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Ford and Vauxhall/Opel were locked in a battle for European car sales in the 1980s and 90s. Any model Ford had, Opel had to match or beat them. Ford had the Granada, | so Vauxhall/Opel launched an expensive onslaught in the 1980s to topple them, hoping to repeat the gains they’d enjoyed with the smaller Astra and Cavalier. Yet by the time their luxury car, the Omega ended production, the Granada was long gone, and Vauxhall and Opel’s parent General Motors was running out of options despite competing with not one but two luxury brands. How did it go so wrong for two car companies that had been on the top of their game? If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: http://patreon.com/bigcar Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar Sources http://vauxpedia.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_V_platform_(RWD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Senator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Tech_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Carlton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Rekord_Series_E https://www.senatorman.de/opel_omega_a.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega_A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Carlton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VN) https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/autoindustrie/opel-mutter-stellantis-steigert-gewinn-um-mehr-als-ein-viertel-a-b2d93f80-f415-464d-a27a-fd273d5ca436 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Signum https://rp-online.de/leben/auto/news/im-juli-wird-das-ende-eingelaeutet_aid-8691357 https://www.autobild.de/artikel/produktionsende-opel-omega-42059.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Omega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VS) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Omega_B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Monaro https://www.senatorman.de/opel_omega_b.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Automobile https://www.autobild.de/klassik/artikel/opel-omega-v8-fahrbericht-1934437.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_V_platform_(RWD) https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-facilities/gm-europe-facilities/gm-germany-facilities/gm-opel-russelsheim-rhein-main-germany-plant/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Signum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Epsilon_platform #bigcar