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Not many manufacturers can compete with the illustrious history of Opel, yet plenty of competitors enjoy a slightly rosier outlook for the future. The American General, a Canadian conglomerate, Opel workers and Germany’s chancellor were all tugging at each of Opel’s four corners recently.
After much deliberation and staring at a semi-dirty laptop monitor I have decided that there is no other way of typing this: Opel is back. By spending almost a week with the freshly baked Astra Turbo I am thrilled to report that the German General Motors division has built an absolute winner.
Oh joy. A negligible part of my driveway is currently being occupied by yet another zippy and affordable hatchback. Don’t get me wrong, I quite like this segment but its members are always a pain in the you-know-what to review.
Dis nie elke dag wag ‘n president van ‘n land self ‘n motor mag bestuur nie, die veiligheidsdienste van die staat hou nie van die gedagte nie. Maar president Obama het nou-die-dag darem die kans gekry om self weer agter ‘n stuurwiel in te klim en waarskynlik die kortste toetsrit in die geskiedenis af te lê – omtrent 12 meter!
Toe almal gedink het dat Generaal de la Rey se lot in vergete in geskiedenisboeke weggesteek is, kom daar toe ‘n man met die lekker naam van Bok van Blerk wat nuwe lewe inblaas in ‘n legende. Met General Motors is dit deesdae dieselfde storie.
In die warm jare van die Koue Oorlog het Agent 007 bewys dat daar ook goeie (of mooi) dinge uit Rusland gekom het. James Bond en From Russia with Love sal nog lank op DVD gekyk word deur ‘n nuwe geslag wat van die Koue Oorlog geen snars weet nie; of van die gebeure wat daartoe aanleiding gegee het nie.