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Old 09-15-2008, 06:18 AM   #14 (permalink)
lunarhighway
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vectra a - '95 Opel Vectra GLS
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Ah the calibra!

i'd love to have one but it's near impossible to find a decent low milage one, without some hidious "aerodynamic" upgrades (what makes a person think one of the most aerodynamic cars in the world would benefin from a widebody kit....)

but than i'm pretty close with the vectra wich was also designed by Wayne Cherry... the calibra was based on the same platform and shares the dashboard so i get a little bit of that calibra esperience, dispite of the slower pase

looks bulky next to the calibra, but it's actually still quite low compared to newer cars...
when you considder it replaced this:

you can see what a revolution it must have been at the time, and with a 0.29Cd was great in 1988 but it's still quite good today

@TELVM
do any of your cars have an undertray? i have yet to find any picture of the calibras undertray and i heared not all calibras had those. since the similaritys between the calibra and the vectra i wonder if a calibra undertray could (be made to) fit my car... i do have a custom undertray already but it would still be nice to see what opel originally came up with


for people with a strong stomach here's what some people do to a calibra

eum, right...
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