew said:

Back in the day of course the works Manta 400 rally cars were quick and exciting. My hero was Jimmy McRae in the AC Delta car - he was the usual favourite on the Manx and Circuit of Ireland. The Manta could beat a quattro on tarmac events - but they had to try hard!

There is also that classic in car Manx footage of Vatanen clipping a dry stone wall, getting it straight quickly enough to get it through a gated cattle grid. I'm on my phone posting this but will up it off YouTube.

Vatanen Touch......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwvIRuCLbyg

Love the clip of Derek Bell watching him at the end

Edited by s m on Thursday 26th April 18:58

[bamberwell]

not to everyone's taste , but i want that soooooooooo much, had '79 manta 1.9sr in the mid 80s and my brother had a gte at the same time. lusted after a manta 200/400 way back then and it looks just as good now

[Gary C]

Nice, but some of the none period details would annoy me (SLR start/stop button !!!)

Trouble is with this car, with modern power it could be a handful. The GTE could get a bit bouncy at the rear with only 110hp to push it along.

Does not spec what location the back axle has. Would be interesting with turbo power and the panhard rod/trailing arms of the standard GTE/i200.