if you could design/rebuild teh nova again????

i wish i fitted a seh rather than a XE

Aluminium chassis instead of steel, like a mk2 punto sporting/hgt.
Better brakes with the corsa/astra style pedal->cylinder setup.

Bigger arches.

None of this offset rear axle crap !

Better illumination on standard clocks.

Straighten the steering wheel.

Electric window switches right way around.

Lower roof line.

Slightly wider (Honda CRX proportions)

oh & as prev. mentioned C20XE (superboss version)

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Originally Posted by shy witness

i've often thought thius



if you were able to redesign.....or improve the nova in any way...........what would you do???????

bare in mind the design/technology that was arround in the 80's though

obviously better corrision protection would be top of the list


but what other ellements of the nova do u despise???????

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Slightly wider track to make it on par with a mk2 Fiesta perhaps, get rid of the remote servo & have it operating directly off the pedal, give the saloon different headlamps & wings ala VW Jetta's etc so there is more scope for customisation.
Original GTE shouldve been a 1.8 bigblock with rear disc brakes IMO.

Finally, GM should've given it to someone to sort the chassis/handling so it was on par with a french hatch. Therfore it would have sold far better.

The rest should be left for us modders to tinker with... :thumb:

In order of preference,

Fully Galvanised, Panel alignment tollerence reduced to +/-2mm, Geometry set properly, weber carbs instead of pierburgs, better heater system, backlit dials on mk1, 3-door arches on 2-door saloon.

Things that would have been nice to see,

More spiders, more sports (both should have been minimum 1000 units in RHD), GTE should have had a sport spec option and have been avaiable sooner, 2-door saloon should have been avaiable in SR and GTE versions, mk2 should have gone on for 3 years longer and been given the benefit of the baby XE's, a larger surplus of shells and doors if the galvanising couldn't have been sorted out.

a estate, a proper big pick up lol

maybe Epas aswell..

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Originally Posted by mikey14sr

3-door arches on 2-door saloon.

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BLASPHEMY! :mad:

possibly better handling as standard i would of thought

brakes as everyone said

a better steering lock/column so they werent so bloody easy to thief

not really much more to be honest

same goes for door locks..as theyre a joke to break in2

oooooooooooooooooooo nobody said the fault with the Hazzard switch..?