HOLDEN SPECIAL VEHICLES boss Phil Harding has confirmed that the Clayton-based company will be wheeling out a range of high-performance LPG-fuelled models early next year.

The gas-powered engine will be based on the current 6.2 litre LS3 V8, but will utilise advanced liquid propane injection (LPI) technology that allows more precise metering of the fuel.

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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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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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