MattDell

I can't seem to find any good information on these cars. They're all based on the same GM platform, right? What are their similarities and what are their (mechanical) differences?

Specifically, the Soltice/Sky is Front-Engined (from what I can tell) while the Vauxhall/Opel is MR. What gives?

-Matt

Caffeinated21

the vauxhall and the opel are pretty much the same car, and neither are related to the sky or solstice; they are built of the lotus elise's aluminum chassis, from what i've heard.

MattDell

The new Vauxhall at least is based on the Saturn/Solstice platform: http://vauxhall.co.uk/futureModels/VXLightning.jhtml


I can't find any information on the Opel, though. Is the Opel just going to be continued to be made by Lotus while the Vauxhall will start to be built by GM?

-Matt

mbilderback

Well, don't forget, GM has been known to buy chasis and engines from other manufacturers. So maybe the sharing is just money based. For instance, the Saturn Vue uses a Honda V6.