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\"\"<\/a> pic: Influx<\/em><\/p>\n

There’s a lot of chatter here and elsewhere about what makes a car definitive of its era. For the 1980s<\/a>, cars like Porsche’s 959<\/a>, the Audi Quattro<\/a> and the Escort<\/a> XR3i usually get the shout. But having stumbled upon a beautifully crisp, body-kitted Opel Manta last night in the frozen wastes of East London – we reckon we’ve a new addition to our list.<\/p>\n

Interestingly this Germanic cousin to a legion of less rakish Vauxhall kin kept its \u2018Opel\u2019 badge in all trims and engine sizes: with rear end drive and by all accounts a lively suspension and steering set up (with roll bars and rack & pinion respectively). Engines ranged from 1.2 all the way up to 2.0.<\/p>\n

The car we spotted (perhaps a GTV?) had been customised with a light hand (we think) although in a form : with period correct alloys, Recaros and a cleaned, kitted exterior that look as if it could well have emerged from the factory a few months ago.<\/p>\n

Bravo, dear owner<\/a>, and if you spot this post, please get in touch to receive some print magazines from us …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

crisp, kitted eighties classic spotted….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[1286,172,851,1128,2733,955],"class_list":["post-29339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-cars","tag-classics","tag-german","tag-german-cars","tag-opel","tag-road","manufacturers-opel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpel Manta - Street Spot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Influx spotted this 1980s Opel Manta on the frozen roads of East London, a definitive of the 1980 car era.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/opel-manta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opel Manta - 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