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 [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

We’ve seen the stunning sedan version of the 2009 Opel Insignia OPC and Vauxhall Insignia VXR, and now the Tourer (wagon) version has been unleashed upon the unsuspecting foaming-at-the-mouth European market.

With 400Nm of torque and 242 killer wasps buzzing furiously from the 2009 Vauxhall Insignia VXR Sports Tourer’s 2.8 litre twin-turbo V6 through the all-wheel-drive [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Despite talk of interest from China and other parties, the rumour persists that General Motors may hold onto UK brand Vauxhall, even should there be an eventual dissolution of GM-owned manufacturer Opel.

With Vauxhall sourcing most of its models from Opel, the question becomes one of where the UK brand will pull its new lines from [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

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 [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

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 [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Vauxhall, GM’s British subsidiary, has been kind enough to release a trio of teaser images of its all-new Astra, well ahead of the official launch at next years Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Both the five-door and three-door models are shown, in black and white respectively, and while the images provided are fairly low on [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Athletic, powerful and elegant is how Mark Adams, vice-president of GM Europe Design, describes the new Vauxhall Sports Tourer. As far as mid-sized wagons go, the Insignia variant is quite a looker and is expected to have credentials to match when released to UK customers in the second quarter of 2009.

Considerable work was put into the [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More