AFTER WHETTING our collective appetites with the AWD Insignia OPC, word is circulating that Opel is preparing to launch a hi-po variant of the sharp-looking Astra hatch too.

The Astra OPC will be based on the upcoming three-door Astra GTC, which will flaunt a lower roofline and a much more steeply-raked windshield than its five-door stablemate.

Not [...]

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WHILE OPEL’S enticing Insignia OPC doesn’t look like it’ll be coming Australia’s way, our compatriots in the UK will at least be able to enjoy the Opel’s twin-turbocharged AWD thrills in the form of the Vauxhall Insignia VXR.

The Insignia VXR will go on sale in the United Kingdom soon, however Vauxhall plans to introduce the [...]

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Update: Additional images added to the 2010 Opel Insignia OPC / Vauxhaull Insignia VXR  gallery.  Click through to check them out.

When the Opel Isignia was revealed to the world, it was clear Opel had a winner on its hands.

Things only got better from there, with news that Opel’s high performance division, OPC or Opel Performance [...]

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The upcoming Opel Insignia OPC performance sedan has been spotted testing at the Nurburgring, and the lads at WorldCarFans have got a grab of spy photos.

While the photos show a largely uncovered Insignia OPC, the important bits such as badging and styling detail remain camouflaged for now.

The performance version of the Opel and Vauxhall Insignia sedan [...]

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Opel and Vauxhall have both had plans for some time now to unleash a hot version of the award-winning Opel Insignia on the European markets, but with both companies currently fighting for their lives, you’d be forgiven if you thought the project had fallen by the wayside.

But it seems you’d be wrong.  Spanish auto site [...]

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Opel’s tuning division OPC has put the iron to the Insignia, if evo magazine’s spy shot of a performance-tuned version is anything to go by.

While specific details are thin on the ground, the performance version of Europe’s Car of the Year will supposedly make 238kW from its 2.8-litre twin-turbo V6, sent to the ground via [...]

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