Bruski 34 Report post Posted July 28, 2022 This is way off topic and might be better in the videos section but I thought a few might enjoy this YouTube hidden gem. While exchanging some friendly banter with a buddy of mine who is currently in Le Mans imagining himself to be Steve McQueen, where I noted he was closer in looks, girth and charisma to a Pontiac Le Mans than a Le Mans Porsche, I stumbled across this on the internet: 1988 Pontiac LeMans | Retro Review - YouTube If you have a spare 7 minutes or so, the contradictions in this review are outstanding. NB: think this was sold in the UK as the Astra but in NZ (where I was a youngster at the time) it was most definitely, a Pontiac Le Mans. Racey Exotica. Pontiac LeMans commercial New Zealand [1989] - YouTube Speaking of Le Mans, this is also nice: On Board with Mike Hawthorn at Le Mans 1956 | D-type Jaguar - YouTube some great one liners. 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twistee 453 Report post Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) In South Africa they made the Opel Kadett GSI Superboss, which was a group N homologation special. Massive cams for a street car and a 2L engine, it was a brute for an NA and thankfully nothing like the Pontiac LeMans - I have plenty of fond passenger seat memories of these beasts. If you had the coin and could find one you had a Superboss, I just had access to my aunts 1.3 Kadett which made no effort to hide that it was not a "LeMans" car. Edited July 28, 2022 by Twistee 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1071 Report post Posted July 28, 2022 And then of course, they filed the corners off a tiny bit and made the Daewoo Cielo and kept making it WELL past it's use-by date: Apparently Uzbekistan was punished with them until 2016 in sedan form 😫 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twistee 453 Report post Posted July 28, 2022 That platform was rebadged so many times, pretty sure it got uglier with each though. Bringing this back to BMW though - here is the best variant: 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2154 Report post Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Twistee said: That platform was rebadged so many times, pretty sure it got uglier with each though. Bringing this back to BMW though - here is the best variant: 2025 M3 co-developed with new Honda Civic Type R confirmed Edited July 29, 2022 by Jacko 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
