what is the el saphire

[Jason[98.EL]]

gday all

just wondering what a el saphire is does it give you any extras

[xxxc]

umm yea alloy whhels ,gay pin stripes ,clock in dash ,cruise .thats all i can think of -my sister has one

[warbo]

My folks have an EL Futura Sapphire

It has metallic paint, duel airbags, ABS, alloys, pinstrips, cruise, and velour seats. I know the Sapphires come in GLi and Futura format, what the GLi has i'm not too sure of. They only came in certain colors too from memory, the folks is Galaxy Blue, seen them in White and Silver.

[Jason[98.EL]]

this a gli in silver has all, elect windows in front only and only air bag for driver

does anyone have an idea what one would be worth with 100,000k on the clock

[Futura_XR]

i payed 9k for my futura with 114,000. but being manual made it more i think. the sapphire ur talkin bout is same options as mine pretty much

[xxxc]

hmm goes to show how much i take notice of my sisters car .....pfffft

[335JET]

ive got an EL Futura Sapphire in silver real name(alaskin frost), i bought it about 4 months ago, it was totally stock with only 95000km on the clock and it has an original manual gearbox which is rare in a Sapphire, its got driver and passenger air bags, rear spoiler, dark tint, front power windows, is in immaculent condition and i paid $7100 for it.
its a beautiful car and i have replaced the sapphire alloys with the EL XR rims which look nice on a silver EL, just need to lower it and put an exaust.

[b2tf]

Sapphire was an addon pack which was available to Gli's and Futuras in both EF and EL ranges. As has been said it had metallic paint, "sapphire" badging, possibly cruise control and a couple of other things.

Power windows was not part of the Sapphire option - a friend of mine has a factory manual EL Gli Sapphire and it does not have them.

[335JET]

front power windows were standard on futuras but not available on gli's, thats why my futura sapphire has got them

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by sammut351

front power windows were standard on futuras but not available on gli's, thats why my futura sapphire has got them

Yep I know, what i meant was that you couldnt get them on a Gli even if it was a Sapphire.

[Fletty's EL]

I paid $10000 flat for my GLi Sappire late last year. Regency Red with the 15" alloys, front power windows, cruise, pin stripe, and different seats to the standard GLi somehow.
With 99000 on the clock and full service history I've never had any grief.

What's wrong with the pin stripe?

[RPO83]

Had a Futura Sapphire wagon back in 98 in white, looked decent for a wagon in its day, still looks better than an AU wagon too

[Jason[98.EL]]

this one also has cruise

from what the guy that is trying to get my loan it not meant to have elect windows in front for gli but the vin and all that says its a sapphire

so wtf

[Zedjay]

Originally Posted by back2thefutura

Sapphire was an addon pack which was available to Gli's and Futuras in both EF and EL ranges. As has been said it had metallic paint, "sapphire" badging, possibly cruise control and a couple of other things.

Power windows was not part of the Sapphire option - a friend of mine has a factory manual EL Gli Sapphire and it does not have them.

you sure about an EF sapphire?? ive never seen one

my sister has a EL GLI sapphire with power windows in the front
and she bought it new and said that was how it came,she didnt ask for power windows.

[hornet]

I was under the impression that Sapphires were EL updates, a few extra marketing ploys to sell the last of the EL's

[Jason[98.EL]]

thanx guys ill keep ya all informed as to why the question was asked

[mcflux]

Were there any differences between the Sapphires and the Classics?