Driving impressions ...

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <199611132153.NAA01512@sled> steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz) writes:

> I had the following message come across on a local autocross list I 
> $ub$cr!be to.  Apparently Cadillac is doing some evaluations of the 
> new Catera.

[snippage]
 
> We got to drive BMW 328i, MBZ 280CE, Volvo 850i, Lexus ES 300, Infiniti J30,
> and assorted Cateras.  The track had lots of STOP signs so you couldn't get
> much real speed going, and squealing tires was not permitted.  The Catera is
> a RWD German Opel Omega, very nice car and in Germany it's marketed against
> the next size cars up from those in the test.  It's roomier, heavier, a
> little bigger in outside dimension.

[snippage]

> All in all, if you are in the market for a car in that class, go, if you're
> looking for a fun ride 'n drive, pass.

Isn't the Omega the same body that Vauxhall (also a GM sub.) use in the UK for 
their "Carlton"?

If so, there's a version with a Lotus engine ...

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club