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[royston1945]

According to an article in this weeks Auto Express the new GM Camaro rear drive platform is to be used under the new Omega,due out in 2007!

Hope we get the V8 to go with it!

[Markjay]

Heard it all before...  

I am an old cynic I am....

[royston1945]

Apparently ,the new floorpan is a 'global' design,making it suitable for both RHD and LHD.Would make sense for GM to re-enter the executive market where FWD doesn't cut it.

[Jim]

According to an article in this weeks Auto Express the new GM Camaro rear drive platform is to be used under the new Omega,due out in 2007!

Hope we get the V8 to go with it!

I found this photo on the web, it was a concept car at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show, it also said that the same platform is called the Zeta and will be used for the GTO's & Camaro's;

[royston1945]

Looks sweet! Maybe the article was spot on. I'd buy one if the price was right although I'd wait a few months from launch and let somebody else take the initial(no doubt horrendous) depreciation!

[tunnie]

hummmm have to join markjay on this one....

Head it all before, loads of rumours about the next meggy, front wheel drive on the same platform as the next Saab ect ect ect....

Unfortunely any new Omega no matter how good it will be, will not beat the big BMW's or Mercs. We all know how good the facelift was againt its rivals.

Its has a fatal floor..... the Vauxhall badge  

I'll belive it when i see it.

[Markjay]

GM are selling the Cadillac brand in Europe now, and this is exactly what the Omega used to be... A mid-size non-prestigious RWD exec for £20-£30k. So from their point of view I don’t see the point in doing another completely different car with the same range – they should either push the Cadillac more or simply re-badge it as Vx/Opel…

See the CTS below – engine looks familiar?

[Jim]

GM are selling the Cadillac brand in Europe now, and this is exactly what the Omega used to be... A mid-size non-prestigious RWD exec for £20-£30k. So from their point of view I don’t see the point in doing another completely different car with the same range – they should either push the Cadillac more or simply re-badge it as Vx/Opel…

See the CTS below – engine looks familiar?

Agreed, looking at the pic, you can see an omega engine in there!!!

[STMO123]

I.personally, would not like to see a 'new' omega. Omegas are quirky,different, sometimes infuriating,just.........omegas. I dont want to see the world and its mate driving the same car as me, I like something a bit different.
Cant see the next generation being loved as much as ours, it'll be just another hybrid, indistinguishable from every other 'large family car' on the road.
LEAVE MY MEEGA ALONE!

[Jim]

I.personally, would not like to see a 'new' omega. Omegas are quirky,different, sometimes infuriating,just.........omegas. I dont want to see the world and its mate driving the same car as me, I like something a bit different.
Cant see the next generation being loved as much as ours, it'll be just another hybrid, indistinguishable from every other 'large family car' on the road.
LEAVE MY MEEGA ALONE!

Hear, Hear 8-)

[tunnie]

again i am with markjay!!  

I can't see GM pumping money into a big new Vx/Opel badged car. If they do make one, it will be badged as a Caddy or Chevy.

Such as the new Chrysler 300 C - They will be cheap fast motoring soon.

Also a new Omega would pull sales away from the 300C, which is aimed at the same market. Big RWD that are cheap, even new.

[royston1945]

I agree that the Omega is a very underated car and hard to replace but that's what most Carlton owners said when GM phased out the Omegas' predecessor. The problem is that all omegas are getting on a bit and if you need a new car for business and want a VX it has to be FWD.
Any RWD replacement will be welcomed as an alternative to the default choice of BMW or MERCEDES
and no doubt will offer the same value as a used bargain a few years down the line.
Maybe GM will offer a M5 rival with a whopping big V8- VXR Omega anyone?

[STMO123]

I agree that the Omega is a very underated car and hard to replace but that's what most Carlton owners said when GM phased out the Omegas' predecessor. The problem is that all omegas are getting on a bit and if you need a new car for business and want a VX it has to be FWD.
Any RWD replacement will be welcomed as an alternative to the default choice of BMW or MERCEDES
and no doubt will offer the same value as a used bargain a few years down the line.
Maybe GM will offer a M5 rival with a whopping big V8- VXR Omega anyone?

A really mouth watering idea, but.......look at the vectra VXR. Not a good sign

[Markjay]

again i am with markjay!!  

I can't see GM pumping money into a big new Vx/Opel badged car. If they do make one, it will be badged as a Caddy or Chevy.

Such as the new Chrysler 300 C - They will be cheap fast motoring soon.

Also a new Omega would pull sales away from the 300C, which is aimed at the same market. Big RWD that are cheap, even new.

Yes, I have already eyed the 300C as my potential next motor if no new Omega is on the horizon anytime soon... It captures the Omegas spirit in its being a non-nonsense exec with RWD and down-to-earth price tag. However Chrysler is NOT part of GM - its part of Chrysler-Daimler who compete against GM and Ford in the US market, so the sucess of the 300C will, if anything, make it more likely that GM will push its Cadillac against it.

[royston1945]

Yeah but have you seen the Monaro VXR? 400BHP and 530 nm of torque! Maybe GM Europe will take a leaf out of the Aussies' book.