October 13, 20178 yr Sorry their not to clear but this is a couple of snaps of the new Vauxhall SUV, taken in Pattaya two days ago. It has a glass roof similar to Fords Everest. It's slightly bigger than the Honda Crv but smaller than the Everest/Tuna. Just though some peeps might be interested.
October 14, 20178 yr Hard to tell what it is. The car in the front seems to be another model than the one in the back. The rear end looks like MG. The front grill of the second car looks similar than on the new MG 6. No idea what the first car could be.
October 14, 20178 yr Vauxhall Grandland..Though the grill is different in the OP..The rest looks the same..
October 14, 20178 yr Author 1 hour ago, transam said: Vauxhall Grandland..Though the grill is different in the OP..The rest looks the same.. You could be correct there TA just new model who knows. For the peeps that said it's not a Vauxhall I can assure you it is. If you look at the first picture you will see two lumps, First one I took the snap of the front/side. Second was of the second lump rear end that had half the covering missing. That one was showing the Vauxhall badge. There were 3 of them driving around Pattaya for days. After several goes managed to get snaps without getting run over. Bloody crazy place Pattaya, glad to be out.
October 14, 20178 yr Anything that gets road-tested in Pattaya and especially manages to traverse the challenging Soi Buakhao/Lengkee/Diana cross-roads with such ease is obviously going to get very, very high marks from the savvy and critical Thai motoring press. GM testing stuff for sure but I don't think there are any plans for Vauxhall-badged GM's in Thailand are there?
October 14, 20178 yr 20 hours ago, fredob43 said: It has a glass roof Glass roof in Thailand ? Must be an SUV-OVEN.
October 14, 20178 yr Author 37 minutes ago, NanLaew said: Anything that gets road-tested in Pattaya and especially manages to traverse the challenging Soi Buakhao/Lengkee/Diana cross-roads with such ease is obviously going to get very, very high marks from the savvy and critical Thai motoring press. GM testing stuff for sure but I don't think there are any plans for Vauxhall-badged GM's in Thailand are there? Spot on. It was early morning time when I took the snaps hence the "Light" traffic. Had just had breakfast at the Queens.
October 14, 20178 yr 8 hours ago, juehoe said: Hard to tell what it is. The car in the front seems to be another model than the one in the back. The rear end looks like MG. The front grill of the second car looks similar than on the new MG 6. No idea what the first car could be. Am I missing something. The OP wants to know what is is and yet he says it's a new Vauxhall SUV
October 14, 20178 yr 6 hours ago, fredob43 said: You could be correct there TA just new model who knows. For the peeps that said it's not a Vauxhall I can assure you it is. If you look at the first picture you will see two lumps, First one I took the snap of the front/side. Second was of the second lump rear end that had half the covering missing. That one was showing the Vauxhall badge. There were 3 of them driving around Pattaya for days. After several goes managed to get snaps without getting run over. Bloody crazy place Pattaya, glad to be out. 8 hours ago, transam said: Vauxhall Grandland..Though the grill is different in the OP..The rest looks the same.. Not only the grilles but the lights and body mouldings below the windows and at the bottom of the doors are completely different.
October 14, 20178 yr Sure it could be a newer model, but even with the bad photo the line on the vehicle are all different especially the side. Glass roof someone noted, it so then it is the GM, made in China now? Saw something similar at Big C the other day.
October 14, 20178 yr 9 hours ago, Big Guns said: It looks like a Volkswagen Touareg. It is. https://www.google.co.th/search?q=volkswagen+touareg+2017&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&tbm=isch&source=iu&pf=m&ictx=1&fir=_YhwQljx25APqM%3A%2CF6WhIPIjAXdE0M%2C_&usg=__PQ0xmfUUzEOHUpifs5SwgZ25mYA%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4r7HWhfDWAhXFVZQKHRsBBB4Q9QEILzAB#imgrc=_YhwQljx25APqM:
October 14, 20178 yr Vauxhall? Haven't heard that name in years. Fond memories of a Vauxhall Cresta doing the ton ( mph, not km/h ) in my youth.
October 14, 20178 yr 3 hours ago, BuaBS said: Glass roof in Thailand ? Must be an SUV-OVEN. Not true, I have a HRV with glass top which has a rooftop underneath. It's a great idea,the kid's love it.
October 14, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, maximillian said: It is. https://www.google.co.th/search?q=volkswagen+touareg+2017&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&tbm=isch&source=iu&pf=m&ictx=1&fir=_YhwQljx25APqM%3A%2CF6WhIPIjAXdE0M%2C_&usg=__PQ0xmfUUzEOHUpifs5SwgZ25mYA%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4r7HWhfDWAhXFVZQKHRsBBB4Q9QEILzAB#imgrc=_YhwQljx25APqM: No way! The Torag is huge compared to those dinky hatchbacks in the OP. 22 minutes ago, BrunoB said: Et voila... Ladies and gentlemen... we have a winner!!!!
October 14, 20178 yr Author 5 hours ago, dotpoom said: Am I missing something. The OP wants to know what is is and yet he says it's a new Vauxhall SUV Where did I ask what it was. Suggest you re read my post. I stated that these were snap of a Vauxhall SUV. I sometime wish I had never posted anything on TV as it only gets turned around. For all's information the things had Vauxhall badges on the grill. So not a W/W. Or an MG. IT'S A BLOODY VAUXHALL for Buddha sake. 5 hours ago, dotpoom said: Am I missing something. The OP wants to know what is is and yet he says it's a new Vauxhall SUV
October 14, 20178 yr 3 hours ago, bazza73 said: Vauxhall? Haven't heard that name in years. Fond memories of a Vauxhall Cresta doing the ton ( mph, not km/h ) in my youth. Heh, Vauxhall is a weard name for Opel, only used on a certain island, and we all know how people living on islands are...?
October 14, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, fredob43 said: Where did I ask what it was. Suggest you re read my post. I stated that these were snap of a Vauxhall SUV. I sometime wish I had never posted anything on TV as it only gets turned around. For all's information the things had Vauxhall badges on the grill. So not a W/W. Or an MG. IT'S A BLOODY VAUXHALL for Buddha sake. Maybe don't jump all over Dotpoom. The headline for your posting, which appeared in the email I, and, apparently, Dotpoom received from Thai Visa, was: "New SUV spotted in Pattaya, what is it?" So, from the headline, it appeared you were asking for help in identifying the SUV. I was ready to take a wild guess that it was a Daihatsu Charade but you took all the fun out of it by already having the answer.
October 14, 20178 yr 12 hours ago, NanLaew said: Anything that gets road-tested in Pattaya and especially manages to traverse the challenging Soi Buakhao/Lengkee/Diana cross-roads with such ease is obviously going to get very, very high marks from the savvy and critical Thai motoring press. GM testing stuff for sure but I don't think there are any plans for Vauxhall-badged GM's in Thailand are there? Vauxhall = GM = Junk.
October 14, 20178 yr Crappy Paint Job as well, like its trying to look like a puffer fish going down the road.
October 15, 20178 yr Vauxhall badges mean it is GM platform so could alternatively be badged as Chevrolet, Opel or even Holden depending on the market it is offered in. Maybe for the Thai market it's the Craptiva's replacement ?
October 15, 20178 yr Just because it had a Vauxhall badge does not mean it was a Vauxhall, car manufactures do many things to disguise test mules including putting completely unrelated badges on them and the crazy looking paintwork/wrap. The 2 pics are definitely 2 different vehicles, one does have the exact lines of the MG so I would put my money on that. Kudos to the OP for posting the pics, defiantly a more interesting thread than most of them in motoring 555 For the record, Vauxhall/Opel is no longer a GM brand: http://www.businessinsider.com/gm-opel-sale-23-billion-2017-3
October 15, 20178 yr 9 minutes ago, jay1980 said: Just because it had a Vauxhall badge does not mean it was a Vauxhall, car manufactures do many things to disguise test mules including putting completely unrelated badges on them and the crazy looking paintwork/wrap. The 2 pics are definitely 2 different vehicles, one does have the exact lines of the MG so I would put my money on that. Kudos to the OP for posting the pics, defiantly a more interesting thread than most of them in motoring 555 For the record, Vauxhall/Opel is no longer a GM brand: http://www.businessinsider.com/gm-opel-sale-23-billion-2017-3 Thanks for that update.
October 15, 20178 yr 16 minutes ago, jay1980 said: Just because it had a Vauxhall badge does not mean it was a Vauxhall, car manufactures do many things to disguise test mules including putting completely unrelated badges on them and the crazy looking paintwork/wrap. The 2 pics are definitely 2 different vehicles, one does have the exact lines of the MG so I would put my money on that. Kudos to the OP for posting the pics, defiantly a more interesting thread than most of them in motoring 555 For the record, Vauxhall/Opel is no longer a GM brand: http://www.businessinsider.com/gm-opel-sale-23-billion-2017-3 Reckon the ride was in the pipe line and being built for the future before the sale and could still be produced as a Vauxhall..
October 15, 20178 yr Author 10 hours ago, newnative said: Maybe don't jump all over Dotpoom. The headline for your posting, which appeared in the email I, and, apparently, Dotpoom received from Thai Visa, was: "New SUV spotted in Pattaya, what is it?" So, from the headline, it appeared you were asking for help in identifying the SUV. I was ready to take a wild guess that it was a Daihatsu Charade but you took all the fun out of it by already having the answer. Head line. New SUV. Sorry but no mention of what is it. Suggest you also re-read my OP.
October 15, 20178 yr 41 minutes ago, fredob43 said: Head line. New SUV. Sorry but no mention of what is it. Suggest you also re-read my OP. Yes I read your OP. But, to get to your OP from my email, I have to click on the Forum headline that I get from Thai Visa. Thai Visa sends me news updates and forum postings to my email. If I am interesting in something, I click on it and it sends me to it on TV. What I got in my email was exactly what I wrote, with the question 'what is it?'. I suspect Dotpoom got the same thing in his email. Obviously, two of us thought there was a question being asked in the posting. I don't know who added the question to the topic headline.
October 15, 20178 yr On 10/14/2017 at 9:03 AM, Big Guns said: It looks like a Volkswagen Touareg. You may be right, a new one is due so I m lead to believe.
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