sport s

could someone tell me whats the difference between the sport and the sport s . apart from the sticker :lol:

The sport S has the coil suspension and newer engine, it also has the newer uprated dash and a few extras inside :wink:

The sport S started at 1995 but there are a few 2.8 sport S of that age with the uprated suspension and old dashes in common with the 2.8 LWB.

ta drift. my new ones a sport s just always wanted to know what the s was for. the last sport i had was a 95 2.0 with the old chunky dash. and leafs but it was also badged as a sport s

It shouldnt have been with leaf springs, unless some one has popped a new decal onto it at some point?

I've got a '95 sport S with coils, but with the old style dash.

Must be like the 2.8's very early uprated version where they didnt quite have the interior sorted :lol:

thats what im thinking too but it had the old engine also.

Mine is a sport s with 2.0 8valve engine

Ken, all sport S's had the 8 valve 20L engine

That looks very much like the sport S Rod, but they definitely (as far as I know) didnt have them as leaf sprung.
I reckon some one has spent a few bob and given the truck a makeover, and nice it looks too.

The Sport S Apache didnt come with roof bars as standard they where optional, I think the Sport S Niagara was the same, hence most with these models hunting SWB roof bars :wink:

Also it looks like they dropped the word "sport" from the back of the SWB, and also the "i" from 20.i, a bit strange that :?:

perhaps they were trying to save some money

Rods car looks identical to my Transglobe which was 1997 built, 1999 registered, fitted with coils, the new dash, the Sport S decals.

Dave I agree to look at that without looking under it I too would swear it was a coiler but he says its not :dunno:

Rod, popst us some piccies of under the car, especially the rear suspension set up. David.

will look and see if i have any on my camera or pc. but i sold that car about a year ago so cant take any fresh ones. :lol:

def not a coiler drift coz i had some shackels made up for it

OK Rod, will wait. Thought you had the car.

My sport is a 1998 (March) Transglobe, coil springs, soft nudge bar with spots, side protection rubbers, roof bars, three spoke alloy wheels, curved dash and drivers air bag with the X20SE engine, and apparently there were a couple more options when bought new i.e. six spoke alloys, heated front seats, air con, passengers air bag and ABS, and I think that was about all, unless someone knows different :wink:

can only find a hand full of pics of the old motor but none are usefull [sorry]. did notice that my 97 sport has grab handels on the roof in the rear but dont rember the 95 having them but could be wrong. starting to think that my old 95 was a sport with the sport s stickers.

i once bought a brand new astra from vx it was a 1.6 l and there was a option at the time where you could have alloy wheels/ side skirts / front spliter and front fogs added. i went for this option and when i went to pick the new car up it was no longer badged as L it was now a vxl or vlx [ cant rember ] but mabey thats what happend with the wee 95 sport too as it was 95 when the sport s came out. mine could have been a 94 that sat around for a year in a vx wharehouse.