{"id":3374,"date":"2015-12-29T03:12:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T03:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2024-12-27T00:22:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:22:25","slug":"2003-opel-gtc-geneve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2003-opel-gtc-geneve\/","title":{"rendered":"2003 Opel GTC Geneve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2003 Opel GTC Geneve<\/h2>\n<div class=\"socialBar\">\n<p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">Opel is giving a preview of its future designs with the debut of the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve concept car &#8211; GTC stands for Gran Turismo Compact &#8211; at the 73rd Geneva Inter-national Motor Show (March 6th to 16th 2003). Taut lines, clear surfaces, three-dimensional headlights, wide wheelarches and crafted details are the core elements of Opel\u00c2\u00b4s modern design language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Opel\u00c2\u00b4s Chairman and Managing Director, Carl-Peter Forster, says some of these design cues have already been seen in studies like the Snowtrekker and in production models like the Speedster and the Vectra. &#8216;Opel cars not only look dynamic, in future they will also feature advanced technical innovations like adaptive, integrated suspension systems, which provide the highest levels of driving comfort, fun and safety.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Martin Smith, Opel\u00c2\u00b4s Director of Design says &#8216;With the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve we want to demonstrate how sporty a three-door sports sedan can be. Working with our Vehicle Concept engineers, we set out to make a very dynamic-looking car, with space for four passengers, that&#8217;s also immediately recognizable as an Opel.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When creating the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve, Opel\u00c2\u00b4s designers had far more freedom to experiment than they would normally when developing a production auto. The car has a tinted, transparent roof that stretches from the windshield to the rear window, and the design team took the GTC\u00c2\u00b4s proportions (length\/width\/height: 4.349\/1.773\/1.352 meters) to the extreme. &#8216;There\u0019s a lot going on in car design at the moment, from very traditional to almost eccentric forms,&#8217; says Smith. &#8216;With the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve we wanted to make a clearly sporty statement.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve12.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"2003 Opel GTC Geneve\" 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href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"2003 Opel GTC Geneve\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve8-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"2003 Opel GTC Geneve\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003_Opel_GTCGeneve7-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure>\n<p>The arrow-shaped front and rear sections of the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve are good examples of the dynamic form. &#8216;The tapering begins just in front of and just behind the wheelarches, emphasizing the short overhangs,&#8217; explains Friedhelm Engler, Chief Designer in Opel&#8217;s compact car studio. &#8216;Along with the low silhouette and the curved roof, this creates a powerful tension that makes the GTC look as if it&#8217;s ready to pounce.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve\u00c2\u00b4s large, three-dimensional headlights and taillights &#8216;look like the polished facets of a jewel,&#8217; says Engler. He adds that the designers didn&#8217;t limit this theme to just the lights, but also to their housings, which fit organically into the surrounding bodywork as if they were &#8216;settings for a piece of jewelry.&#8217; The designers&#8217; fascination with detail also can be seen in the individual lamps of the taillight housing. The cylindrical bulb settings look as if they were carved from a single piece of material. This form reappears again in the design of the center high-mounted brakelight, located over the rear window. The GTC\u00c2\u00b4s interior features sporty and elegant Cashmere and brown leather upholstery. The neatly arranged cockpit, conceived without any electronic gadgets, has charcoal color interior surfaces. Some darker surfaces provide special emphasis, and represent a deliberate break with the clich\u00c3\u00a9 that aluminum equals sportiness, adds Engler.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2003 Opel GTC Geneve Opel is giving a preview of its future designs with the debut of the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve concept car &#8211; GTC stands for Gran Turismo Compact &#8211; at the 73rd Geneva Inter-national Motor Show (March 6th to 16th 2003). Taut lines, clear surfaces, three-dimensional headlights, wide wheelarches and crafted details are the core elements of Opel\u00c2\u00b4s modern design language. Opel\u00c2\u00b4s Chairman and Managing Director, Carl-Peter Forster, says some of these design cues have already been seen in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2190,9348,17102,291],"tags":[18322,6825,33,13061,17405,292,20751,20754],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000s","category-guides","category-model-guides-concept-cars","category-opel","tag-2000s-all","tag-2000s-cars","tag-concept","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-concept-cars","tag-opel","tag-opel-model-guides-all","tag-opel-model-guides-concept-cars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2003 Opel GTC Geneve<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2003-opel-gtc-geneve\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2003 Opel GTC Geneve\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2003 Opel GTC Geneve Opel is giving a preview of its future designs with the debut of the GTC Gen\u00c3\u00a8ve concept car &#8211; GTC stands for Gran Turismo Compact &#8211; at the 73rd Geneva Inter-national Motor Show (March 6th to 16th 2003). 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