morb|d

you guys really have no clue. Sigma is a GM North America MODIFIED platform. Its based on the Opel Omega platform which was designed solely in Germany without ANY GMNA input. Call it what you want, global or whatever. The point is it originates in Germany. Therefor, I consider it foreign. Calling Sigma "domestic" is the equivolent of letting someone do your homework then putting your name on it and calling it your own. Heh, calling it global is the same as above only instead of homework its a "group project."

Does anyone even know what the last 'from the ground up' GMNA platform is? I'd bet it was one somewhere in the late 70's.

Z284ever

I know of afew GMNA engineers who would be shocked to hear that they had nothing to do with Sigma.

morb|d

oh, they had something to do with it. they just didn't actually build it. modified. tweaked. tuned. but not build. how does that make it 'domestic'? and even if global is a suitable term, it is still misleading. the bulk of the engineering is german.

[This message has been edited by morb|d (edited July 08, 2002).]

Z284ever

The bulk of Sigmas engineering was done by GMNA. True, some Sigma mules (with Lexus IS300 bodywork, no less)....used the famed Nurburgring race track for developement with some input from Opel engineers.


BTW...I still don't see any similarities between the V body/GM2800 and Sigma.