Pick: Opel Calibra or Volkswagen Corrado
Posted on 19-12-2015 at 15:29 by dizono – 62 Comments”
For many years the domain of lovers with sun protection headgear, now valued yountimers.
In the ’60s and ’70s were small, affordable coupe’s with the technique of middle-class cars are very common, nearly every brand had something in its showroom. Two brands that are still far in the 80s by went with their affordable sports cars were Opel and Volkswagen, respectively, with the Manta and the Scirocco. Both brands decided one more time with a sequel to come, and both chose a different name.
Volkswagen Corrado
Volkswagen came up with the Corrado and the car was not officially named as the successor of the slightly cheaper Scirocco. Both models are still some time next to each other is provided. The fact that there are, however, photos exist of mockups of the Corrado with Scirocco logo’s existence, says, however, enough. Although the appearance of the 1988 omnibus Corrado a significant hint to VW’s design language in the early ’90s, is under the skin a Wave 2. Only in 1992, presented VR6 shares a lot ondersteltechniek with a year earlier presented a 3-Wave. Despite the proven technology, was the Corrado according to the press the best steering VW until then. A real first for the Corrado is the active rear wing at 80 km/h comes up, the Porsche 911 (964) this would be until a year later.
Opel Calibra
With the production of the Manta in 1988 it was done with rear-wheel drive opel’s for the common man. Only top models Senator and Omega sent the traction forces to the rear. Also for the successor of the Manta is no exception, subcutaneous is the Calibra from 1989, is simply a Vectra A. A very sporty rijdersauto was the Calibra not, but that made the car well with his looks. The looks of the Corrado already streamlined, the Opel does a large spoonful on top. There are also hard evidence for that, because the Cw-value was 0.26 unusually low for that time. Only in 1999 did the Honda Insight and Audi A2 to do better with Cw 0.25. As exciting as the exterior was, so boring was the interior. Black Vectra-plastic wherever you looked.
Life
That the Corrado in the introduction already made use of fairly old ondersteltechniek is also reflected in the course of life. After seven years it was in 1995, finished with Corrado, after 97.521 copies. The Calibra kept from 1989 to 1997, was the Vauxhall Calibra even until 1999 in the British showrooms. In total, there were 239.118 copies were built. Both cars had no immediate successors. Volkswagen tried it again later with the Scirocco III, but without much success. At Opel have been recently for the umpteenth time hearing rumors about the return of a Calibra, but so far without visible result.
Many instances of the Corrado and the Calibra are in their second life, fallen prey to youthful owners who have the standard beauty of these cars is not able to appreciate and own turn to gifts with ill-fitting bodykits and flashy rims. There is a period where in the Netherlands there is even more Corrado’s around reason new were sold by the rampant import from Germany. Currently, both cars almost disappear from the streets and is also the offer on, for example, Marketplace old. And between the remaining copies is still good to find an honest, genuine copy.
The preference of the undersigned is going out to the Calibra, because my old was a white Vectra A the first lease, and this little car enthusiast from the dealer a folder and mug got the Calibra. Every morning, a cup of milk from a Calibra-mug, that kind of things draw you for life. Can I have a red pre-facelift please?
