Monza Lovers Rejoice! The GSI badge is coming back!

[genetic]

But I heard @saturnz refused to allow that, saying Mandela wasn’t important enough to be associated with the CoTY 1991 winner.

Ahh, that explains why I didn't see the Delta Motor Corporation of South Africa Opel Monza 160GSi Car Of The Year 1991 in madiba's hand the other day... I see it on my commute to work every day and wondered what happened to it.

I thought it was stolen by an art collector, but I guess @saturnz probably took the City to court and had it removed due to it being an inferior model, upheld by an inferior statue.

 

[Rouxenator]

But I heard @saturnz refused to allow that, saying Mandela wasn’t important enough to be associated with the CoTY 1991 winner.

Yeah, I think according to him only Robert Smith of The Cure was worthy of that task.

Anyways, I have to post this again, just look at those two frolicking in the ocean waves. The last place on earth you would want to take these rust buckets.

But you know why they got it wrong? That is a 1990 Pontiac (Daewoo Cielo) and not the glorious Delta Motor Corporation of South Africa Opel Monza 160GSi Car Of The Year 1991

 

[genetic]

I still get goosebumps watching this.

 

[Rouxenator]

I still get goosebumps watching this.

We got to hand it to them, the Koreans,, before making reliable cars as they do today with Hyundai and Kia, they could make one helluva 90's ad for a car on it's last legs. Korean 1990s marketing, what a glorious thing to behold.

But by glorious I do not mean every other Kadett E derivative that is not the Delta Motor Corporation of South Africa Opel Monza 160GSi Car Of The Year 1991 - it is glorious in it's own way and the only GSi that matters really.

My 2015 Astra 1.6 turbo would knock the socks off any Monza GSi. But it is insignificant because I have not yet driven it from Jozi to the Cape with the windows down, aircon on, in reverse - on one tank of petrol.

 

[genetic]

We got to hand it to them, the Koreans,, before making reliable cars as they do today with Hyundai and Kia, they could make one helluva 90's ad for a car on it's last legs. Korean 1990s marketing, what a glorious thing to behold.

But by glorious I do not mean every other Kadett E derivative that is not the Delta Motor Corporation of South Africa Opel Monza 160GSi Car Of The Year 1991 - it is glorious in it's own way and the only GSi that matters really.

My 2015 Astra 1.6 turbo would knock the socks off any Monza GSi. But it is insignificant because I have not yet driven it from Jozi to the Cape with the windows down, aircon on, in reverse - on one tank of petrol.

Cool review of your Astra!

Also Roux, don't be stupid. Your 2015 Astra never won the South African Car of The Year 1991. That has a huge implication on horsepower, torque and resale value.

It might be quicker with the aircon off not going in reverse, but it will never grace a showroom floor as it is not the Delta Motor Corporation of South Africa Opel Monza 160GSi Car Of The Year 1991.

 

[FiestaST]

Vauxhall Insignia GSI review: a big, fast-ish hatch

So, it is any good?

It’s OK, yeah. The engine buzzes rather than punches, but it’s quick enough for day-to-day. The noise isn’t exactly inviting, but neither is it obtrusive. It’s… OK.

The ride too, despite the standard fitment of natty 20in alloys, isn’t too bad either – it treads a decent line between Nürburgring-honed schportiness and everyday comfort. However, that new nine-speeder pretty much ignores any directives you give it via the steering-wheel-mounted paddles, though is decent enough when it shifts itself. It’s… OK.

The GSI’s standard 20in rims don’t affect the ride too negatively, though the differences between the various modes aren’t enormously noticeable. Suffice to say, the Driving Gloves modes offer firmer damping and a sharper steer. Hit the ‘AWD’ button and the GSI sprints out of a corner with surprising levels of traction, and in changeable British conditions (read: mostly miserable weather) it’s quite good. Brakes feels great, too.

Overall though, the feeling is of something that is warm, rather than hot. Which begs the question, why pay £38,125 for a car that feels geared more towards long distance?

Vauxhall Insignia GSI review: a big, fast-ish hatch Reviews 2023 | Top Gear

What’s that?Not a Vectra, as someone idly pointed out upon seeing Top Gear’s test car. No, Vauxhall hasn’t made the Vectra for quite some time.This is the Vauxhall Insignia GSI, those last three letters simultaneously a) denoting the fast version, and b) yanking the heartstrings of former...

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[FiestaST]

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[Willie Trombone]

Opel
Nah thanks.

 

[Rouxenator]

I'd love to have a facelift Vectra C OPC.