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Super Woden: Rally Edge teases classic Vauxhall-Opel (ish)

A classic Vauxhall-Opel hatchback has been teased for inclusion for Super Woden: Rally Edge.

Cinder Clair, Super Woden: Rally Edge teases classic Vauxhall-Opel

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By Ross McGregor

  • Cinder Clair mimics the Opel Kadett E GSI 16V and Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V
  • Car appears in homage to classic British livery
  • More content on the way to Super Woden: Rally Edge

A new car is coming to Super Woden: Rally Edge, and it’s one European General Motors fans will instantly recognise.

The Cinder Clair is an homage to the Opel Kadett E GSI, which is near-identical to its British equivalent, the Vauxhall Astra GTE. 

Both front-wheel-drive cars were campaigned in national events across the continent, with the Astra finding success in the hands of Louise Aitken-Walker and Tina Thörner, 1990 FIA Ladies’ World Rally Champions.

Cinder Clair, Super Woden: Rally Edge teases classic Vauxhall-Opel

Group A Astras were pushed to the limits by the likes of Malcolm Wilson and the mercurial Dave Metcalfe in competition, and on the continent, the Kadett became a German Rally Champion in the hands of Sepp Haider and Ferdinand Hinterleitner. The pair also impressively won the New Zealand round of the World Rally Championship in 1988.

On-track, the Astra/Kadett was also a success, with the 16V Astra claiming the overall 1989 British Touring Car Championship for John Cleland, as Mike Briggs took the Kadett to multiple South African Touring Car Championships. 

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Super Woden: Rally Edge teases classic Vauxhall-Opel
John Cleland (L) and Dave Metcalfe (R), with their respective machines. Image courtesy of Cars and Car Conversions magazine

Four-wheel-drive

A four-wheel-drive version was mooted, but fell by the wayside as rally’s Group B rules were scrapped (embarrassingly, some of the prototypes used Ford-derived Zakspeed engines). It was then adapted into a Dakar Rally contender before being developed into a rallycross machine by John Welch.

Rally Edge is the successor to ViJuDa’s Super Woden GP 2, and has been a refreshingly fun take on the rally genre, scoring a 9/10 in our review

Although initially released on PC, console versions are in the works, with more unannounced content set to follow.

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