Opel Speedster: British craftsmanship meets German precision

In 1996, Lotus introduced a car that still remained true to Chapman's vision, the Lotus Elise, a roadster with a fiberglass body and lightweight aluminum chassis, weighing just 1,598 lb and capable of accelerating to a 60 in 5.8 seconds, using a small 1.8-liter engine from Rover, but the good times didnt last long for Elise, as by the approaching year 2000, new safety regulations came into effect, and Lotus, financially unable to update and adapt the car, turned to GM for financial assistance in 1999, and the latter agreed to a deal on the condition that GM could produce its own versions of the car based on the updated Lotus Elise S2 platform. And today, we will talk about them!
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[@Eratosthenes0815]

Thanks for the video. It describes what the VX220/Speedster is about. - I still own one. It's the dreamcar of my life... ;-)

[@RedLine_Car_Show]

Always a pleasure! Speedster seems to be a very fun car to own, a pretty rare one at that as well, how's the experience of owning one? Please do tell, it would be interesting to hear! 😉

[@Eratosthenes0815]

@@RedLine_Car_Show To me the Speedster was "a bike on four wheels". I bought my first one because at that time I was a bit challenging speed on two wheels.
At that time I sometimes took my lady with me. Because there were three children we decided to switch to a car because this may make us survive if something goes wrong... ;->
Until then I learned to love the Speedster. But to be honest: Until today I still prefer taking a bike when riding for fun.