Opel fans are over the moon: The Rüsselsheim-based company is presenting the new edition of a cult car they have come to love.
The manufacturer feeds the hope that it will come to series production.
Rüsselsheim - New Alliance, New Inspirations?
After the merger of the car giants PSA and Fiat Chrysler, Opel is part of the Stellantis empire.
From an economic point of view, the start of the new corporate era could not have gone better: regardless of the Corona crisis, the Opel parent company and the merger partner achieved a billion-dollar profit in 2020.
In economic terms, the signs point to a positive future.
Now the German automaker is causing rapture among fans of a legendary model series: Opel is presenting an electric car study that is causing a sensation in social networks and, for some fans, represents the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream - the rebirth of the Opel Manta.
With the Manta B, the last edition of the cult vehicle rolled off the assembly line in 1988.
In the years that followed, the cliché of the sporty coupé was memorialized in films such as “Manta, Manta” or “Manta, the Film”: According to legend, drivers had a weakness for foxtails and were primarily in relationships with hairdressers.
Opel Manta GSe: Electric car study gets fans going - "Bring new inspiration to the road"
With the Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD study, the car manufacturer is getting the fan scene going.
Insiders know: The designation GSE used to carry particularly high-performance designs.
The concept car now presented is based on the first Manta series from 1970 - the front of which serves as a model for the new, cross-model “Vizor” design philosophy.
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Opel Manta GSe: The brand with the lightning bolt breathes new life into the iconic model series with a study.
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With the Manta prototype, Opel wants to serve the "fascination of a growing fan base" who are interested in transformed classic cars with modern technologies and a newly interpreted design.
“RestoMods” cast a spell over many people around the world.
Accordingly, the green and black Opel Manta is very well received by fans, and fans are celebrating the design on social networks:
"If you build it like this, I would really buy it"
"Great concept in a beautiful body"
"Madness.
You really do it?
To bring the legendary Manta A back onto the road as a new inspiration.
If you succeed in that, then you will be back again. "
"If you build it for me, the sales contract will be signed tomorrow"
A special wish is also often expressed in the comments: That Opel doesn't equip a new series Manta with too many technical bells and whistles:
“They hardly had any useless technology bells and whistles.
I recently had your latest Insignia under my bum ... The machine and the design, great.
But all the pointless technology that you don't need to drive has kind of distracted me. "
Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD ready for series production?
Manufacturer responds to fan requests
Will the new Opel Manta edition go into series production?
The manufacturer responds cryptically to the homage of the fans: “At the moment this is a one-off, one-of-a-kind project in which there are no plans to convert other classic Opel vehicles.
However, we will observe how the reactions are and can develop new plans accordingly. ”So it will be interesting until the Rüsselsheim-based company will publish more information and new impressions of the spectacular new edition.
The electric car history at Opel is pronounced: With the Ampera, the brand with the lightning bolt was one of the first manufacturers in Germany to offer a Stromer, although the exotic model was not suitable for the masses.
In the meantime, however, drive technology has picked up speed.
Volkswagen recently set an impressive example.
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