The Opel Tigra (1994-2001) is a sports coupe on the platform of a Corsa B with engines of 90 hp and 106 hp. With approx. 1,000 kg the Tigra belongs rather to the lightweights and drove accordingly fast and briskly from the spot. The design was far ahead of its time when it was first introduced in 1994, but the only drawback was that it was not so nice to ride for people over 1.90 m. On the back seat still a little smaller and lower, therefore often notorious as a women's car. It was built until 2001 and its not quite real successor was the Opel Tigra TwinTop.
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…