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[Diamond Black Geezer]

Recently went to Poland for a wedding (the drunken lunacy shall be documented elsewhere  ) and while there managed to get a lift in an Opel Omega B. It was an early PFL...some wee detail changes between it, and my Pissy...

Small black dome on the sunroof panel (for IR remotes)
Smooth type (not leather grained) interior door 'scallops'
Smooth, nearly glossy, surround for the front centre heater vents
The wood trim appeared to be a different finish, in fact it looked for like real wood, just with some flattening of the shine/varnish.


Anyone be able to shed light when these changes occured? I'd say 1995... so if anyone can shed some light, appreciate it 

[Bojan]

Did it have a different steering wheel? (like those from cavalier and some calibras)?

I'd say 94 or 95 - they had IR remotes.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Oh, I quite forgot! Yes, that as well, the 'Mk 1' airbag wheel, as found on the first generation of airbagged Vauxhalls/Opels. I've only ever seen the shinier plastic trim round the heater vents on brochure pictures, never an actual car.

[Bojan]

Yes, that's a '94 or '95 omega.
That years didn't have automatic climate control available, either.

I'm not sure what do you mean by shinier plastic trim - do you have any pics?

BTW, from what year was omega on sale in UK? Did it start in mid 94, like in Europe, or later?

[Diamond Black Geezer]

May 94 as far as I can tell in the UK

Sorry no pics personally, but any early brochure will feature it. In truth I always assumed that it was one of those last-minute details that was deleted for production. (the cars featured in the launch brochures are, fairly obviously when you think about it, pre-production models, back 'in the day' sometimes even very well-dressed clay models. Now a lot are CAD.) but seeing one was very interesting. 

The other element that stuck out was the wood trim that looked so much like real wood (albeit faded and flat-varnish) not plastic made me wonder if the very first cars got real wood, not fake. Carltons and Sennys, Cavs got real wood veneer, after all. 

[Bojan]

As for the wood - I think that 94-95 cars didn't have 'fake-wood' option from the factory, but were aftermarket suplied.

Is it something like on link below?
http://www.nh-tuning.de/images/product_images/popup_images/prewoodec_18335-96g.jpg

Mate had a 95 MV6, with this kind of wood trim -> in reality, it looks noticable different than later type wood.
Also, there are some additional trim parts (on vents, and on rear-lighter area).

[Diamond Black Geezer]

It had what I'd call standard early type wood. It has some on the doors, none on the air-con, but no climate control dash.

As you say, it could be aftermarket. Wind up rear windows, looked like GLS spec, which, on that year, now I come to think of it, wouldn't have had wood trim. CD and upwards, I thought.