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GM's Gee-Whizzers: Car Life Dec 1967 6
Opel GT Corvette for Europe? New for '69: Autocar Oct 3 1968 11
A Rare Opel: World's Fastest Sports Cars 1968 12
The Surprising Opel GT Continental Diary: Motor Mar 22 1969 16
The Opel GT: Autosport Oct 4 1968 17
GM's (Germany) New GT: Sports Car World Nov 1968 18
Opel GT: Road & Track Dec 1968 20
Opel GT: Foreign Car Guide Feb 1969 22
GM's Second Sports Car Road Test: Sports Car Graphic Apr 1969 26
Opel's New GT: Wheels Nov 1968 30
Opel GT Observed: Autocar Apr 3 1969 34
Drag Act: Classic and Sportscar June 1993 38
Opel Fruit: Classic Cars Aug 2000 43
Opel GT Big Surprise...Road Test: Car Life June 1969 48
Preview Test: Opel GT: Car and Driver Dec 1968 54
Opel GT Road Test: Motorcade June 1969 56
1.9 Opel GT Road Test: Road & Track June 1969 60
Why the Excitement at Buick-Opel Dealers: Road Test July 1969 64
Opel 1900 GT Coupe: World Car Catalogue 1969 71
Opel GT 1.9 Road Test: Car and Driver Sept 1969 72
Opel GT 1900 Road Test: Autocar Sept 11 1969 76
The Conversation Factor: Motor TrendAug 1969 81
3000 Miles and Two "Small" Rallies in an Opel GT: World Car Guide Nov 1969 84
Preview of the Opel GT: Popular Imported Cars Sept 1969 89
Opel GT 1900cc, OHC: Car South Africa Jan 1970 90
Opel Kadett and GT: World Car Guide Feb 1970 92
Three Ways to Approach a GT - Opel GT vs. Datsun 240Z vs. MBG GT Comparison Test: Sports Car Graphic Mar 1970 94
Opel GT: Road Test Jan 1970 101
Opel GT: Car Aug 1970 104
For Sporting Gents Road Test: Motor June 20 1970 107
Opel GT: Car and Driver July 1970 113
The Opel GT a Sports 2-Seater: Motor Sport Sept 1970 118
Opel GT Service Test: Popular Imported Cars Nov 1970 119
Opel Aero GT Coupe: Car South Africa July 1970 121
Opel GT Road Test: Imported Cars 1971 122
Opel GT Road Test: Car and Driver Aug 1970 127
Opel GT: Road Test Jan 1971 132
California Opel GT: Popular Imported Cars Mar 1971 134
The {dollar}3500 GT - Opel GT vs. Datsun 240Z vs. MBG GT vs. Fiat 124 Sports Coupe vs. Triumph GT6 MK 3 Comparison Test: Road & Track July 1971 136
Opel GT Street & Strip Test: Custom Car Jan 1971 143
Opel GT: Opel 1972 148
Fruity Opel Restoration: Practical Classics Feb 2002 150
Opel's Fruit: Popular Classics Sept 1990 154
Pride & Joy: Old Motor Nov 1981 159
Opel GT: Popular Imported Cars July 1971 160
Opels with Hairs on their Chest: Car May 1971 162
Opel GT Tuning Test: Motor Sport Dec 1971 164
Trying to Live with Big Brother - Opel GT vs. Opel 1900 Rallye Comparison Test: Motor Trend Apr 1972 166
Buick Opel: Road Test Dec 1972 170
Opel: Road Test Feb 1973 173
Engine & Drive...Where Should they Go? Opel GT vs. Saab Sonnet vs Porsche 914 vs. VW Karmann Ghia Comparison Test: Road & Track July 1973 174
Opel Heart Surgery: Hot Rod July 1973 182
Opel GT-2: Road & Track Dec 1975 183
Tomorrow's Car Today: Asian Auto July 1976 186
Opel-Escent: Your Classic Jan 1994 188
1970 Opel GT 1.9 Drive Report: Special Interest Autos May 1997 192
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Yong Shin
reviewed Opel GT Ultimate Portfolio, 1968-1973 (Brooklands Road Test Books Series) on January 11, 2018
Opel GT Ultimate Portfolio, 1968-1973
If you're expecting a scintillating narrative to keep the pages turning, then replace this book with something lighter. Pugh may have read all the books in the bibliography, maybe even knows them rote fashion, because his book is almost more citations than original commentary. That problem is compounded by the text being quite small, and even smaller still for the citations, which just makes it hard to read.
He got off to a bad start for me by explaining in tedious detail why he had decided to use the name of another tome on the same subject as his subtitle, and then kept quoting great slabs of it to fill out his pages. The next complaint I have is that the material is presented in a jumbled fashion, jumping back and forth between the years and from people to people. Speaking of people, the book starts out describing the main characters, Royce and Rolls, and others I had never hear of, but in doing so, set the whole fashion for the book: namely tell one man's story and all the supporting evidence, then tell another's, which naturally includes all the previous information, and on and on. Having said that, I would have to assume that he is setting out to create the definitive volume on the subject of RR, and for an aficionado, he may well have done it.
The third fault i find with this book is that from time to time he interjects into the tsunami of facts and quotes with what I can only suppose is his own original take on a subject, but which he leaves totally unsupported. The best example is when he describes Goering watching the flames of London as it burns from his (and in Pugh's estimation, wrongly directed) bombs, and , I assume again, trying to channel Nero watching as Rome burned, from the cliffs of Calais. Pugh steps up and intones in the most assured manner that Goering may have enjoyed the sight, but had no idea that he had just lost the war (WWII).
How can he make such a statement? He backs it up later with a similar quip that the Germans knew the war was lost when British planes were seen over Paris or some such drivel.
Why did I read it all the way to the end, only skipping the bibliography and the raft of biographies that he kindly enclosed. In the paraphrased words of some unknown, reading his book was like war: long tracts of interminable boredom interspersed with the occasional gem of knowledge.
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