Opel Insignia unceremoniously revealed a week early
Click any of the images for a gallery of the Opel Insignia.
The folks at AutoWeek.nl decided to take the wind out of Opel’s sails by posting images of the new Insignia before it released official information later this week. We’ve seen the basic shape and several details of the Insignia when Opel sent out “official” spy shots of their new D-segment player (think Mondeo, Passat), but these newest pictures tell the whole tale, sans artful camouflage.
Due to hit dealers in Europe this October, the Insignia will replace the Vectra and come equipped with a handful of diesel- and gasoline-powered engines, ranging in displacement from 1.6- to 2.8-liters. Both 1.6-liter and a 2.0-liter turbocharged engines will be equipped in the entry level models, with a 250 hp, 2.8-liter V6 powering the range-topper. Diesel mills packing 1.9-liters of displacement and outputting 120 to 150 hp will also be offered, and there’s also talk of a 180 hp, 1.9-liter turbo and a 2.9-liter V6 diesel.
The Insignia is relevant to those of us in the States since it will likely replace the Saturn Aura in the next few years. The styling is a slight step above Saturn’s current sedan, with an attractive front clip and a rather dynamic swage line that begins aft of the front fender and runs parallel with the rocker panels.
The Opel Insignia will be publicly debuted at the London Motor Show this July and we should see a Saturn variant making its way to the U.S. sometime around the turn of the decade.
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