11 Facts About Opel Calibra

Opel Calibra is a coupe, engineered and produced by the German automaker Opel between 1989 and 1997.

Opel Calibra was introduced to counter the Japanese sports coupes, of the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s.

Opel Calibra was initially only available with front-wheel drive, but from November 1990, four wheel drive became available.

Opel Calibra was styled by GM's designer Wayne Cherry, and German designer Erhard Schnell.

Vectra A chassis and hatchback rear meant the Opel Calibra was relatively practical compared to many other coupes of this size.

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When launched on 10 June 1989, the Opel Calibra was the most aerodynamic production car in the world, with a drag coefficient of 0.

In July 1990, after General Motors bought a stake in Saab, it was reported the Opel Calibra would be badged as a Saab in the United States, but these plans did not materialise.

At the beginning of the production the standard equipment of the Opel Calibra 8 valve was a 20W two-speaker stereo with cassetteplayer, sports seats front with adjustable height on the driver's side, split folding rear seats, ABS, power steering, electric side mirror adjustment, analog clock on the middle console, makeup mirrors in the sunvisors, lockable glovebox, tinted windows, 14-inch alloy wheels and bumpers in body color.

Opel Calibra was available in 28 colors throughout the production run, out of which only 9 were black, gray or white.

In 1996 Opel began the development of the successor of the Calibra on the basis of the Vectra B, but it didn't fit the international model strategy of General Motors, so the project was dropped.

The GTC concept car was rather a design projection for the first generation of Opel Calibra Insignia introduced next year, and especially its most powerful OPC version, which inherited the concept car's large emphasized vertical intakes at the front, similar exhaust tips at the rear and rims on the side.