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The all-new Opel (Vauxhall in the UK) Astra Sports Tourer has been revealed at the Paris Motor Show on October. This euro GM’s station wagon model go on sale across Europe in November.
The exterior of the Astra Sports Tourer look like the Insignia ST. The Opel Astra Sports Tourer shares its footprint with its [...]

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GM has unveiled the first photos of its pre-production 2012 Opel Ampera. Its a European version of the American Chevrolet Volt, which will be assembled at the plant in Warren, Michigan.
As General Motors said, the pre-production cars will not be sold at dealerships, but will be used for testing and validating the production intent design [...]

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The interesting promo video from Opel’s advertising division. In this promo video, the 2.4-liter Opel Ascona 400 Rally Car is pitched against the Opel Insignia 4×4 in a race on ice. Behind the steering wheel of the Ascona 400 is rally legend Christian Geistdorfer while the all-new Opel Insignia is driven by racing talent Sina [...]

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While GM’s U.S. division was introducing the new Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, on the other side of the ocean, the UK arm Vauxhall, also known as Opel in Europe, has unveiling the all-new Vauxhall/Opel Meriva. The new mini-MPV for euromarket is the first Opel platform to feature GM’s FlexDoor technology.
FlexDoors are rear-hinged back doors [...]

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GM announced today that the next Buick’s mid-size sedan will be known as Regal. it is rumoured that the US model will be identical to the Chinese market Regal which in turn is based on the European Opel Insignia. These models differ only in styling of the front grille, the shape of the [...]

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Opel released the first promo video of its all-new Insignia Sports Tourer OPC. The Insignia Sports Tourer OPC combines a 325HP and 435 Nm 2.8-liter V6 Turbo engine to Opel’s all-wheel drive system and an electronically controlled rear limited slip differential.

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General Motors says the new Vauxhall/Opel Insignia, will make its global debut at London Motor Show, will be the basis for the new Saturn Aura.
The Aura will have a completely different skin and interior, but sub-systems, suspensions and powertrains will be shared, though we are not sure just how many of the six available gas [...]

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Meet the Opel’s upcoming Insignia sedan with camo. The 2009 Opel Insignia will replace the current Vectra sedan in Europe, and the Saturn Aura in the United States. The spy photo give us a clearer view of the mid-size sedan’s exterior styling which is heavily inspired from the 2007 GTC Concept. The Insignia which is [...]

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Opel has released a new images of its new Corsa GSi The new Opel’s GSi was announced at the Geneva Auto Show last March. The Corsa GSi is fitted with a detuned version of the Corsa OPC??™s 1.6-litre turbo engine that producing 150 Hp (OPC: 192Hp). The GSi starts from 0 to 100 km/h (62 [...]

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Meet a new Opel Vectra OPC, which was spied in camo during high-speed tests at the German N??rburgring.
The new Opel Vectra will make its debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor show and to go to dealerships in the second half of 2008. The high powered OPC-variant will have a modified front skirt with slightly bigger [...]

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