Signum?

That's why it didn't sell - it wasn't named properly !!

When Opel and Vauxhall unified their model names as Corsa, Astra, Vectra and Omega they had a stated policy that all model names must end in an "a" so the Adam is the first mainstream departure from that - although the Holden and Lotus based cars didn't comply and neither did the Renault or Fiat based vans.

Compared to some of the names dreamt up by American and Asian manufacturers and the mindless numbers used on European cars, then Adam isn't actually that bad.

If the GM namng policy is that the name ends with an "a" how about reversing the "adam" name.

The Vauxhall Mada-sounds good to me!

It's probably a rude word in some obscure lingo though!

Do NOT make fun of my name :-)

I would rather die than have it on GM carp.

I always smile when when I see the brilliantly named- Mazda bongo friendee.

and there was a coupe variant of the Skoda 130 called the Rapid from 1984 to 1990.

I used to have one, oodles of fun. Anyone who's ever driven an early Porsche 911 will be entirely familiar with the handling, it just all happens so much more slowly.

When young and skint it was the ideal car. All the bits were ludicrously cheap and it was a doddle to work on with the engine sat, in-line, in the tail with the majority of the cooling system being out of the way at the other end. Mechanically reliable, as long as genuine PAL electrical components were always used. The ignition system ran at a horrendous overvoltage[1] and would kill third-party components in short order, causing a sudden cessation of movement. I reckon their reputation had a lot to do with a combination of this and that most servicing places didn't know it.

The only serious issue was the quality of the metal used for other components. Much of these appeared to be made of cream cheese. All sorts of things broke, most serious being the gear lever.

Weirdest thing was its engine having an alloy block with an iron head on it. Go figure.....

[1] Presumably some sort of attempt to get poorly-maintained ones to start and run in the depths of a Czech winter.

They could have gone for the Scouse version: the Vauxhall A-a-a-a-a.....then there's no worries about the 'a' ending.

Apt, considering the location of some Vauxhall plants :-D

QUOTE:...""It's not named after the designer, it's named after the founder of Opel""

I was wondering if that was the case. If so it opens up a whole new range of model names:

e.g. The Mercedes-Benz Karl, the Ford Henry, the Bentley Walter, the Lotus Colin, the Jaguar William, the Citroen Andre....... etc. etc.

Of course there's actually been a Ferrari Enzo and and the former Kaiser car company in USA made a car called the Kaiser Henry J, named after the founder of the company - Henry J. Kaiser !

Edited by Sofa Spud on 23/07/2012 at 21:47