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General Motors makes plenty of performance machinery, but it isn't huge in hot hatches. The closest you can get Stateside is the
Chevy Sonic RS, and, while a perfectly reasonable vehicle in its own right, let's just say it doesn't quite keep pace with its European and Japanese rivals. GM does make hot hatches, it just usually leaves them up to its
Opel division to sell overseas. Like the new Opel Adam S.
Previewed at the
Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, Opel has now announced the sportier version of its stylish city car to launch at the upcoming
Paris Motor Show next month. The heart of the pocket rocket, pictured here with the optional Red n' Roll appearance package, is a 1.4-liter turbo four pumping out 150 horsepower - over 100 hp per liter and 50 percent more than the naturally aspirated version. That also puts it out ahead of the aforementioned Sonic RS (138 hp) and splits the difference between the
Fiat 500 Turbo (sold as the base Abarth overseas) and the full-on
500 Abarth (595 in Euro speak).
Other upgrades, which you can read more about in the press release
below, include a six-speed manual transmission, enhanced suspension, 18-inch wheels, OPC brakes, an upgraded body kit and an interior with Recaro buckets. All of which adds up to a 0-62 time of 8.5 seconds - which would see the Opel Adam S (and its
Vauxhall counterpart) struggling to keep up with the competition, but leaving lesser versions of GM's stylish Euro hatch in the dust. Here's hoping a hotter OPC version is in the works.
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