Photo: Ingo Noak
The automotive versions of tabloids want me to say that the Skoda Fabia RS is crappy or that FWD Opels just aren't as cool as the Toyota GT 86. To each his own, but the old-timers deserve some respect, and they certainly get a lot of love in Germany.
At least one of the cars in this photo gallery pre-dates our website. I'll let you guess which, but let's just focus on the coolness at hand and how performance vehicles from both Opel and Skoda were more plentiful during the last decade. Sure, they can't gold a candle to a basic Golf 7 GTI, but you had more ways of looking cool back then.
All hints point towards the second generation of the Insignia not having an OPC version, since the most potent powertrain is a naturally aspirated V6 for Australia. In retrospect, the hot German is as flawed as its predecessor, the Vectra OPC. But the turbo mill shared with a Saab will be missed.
Ingo Noak's chin splitter for the Corsa OPC is the first custom part I've ever seen. And trust me, I've been looking hard, suggesting the model wasn't popular enough to have a successor. Opel tried hard with a factory-fitted tuning exhaust, but the fish just aren't biting.
As for the Skoda Octavia RS, we are dealing with both the pre- and post-facelift models in this photo gallery. I can't say that I'm in love with either of these, but they left an entire generation of Czech petrolheads. Ingo's spoilers are really clean and subtle, but they work well with lowered cars.
It's too bad that the Fabia RS didn't live long enough to have the new 1.8-liter turbo engine, like the Polo GTI and (defunct) Ibiza Cupra. Still, Skoda deserves a medal for the hindsight of making the first Fabia RS with a diesel engine and for offering the second as a wagon. Cars like the Ford Focus RS Wagon are walking in its footsteps.
All hints point towards the second generation of the Insignia not having an OPC version, since the most potent powertrain is a naturally aspirated V6 for Australia. In retrospect, the hot German is as flawed as its predecessor, the Vectra OPC. But the turbo mill shared with a Saab will be missed.
Ingo Noak's chin splitter for the Corsa OPC is the first custom part I've ever seen. And trust me, I've been looking hard, suggesting the model wasn't popular enough to have a successor. Opel tried hard with a factory-fitted tuning exhaust, but the fish just aren't biting.
As for the Skoda Octavia RS, we are dealing with both the pre- and post-facelift models in this photo gallery. I can't say that I'm in love with either of these, but they left an entire generation of Czech petrolheads. Ingo's spoilers are really clean and subtle, but they work well with lowered cars.
It's too bad that the Fabia RS didn't live long enough to have the new 1.8-liter turbo engine, like the Polo GTI and (defunct) Ibiza Cupra. Still, Skoda deserves a medal for the hindsight of making the first Fabia RS with a diesel engine and for offering the second as a wagon. Cars like the Ford Focus RS Wagon are walking in its footsteps.
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