@@Puddingtops Yeah, he is enjoying this drive and the speedo display is in mph!!! No wonder the digits climb slower!. Imperial not metric!. British car, of course!.
If you can’t get an Opel in your area, you can always get a Pontiac Solstice GXP or Saturn Sky Redline. Basically same cars with different bodies/badging 😊
Ou peut on trouver ce style de voitures qui m'a l aire puissante ce que j adore et je connaît pas et j aimerait tellement essayer avec le pilote d origine de cette auto q u il me contacte et je serait l homme le plus heureux du monde ❤😂
Really... I was thinking: “If only he could do it properly, I can only imagine what it would have been like instead of the time it took to rev the engine”... And he really did at all times (don't forget the throttle). Incredible driving skill... Incredible aero, incredible brake, incredible weight, incredible car....😍
Real question for folks in this thread. What would have a non-fixed seat done to allow better heel toe shifting for Misha? It looked like to me that the real problem was the pedal position and box? It reminds me of current BRZ pedal situation. Brake too far from gas to rock his foot to blip, and not enough room on the right of the gas pedal for a wide swing of the heel. (I'm doing an endurance race this weekend, my first in a long time and I hope that the BMWs pedal situation is good for heel/toe)
@@ragweedmakesmesneeze yeah. The problem is the difference in the pedals heights, but If he could adjust the seat, he would be able to alleviate some of the discomfort from the position of his leg. Because Misha apparently doesn't have his foot supported by the heel, so his leg is unsupported, dangling, which is painful to maintain for long periods of time lol I would prefer to place my seat forward and have a place to “rest” my heel so that I could press the gas and brake without needing to move my heel out of place and then adjust my lumbar back, so I can have better arm space. Thus making a better position to drive for longer periods of time. I hope that makes sense, I don't know the correct terminology. Btw, I'm not a pilot or anything, so maybe everything that I said is completely wrong. 😅 And the only manual car I have has floor mounted pedals, so doing heel and toe is much easier.
That's some serious cornering speeds, 130 mph through Schwedenkreuz, for example, incredible. And the Supercharger sound is really good to hear. Great video
5am in Adelaide Australia & im sitting on my sofa with my pet dog squirming in my seat & holding my breath while watching Misha go nuts, better than a coffee. Thankyou 😊
Damn that was a quick machine. These cars and the lotus elise models are something else. Would love to experience a lotus exige ones, because I would be blown away and maybe regretting having a subaru impreza as a hobby car.
Goddam that thing is an absolute weapon. I know downforce, lack of weight and a skilled river make a lot of difference but it was going past cars like they were standing still. I do love a well tuned supercharged four-cylinder, they just sound so gloriously angry.
While the Speedster was built I wanted to buy one. Unfortunately the local Opel dealer was treating my wish as the request of an unworthy subordinate to his majesty. This made me end up not with a Speedster but with a Caterham Seven. Which in retrospect was the much better choice in terms of driving fun.
@@wassilia1234 i know all that ive got one, i was on about the idiot who says they are the greatest under appreciated car ever made. Talks out his arse
EV drivers are having fun on the ring though. I would argue Rotax karting is even better fun than small sports cars if we're going to compare Apples to Oranges.
I grew up on a junkyard, so some of my earliest memories from age 3 onwards, were memories of racing, my go kart around the dirt track that we had on the land! I swear I could do this all day long every single day of the week !!!! Learning to race at age 13, all of the things that I grew up as a child doing seem like they were "meant to be" but unfortunately, I came from poverty and.... Never got to do I should have been able to?
compressor goes weeeee! lovely lap, every time impressive how quick misha picks up the pace so quickly with (and pretty extreme one in this case) unknown cars
I got to drive one of those one day at work. M600 I believe. First thing I noticed was how good it stopped! 100-0 in like 100’. It was incredible but accelerate wasn’t that crazy for race car. Damn thing would pull eyes balls out of head tho braking on the new pavement. Great content your fun to watch drive. Good video too
Woah, what a well sorted little machine. It looked like it could handle quite a bit more power. It's already a little weapon but suspension, aero, and def brake performance are far from being challenged by its engine output. It's the opposite of the typical 2000kg big German car with a chip tune but otherwise stock. Sorting out all the other aspects and then bringing up the power is the best way to do it anyway.
😂😂😂😂 the passenger did not blink for the whole ride, I just saw his eyes move, final remark to Micha do you think your drive faster 😂😂😂😂 man your legend
Great lap by a great car. The supercharger whine is something else! I can't believe you can pick these up with less that 20K miles for £13,000 in perfect condition. The 2.2 N/A is slow by modern standards but the turbo is not bad and there are so many things you can do with these. I'd have one tomorrow, but I love my TT too much.
VX220, my favourite car to learn, tune, and drive in Forza games. Glad to see it's able to impress a pro like Misha too! Can't wait to watch the video.
@@HueMongussD I think Forza Motorsport 4 was the last game that included it. Prior to that, I’m fairly certain Motorsport 2 and Motorsport 3 have it. None of the Forza Horizon titles have it, sadly. Hope that helps! :)
Danny dc2 and now mischa is the only youtube creators I will give a pint a month enjoy 👌 thanks for given us amazing content ❤and to be honest having the nurburg track next to your name is pretty cool looking 😂
I always wanted a Speedster when it came out. Unfortunately it never happened. I remember a test in one of the big car magazines: "Circular Saw in your Back!" Was the headline.
It's been many years since Opel was in the U.S. market. At one time I had an Opel Kadett. They also had the Opel GT which looked like a smaller Corvette.
i quite fancied one of those opel speedsters at the time...but Opel kept postboning it forever, and then they didn't make many of them, and the price in the end was a lot more as well
And a bit unrelated, but in the end of month I will be moving close to a french track, magny-cours, I am hoping to get more involved with racing community there
I sooooooooooooo wanted one of them when they came out. But, since we never got the actual Speedster in the states. We did get the watered down rebadged drop top version, from Saturn Sky/GM-Pontiac Solstice.
Reminds me of my first car Chevy Cavalier 5-spd I used to beat the tar out of Great little engine... supercharger spices it up a bit I'd say. Awesome lap
Misha was S T R E S S, because of the G R I P P of the car, because of the M A S S I V S U C C of the aero... Can't wait for the 22hrs of Nurburg + 24hrs of partying afterwards. xD
This chap has that "proud father" look on his face and I'm here for it!
Totally 😂 he's so glad as the car flies by ALL the others on the track
😂😂😂
@@Puddingtops Yeah, he is enjoying this drive and the speedo display is in mph!!! No wonder the digits climb slower!. Imperial not metric!. British car, of course!.
He really does.
I'm falling in love with speedsters now. Tiny low weight rockets. So nice! 🤗
If you can’t get an Opel in your area, you can always get a Pontiac Solstice GXP or Saturn Sky Redline. Basically same cars with different bodies/badging 😊
@@c0lutch you are confusing speedster to opel gt, pontiac and saturn are not middle engined
@@tamp1o ah my bad. Not super familiar with all the opel cars. Thanks for the fix!
Intéressant cette auto 😊
Ou peut on trouver ce style de voitures qui m'a l aire puissante ce que j adore et je connaît pas et j aimerait tellement essayer avec le pilote d origine de cette auto q u il me contacte et je serait l homme le plus heureux du monde ❤😂
This is my first and probably last membership on youtube, and i gotta say, it's worth it
❤❤❤
Thanks for the pedal camera, we can see the not heel and toe, the kinda heel and toe and the full heel and toe development arc 😂😂😂😂😂
Forgot to mention the toe and toe 😥
Really... I was thinking: “If only he could do it properly, I can only imagine what it would have been like instead of the time it took to rev the engine”... And he really did at all times (don't forget the throttle).
Incredible driving skill... Incredible aero, incredible brake, incredible weight, incredible car....😍
Real question for folks in this thread. What would have a non-fixed seat done to allow better heel toe shifting for Misha? It looked like to me that the real problem was the pedal position and box? It reminds me of current BRZ pedal situation. Brake too far from gas to rock his foot to blip, and not enough room on the right of the gas pedal for a wide swing of the heel. (I'm doing an endurance race this weekend, my first in a long time and I hope that the BMWs pedal situation is good for heel/toe)
@@ragweedmakesmesneeze yeah. The problem is the difference in the pedals heights, but If he could adjust the seat, he would be able to alleviate some of the discomfort from the position of his leg. Because Misha apparently doesn't have his foot supported by the heel, so his leg is unsupported, dangling, which is painful to maintain for long periods of time lol
I would prefer to place my seat forward and have a place to “rest” my heel so that I could press the gas and brake without needing to move my heel out of place and then adjust my lumbar back, so I can have better arm space. Thus making a better position to drive for longer periods of time.
I hope that makes sense, I don't know the correct terminology.
Btw, I'm not a pilot or anything, so maybe everything that I said is completely wrong. 😅
And the only manual car I have has floor mounted pedals, so doing heel and toe is much easier.
Weird,.. Big toe Brake, Little toe Gas, is always how I've done it... Be it regular shoes, hiking boots, or barefoot.
That's some serious cornering speeds, 130 mph through Schwedenkreuz, for example, incredible. And the Supercharger sound is really good to hear.
Great video
Now that is a fun ride. Love the supercharger whine.
It sounds like an angry wasp
6:10 all those faces while sending it were pure gold 😂😂
bro was teary eyed and speechless with a grin ear to ear.... good run
5am in Adelaide Australia & im sitting on my sofa with my pet dog squirming in my seat & holding my breath while watching Misha go nuts, better than a coffee. Thankyou 😊
greetings from northgate
good day mate
Yep, same from sunshine coast.
Damn that was a quick machine. These cars and the lotus elise models are something else. Would love to experience a lotus exige ones, because I would be blown away and maybe regretting having a subaru impreza as a hobby car.
Subies are fun enough! Very light for awd in older models. Just drove a modified forester xt and i had a blast!
i see your subie might be a bit low, turn it back into a rally car and catch air over crests for more fun
Have you seen Travis Pastrana's Subaru and what is it capable of!?
@@lukasprikryl3000 ....have you seen what that car cost??? oi......and of course that is a full blown race car and not a hobby car
@@lukasprikryl3000any car can be a capable car with multiple six figures put into it 😅
The supercharger sounding like drunk men at night😂😂
Sounds like electric
As i unterstand the owner, its a 2.2 NA engine not the 2.0 turbo charged version?
In my oppinion the "sound" is generated by the gearbox 😎
@@manuelmayr8831 he said supercharger, not turbocharger
@@manuelmayr8831Yes it’s the 2.2 but a supercharger has been added. The 2.2 made about 144 bhp the 2.0 turbo was 200 bhp. This now has 260
Oh okay... supercharged then youre right... 😅
Goddam that thing is an absolute weapon. I know downforce, lack of weight and a skilled river make a lot of difference but it was going past cars like they were standing still.
I do love a well tuned supercharged four-cylinder, they just sound so gloriously angry.
Wow, what a great lap! Absolutely loved the Opel! Thank you, Misha, for bringing back the feet cam.
Just a fantastic car! Light, hard, fast, good sounding. Quite the opposite of the most recent cars in the market…
Always love the last section, Misha is warmed up, the tires are warmed up and the passenger is in heaven… great stuff
Owner: 🙂
after watching this why do i want an opel speedster or even a lotus exige...this is one fun car
As a kid I was always so interested in them there was nothing like a speedster around. Of course the exige but how often do you see those?
While the Speedster was built I wanted to buy one. Unfortunately the local Opel dealer was treating my wish as the request of an unworthy subordinate to his majesty. This made me end up not with a Speedster but with a Caterham Seven. Which in retrospect was the much better choice in terms of driving fun.
Lotus Platform + Diffuser = Happy Misha
Thanks to the owner, finally a ride without a damn smartphone🎉.
I’ve never got that… misha is taking the damned video with his million go pros… you don’t need to take a bumpy ass video of yourself
@@MrChimpeh
Yup just as bad as people filming Fireworks
That lap shows Mr Smooth at it 8.39 is a slick move a serious ring tool driven to it's limits looks like a strong well put together car buzzy lap
What did the supercharger say?
- "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
I love the 'wa waa waa waaaa" over bumps
One of the greatest under appreciated cars ever made.
Really? Why?
@@albertrobinson4539lightweight, powerful, easy to tune, has tons of potential as seen in this video
Also, ich schätze meinen Speedster Turbo sehr. 😆😆😆
hope it stays underappreciated, the price to performance potential ratio is great
@@wassilia1234 i know all that ive got one, i was on about the idiot who says they are the greatest under appreciated car ever made. Talks out his arse
I love the supercharger whine. It's not as intoxicating as the Hellcat supercharger (in my opinion), but it does sound really cool.
Ive watched many of Mishas vids but this is my favourite so far. What an absolute belter of a car, truly amazing lap 👏 loved it 👍
Now that's what I call a fun car. Light, decently powerful, aerodynamic, small... Not a 2.3 ton, 1000 electric luxury car
EV drivers are having fun on the ring though. I would argue Rotax karting is even better fun than small sports cars if we're going to compare Apples to Oranges.
I grew up on a junkyard, so some of my earliest memories from age 3 onwards, were memories of racing, my go kart around the dirt track that we had on the land!
I swear I could do this all day long every single day of the week !!!!
Learning to race at age 13, all of the things that I grew up as a child doing seem like they were "meant to be" but unfortunately, I came from poverty and....
Never got to do I should have been able to?
I’ve watched your channel since the early days and this is in my top few favourites. Great lap.
Adoro il suo modo di cambiare marcia , super conservativo con la frizione nessuna fretta tutto preciso
compressor goes weeeee! lovely lap, every time impressive how quick misha picks up the pace so quickly with (and pretty extreme one in this case) unknown cars
8:18 that rumble on Karussell priceless
You know by the demeanor of the passanger that this is how he drives to get tacos.
The little Vauxhall was punching well above it's weight 👍🥊🏴
I got to drive one of those one day at work. M600 I believe. First thing I noticed was how good it stopped! 100-0 in like 100’. It was incredible but accelerate wasn’t that crazy for race car. Damn thing would pull eyes balls out of head tho braking on the new pavement. Great content your fun to watch drive. Good video too
Fuck yeah you wrung every last bit outta that machine. Animal lap man. Bucket list to get there for a lap.
Yes! Yet another Speedster/VX220 on the ring! Love it!
It reminds me how much I miss my Speedster Turbo... Great lap!! This car is glued to the ground
you can see his happiness throughout the entire lap. Awesome work
Woah, what a well sorted little machine. It looked like it could handle quite a bit more power. It's already a little weapon but suspension, aero, and def brake performance are far from being challenged by its engine output. It's the opposite of the typical 2000kg big German car with a chip tune but otherwise stock. Sorting out all the other aspects and then bringing up the power is the best way to do it anyway.
Searching for one of these as I am watching the lap! What an experience!
I would love to see Misha in a Donkervoort F22! 🤞🏻✌🏼
😂😂😂😂 the passenger did not blink for the whole ride, I just saw his eyes move, final remark to Micha do you think your drive faster 😂😂😂😂 man your legend
Fantastic! Could see the side pulling so strong, great grip! Wondering if those seats are not slippery?
This is still one of my favourite cars since I was a kid and played NFS Hot Pursuit 2 constantly.
I saw the thumbnail of this video on your community post, and I’ve been waiting for it all week. Epic video
Amazing supercharge sound!
Very nice machine!
That's one of the best sounding 4 bangers I've ever heard.
This car glues to the track on corners. Nice job, man!
The foot cam is back, thank you so much Misha.
Now that's a proper track car.
Can’t beat the sound of a supercharger loved this one great lap 😊
supercharger whine ftw! I love the scream of the supercharger in my twincharged aw11.
OMG...😮 The sound 💪🏽💯❤️
Great lap by a great car. The supercharger whine is something else! I can't believe you can pick these up with less that 20K miles for £13,000 in perfect condition. The 2.2 N/A is slow by modern standards but the turbo is not bad and there are so many things you can do with these. I'd have one tomorrow, but I love my TT too much.
Let me know if you find an sc for that cheap. Mine was alot more lol
VX220, my favourite car to learn, tune, and drive in Forza games. Glad to see it's able to impress a pro like Misha too! Can't wait to watch the video.
Is this car in all versions of that game? I want to get it. Thanks!
@@HueMongussD I think Forza Motorsport 4 was the last game that included it. Prior to that, I’m fairly certain Motorsport 2 and Motorsport 3 have it. None of the Forza Horizon titles have it, sadly.
Hope that helps! :)
@@WafflesInTheRain thanks! 👍
That Carrousel ride looked comfy as hell!!! 😂😂
Wooden rollercoaster ride!
Such a fantastic chassis! I'm glad more people build it!
It would be so cool to see a Speedster in the US. One more year and the earliest 2000s models will be legal to import...
8:18 How Misha bumps in the speedster with that face 😂❤ Love your video's!!
the relaxed smile on his face....
Just by watching this, I can tell that this car is extremely fun and that you don't want to get out of it!!!!
Let's do another lap
Danny dc2 and now mischa is the only youtube creators I will give a pint a month enjoy 👌 thanks for given us amazing content ❤and to be honest having the nurburg track next to your name is pretty cool looking 😂
Thank you!!!
I always wanted a Speedster when it came out. Unfortunately it never happened. I remember a test in one of the big car magazines: "Circular Saw in your Back!" Was the headline.
Misha an idea for your next episodes you can show titles with specs you know from the owner , Horse Power , Tires , Weight if known it will be nice!
It's been many years since Opel was in the U.S. market. At one time I had an Opel Kadett. They also had the Opel GT which looked like a smaller Corvette.
That carasel looked extremely bone shattering 😱😂
I'm on the lookout for a supercharger for my 2.2 speedster/vx220. Can't wait to finaly find a place to fit one
sounds incredible
Just joined, thumbs up, could not wait until the video is available for free....Speedster/vx220 enthusiast...
Hope it was worth it!
i quite fancied one of those opel speedsters at the time...but Opel kept postboning it forever, and then they didn't make many of them, and the price in the end was a lot more as well
Crazy speed in the medium/low speed corners 🤯
I drove this car years ago and was close to buying it!! Credit to the old owner that built it!!
Среднемоторная компоновка, легкий вес, мощность далеко не на первом месте.... Отличный опыт и отличный круг Миша!
What an exciting run! Sometimes Misha seems like he is just chilling but he was working this one
I understand that if you want a track car you must choose something where with your skill the gas pedal has two modes, on or off.
Gotta love that supercharger song.
Marry it to a straight cut ‘box and oh 😁❤️
Beautiful car. 👏👏👏👏
I love heel-and-toe. I humbled myself when I learned another way of doing it with my size 13 shoes. It's more like toe-and-toe as I just roll my foot
Misha drove this beast like he stole it! Really good driving! Loved it!! ❤
Always preferred the look of these to the Elise, awesome video dude as always 😁
Not for me…S2 is the beauty.
But I‘d take a Speedster too 😬
@@alexanderberggren7914 I wouldn't argue if somebody gave me either! 😅
I love the Speedster. 😎
Thanks Aron for fitting His car for "Us". Cheers Mischa. Hard work to drive
the carousel looked brutal... mishas face says it all :D
I love the pedal cam in manuals!
Had to get member to watch this one! Not gonna leave!!
Welcome and thank you!
I got member a couple of weeks ago and never looked back. All of the extra content is amazing to watch.
That thing looks awesome, sounds awesome and goes awesome! Damn Misha can drive, what I'd do to get my twincharged aw11 over there for him to drive.
🙂 That smile all the way is priceless!
I love that whining sound, it’s like car talking to you!❤️
my twincharger screams at me, even when I'm doing no wrong... 😂
Unexpected speed and power from such a car! The owner tuned her well.
That thing can definitely carve corners with the exception of the carousel.
Had to become a carmrade to watch this banger of a car🙏
And a bit unrelated, but in the end of month I will be moving close to a french track, magny-cours, I am hoping to get more involved with racing community there
@manuelventura3799 one of the few tracks I've driven that isn't the NBR!
When it's no talking in a lap, you know it's a good ride 😂😂
the way Misha smiles tells you everything :D
Never seen a owner so proud great lap ❤️
The co-driver's face throughout the race *🙂*
Wow. A car that sticks to the road like that is absolute witchcraft. Incredible.
Awesome track car great job to the owner for building such an amazing car!
Wow, the sound of this car! I think i would leave my wife to have this thing!
Supercharger whine is definitely more pleasing to the ear than wife whine! hahahaa
2:52 OMG supercharger, what a beautiful sound. Miss my R53 😢
I sooooooooooooo wanted one of them when they came out. But, since we never got the actual Speedster in the states. We did get the watered down rebadged drop top version, from Saturn Sky/GM-Pontiac Solstice.
You can import them as from 2026. Should be popular with all the GM tech in it.
Reminds me of my first car Chevy Cavalier 5-spd I used to beat the tar out of
Great little engine... supercharger spices it up a bit I'd say. Awesome lap
That Polo through Adener Forst (sp?) was so quick!
Misha was S T R E S S, because of the G R I P P of the car, because of the M A S S I V S U C C of the aero...
Can't wait for the 22hrs of Nurburg + 24hrs of partying afterwards. xD
I was waiting for this video! Other speedy on the channel, lest goooo!! 🤩
Did not expect to enjoy a 200 something horsepower opel this much but i did :D