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Newswheel staff :: 21 April 2008 :: Filed under Saloon, Opel / Vauxhall, Vauxhall, Vauxhall Insignia
Gone are the days when the upper medium segment – the repmobile, y’all
- ruled our roads with polyester-suited impunity. Actually, buyers have
generally buggered off in favour of premium brands or niche models -
soft roaders, crossovers and all that jazz. Sales are therefore on the
slouchy side of slumpy. And yet there’s still something slightly
momentous about the launch of a new sales rep special from one of the big
players. At least the new Vauxhall (Opel to our friends across the
Channel) Insignia is handsome and promises to be moderately high tech - LED
lighting and active dampers are options, an EcoFLEX model is on the
cards. And it will of course lend its underpinnings to a wide range of
models in GM’s brand portfolio…
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Newswheel staff :: 05 January 2007 :: Filed under Hatchback, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall, Europe & UK
Vauxhall extended its high performance brand to its entry level model this week with the launch of the Corsa VXR. Power comes courtesy of a blown 1.6-litre four-pot mill pumping out 189bhp and capable of pushing this compact hatch to 140mph…
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Newswheel staff :: 19 July 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall, Europe & UK, Trade shows
The second big premier at ExCel is Vauxhall’s new entry-level hatch,
the Corsa. We’ll give it a general thumbs up, largely thanks to some
taut exterior surfacing and a few nicely bevelled-and-chamfered edges
that add up to a well-hewn and solid presence (apart from the odd dodgy
panel gap on what we assume were preproduction cars on the show stand).
The three-door model is definitely a looker and manages to avoid the
pong of garishness that emanates from the tri-door Astra Sport Hatch…
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Newswheel staff :: 15 June 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Opel / Vauxhall, Vauxhall, Vauxhall Astra,
With its Sport Hatch moniker and arching window line, the Vauxhall / Opel Astra three-door is a bit of a try hard. By most measures, of course, it’s a distinctly plain Jane mass market hatchback. But it now has at least one USP to separate it from the Euro hordes – a panoramic extended windscreen, known imaginatively as the, er, Panoramic windscreen. And the best news is that Vauxhall will hand you a fiver to give it a try…
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Newswheel staff :: 04 June 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Corsa, Europe & UK, US
Stylish, spacious and dynamic to drive. Fun, funky and family-friendly. This, friends, is the new Corsa. Or so says the alliteration-saturated press bumpf provided by GM. Whatever, the new Corsa is bigger in every dimension compared with its predecessor, which is entirely predictable, and offers a unique rear luggage system called DualFloor, which isn’t…
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Newswheel staff :: 02 March 2006 :: Filed under Roadster, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Opel GT, Europe & UK, Trade shows
Let’s be honest. When we heard the sophisticated Lotus Elise-based Vauxhall VX220 / Opel Speedster was being replaced by the dumbed down Saturn Sky-derived Opel GT there was very little rejoicing. But we can’t deny it. The GT was one of the few cars at Geneva – in the sensible money sector, at least – that looked thoroughly ripe for a twisty road spanking.
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Newswheel staff :: 01 February 2006 :: Filed under Front engine sportscar, Roadster, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Opel GT
The Opel Speedster (Vauxhall VX220 here in Blighty) is dead. Long live the Opel GT. Following the teaser shot a few weeks ago, Opel has done the dirty on the new GT and released these first official images. The GT will have its first public airing at Geneva at the end of the month but sales a little further out – spring 2007.
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Newswheel staff :: 18 January 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Opel / Vauxhall, Opel / Vauxhall Opel GT, Europe & UK
The Geneva motor show is still six seeks away, but the build up starts here. GM’s European flunkies over at Opel have released this teaser shot of a new sports car due to debut at Geneva. Opel may be cashing in on the new GT’s relationship with the 1965 original, but we fancy it has more in common with GM’s Kappa compact rear-drive platform, as used for the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters.
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