It's the car that brought front-wheel drive to Opel's family car range. For fans of older European vehicles, the Opel Ascona isn’t exactly special per se but there’s more to it than you might think.

Back in the 1970s German automaker Opel was setting new trends with the launch of the Manta and Ascona models, selling nearly 1.2 million units in only five years’ time. The two models addressed ...

The story of the Opel Manta 400 is a familiar one from the years of Group B; it was one of the cars that carried on with how rally specials used to be (and how its Ascona predecessor was), with lots ...