This Opel Omega offers a lot of car for the money – Enthusiast Wanted

For some, large Opels appeal to the imagination just as much as large Citroëns or large Renaults. There is something special about those battleships of yesteryear, from brands that are more successful with more modest models. When we think of Opel we naturally think of cars such as the Senator and somewhat earlier the Commodore. At the end of the 1980s, Opel did it again with the Omega A, which shared the showroom and its extended base with the second Senator. The final agreement was for the Opel Omega B, which ended up alone at the top due to the disappearance of the Senator.

Here we have before us such a second and final Omega. Not the very last series, by the way, because this is a copy from before the facelift. This includes the grille, recessed lower in the nose, with the black bumper edges on either side like a kind of ‘moustache’. This made the Omega look very stubborn and certainly not simply like a plus-sized Vectra. No, such an Omega was indispensable in its time as the king among the Opels. Its size also helped, although even the slightly longer facelifted Omega, at 4.87 m, was not as long as the last Insignia.

The Omega was a popular choice among posh, often older, men and women, but Opel also wanted to be there for younger and more outgoing customers who were good at it. That’s where this ‘Sport’ version came into play. A certainly not stiffly decorated version, with its alloy wheels and – in this case also covered with dark fabric – sportier seats. By the way, this set of wheels seems to have come from under a later Omega. It is also the least sporty Sport you could get, with the 2.0 four-cylinder in its nose, the smallest engine of the Omega B.

Nowadays enthusiasts will probably prefer a more elegantly decorated Omega, but this copy also belongs to an enthusiast. After all, it still seems like a reasonably good-looking car, with a low mileage (126,000 km). The ownership history also does not immediately look very suspicious. For €2,949 (or less, you can always try) this gives you a lot of car.