Posts Tagged ‘vectra’

Next gen. Vauxhall Vectra to get AWD, twin-turbo V6

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Here's what the Saturn Aura Red Line should be, courtesy of Vauxhall. The Vectra is being replaced by an Epsilon 2-based car called the Insignia. The Epsilon 2 will also serve as the basis for the second-generation Saturn Aura. That platform sharing will no doubt be good in workaday trim, but Vauxha......

Spy Shots: Saab 9-4x mule spotted in the wild

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Just days after we got word that Saab is working on a new crossover with Cadillac, what appears to be a development mule has turned up. The mule carries the bodywork of a Trailblazer from the firewall back and a Saab 9-7x at the front. Closer inspection of the photos reveals details that this machin......

Frankfurt Preview: GM to show Opel Corsa Hybrid Concept

Monday, June 18th, 2007
Click image for galleryGeneral Motors' Opel division will use the IAA in Frankfurt to push its ecoFLEX initiative, which will see the automaker leverage multiple technologies to help lower its offerings' CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. Headlining ecoFLEX for the automaker is the Opel Corsa Hybri......

VIDEO: New Opel Vectra on the move at the ‘Ring

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
The upcoming Epsilon II based Opel Vectra has already been heavily photographed for months now. But as with most European cars, General Motors European team has been running the car extensively at the Nürburgring ahead of its debut in Frankfurt Motor Show next month, and someone with a video camera......

Spy Shots: Next-gen Opel Vectra/2010 Saturn Aura

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
click above image for more views of this Opel Vectra mule testing in the U.S.Though they look similar, the current Saturn Aura and its European cousin, the Opel Vectra, do not share the exact same platform as many mistakenly believe. General Motors will correct this when the next-generation of each ......

Spy Shots: Next Opel Vectra, inside and out

Friday, April 20th, 2007
Autogespot has spy shots of the 2008 Opel Vectra doing duty in the rain somewhere in Europe. There are a lot of tidbits swirling around the car that carry design cues from the Opel GTC/Insignia show cars under all that black zebra stripe. Riding on the Epsilon II platform, it looks to be taller and ......

Frankfurt Preview: Renault releases official images of new Laguna

Thursday, April 5th, 2007
click the photo of the new Laguna sedan for a gallery of high-res imagesRenault won't be showing off their new third generation Laguna until the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, but they let out some photos and lots of details on the new car early. The Laguna is Renault's entry in the D-Class goi......

Spy Shots: 2008 Opel Vectra, now without camo!

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The new 2008 Opel Vectra is obviously very close to introduction based on how many times it has been turning up at the far end of spy camera lenses lately. The latest images that have appeared show a couple of views of the new car with all the striped mylar photoshopped away to give us a clean look ......

Spy Shots: Opel Vectra (aka Saturn Aura) coming to Frankfurt

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
As September, and the Frankfurt Motor Show, approaches, the cars that will be debuting there are beginning to shed their cocoons. The new generation Opel Vectra has now appeared minus all the heavy camo and the new shape is pretty clearly visible. The first thing that becomes immediately apparent is......

Geneva Leak: Opel Gran Turismo Coupe Concept

Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Click image for hi-res photo galleryWe can only hope this Opel coupe comes to the US as the Saturn Whoop-Ass, SAAB Sonnet, heck, we'd even let them call it the Allante II. For now, it's known as the Opel Gran Turismo Coupe concept. Whatever it gets called is fine with us. It's sure handsome, and if......