Some guys in Germany had one-and-some-extra Opel Corsa As and did what any rational group of guys with a welder, some scrap metal, some spray foam and a few gallons of paint would do: made a 6-wheeled, um…middle-wheel-drive “Opel Corsa A-A”. Alas, there’s minimal footage of it running and driving (here’s a quick clip), as we’d love to see the reaction of the more traditionally well-regimented German road-going population. Anyway, if anyone’s good with German, maybe provide a few translations of the highlights in the comments…?
Meanwhile, I’ve found my new desktop background…
"Das Customizing" Leads to the World's Best(?) Six-Wheeled Opel Corsa
By Tim Odell
Apr 30, 2015
Jeff Glucker
The finished product looks a bit like a cross between the Tyrrell P34 and the DeltaWing.
I was pretty much with them up until the accents in “Giftgrun”, which I am translating as “garish green that nobody wanted so they gave it to us as a ‘gift'”.
giftgrün : literally – poison green. bilious green (think bile).
Bruce : [redacted] :: das Customizing : ‘verse
Meanwhile at the local inspection garage.
That looks like Ace and Gary’s ride.
Getting my biases out of the way up front: I’ve always hated the Corsa A. Having driven both them and their Vauxhall Nova counterpart, they struck me as existing solely to point out that there were better alternatives to owning one of these, such as a Ford Fiesta, Renault 5, Peugeot 205, or a sturdy pair of boots.
But I *really* like this. It’s fantastic, and the idea of making it front-drive on the middle axle rather than moving the engine forward was brilliant. Shoehorn in a 2.0 from a later Vectra and it could probably be made to move fairly well, too, but the handling might be on the interesting side.
We need more stuff like this. Excellent.
For those who are not familiar with the inspiration from Manta – der film (1991)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9UDJKYz2vQ
Schnell und Furious!