I need to add soemthing to this:
A lot of the post there turn around the UK market, which is fine as a lot of you come from there. But the market on the mainland and especially in Germany is another one.
The mx6 was never big on the mainland as was with all the Japanese cars in the 80's & 90's. Why the Uk had more of them? Probably because of the wrong sided steering wheel.
So they can be left out for the mainland as they really didn't play a major role here.
Italians are great in design, but suffered a huge image deficit because of poor quality compared to German manufactored cars (especially electronics).
Then the French were and still are not really that big in german speaking territory. They are still considered exotics, though in the 2000's that changed quite a lot.
German speaking territory had and have a real specifity to them. Germans are very loyal to their maufactures. In the 80's and 90's the tuner scene in Germany was either VW or Opel and it was a big rivalery between the two.
Germans also bought opel because it was a national product. Then there is the price point, people who couldn't buy VW's bought Opel. It was still German, but for a lesser price than a VW.
Just the same as Top Gear, or Uk citizens cherrish their home products (TVR,MG,...), even though they are considered "kind of rubbish" outside UK. (ask a german what he thinks of Uk cars)
All to simply state, there are other angles this can be viewed or compared to, depending where you come from.
Now not all Opel's are bad for what they were worth for, you still need to consider that as exemple in Germany, French garages were rare in the 80's & 90's, so when money was tight a Opel was a sane choice to make.
That they rust away like snow in sunshine, that their quality of built was not on the same level as VW, that they have and had a chav or pensionier image (even in Germany) is undisputable. But so was their price point (which was a buying reason for a lot of customers, and also gave them also lot of business clients)
But Opel had their right to exist in the 80's and 90's is also undisputable.
But that Opel would struggle in the future (as we see now), you didn't have to own a crystal ball to forsee it. Opel will die of sooner or later. They simply aren't up to time anymore, they just produce blend cars and sell it with the label made in germany. Opel should have died 2 years ago, instead it got saved by politics which is a break to the free markets.
Don't hit me for this but,
In the current line up, I really like the Insignia GTC. For the price you get a nice looking car with 4*4 and enough steam under the bonnet. And for the whole 2000's it's only the Speedster and the Opel Gt which stand out (a bit).
But that's it, I would never buy an Opel.
Though my bro was kind of happy with his Vectra 2002 Combi back in the days. Now he has a Octavia RS and he don't want to look back anymore.
I knew someone who has a big Opel tatoo on the chest = Chav, idiot.👎
I dont mind the primera but the Mondeo! You are jesting with me now!
It just goes to show how very different peoples car dreams are 👍
I think the battery came loose and shorted on the bonnet! Another one caught fire in a car park 
. And everytime you see a GM car, you see a piece of Opel.
