Insignia Opel Insignia Sports Tourer


The Opel Insignia is a large family car (D-segment in Europe) developed and produced by Opel from 2008 to 2022. Taking its name from a 2003 concept car, the model line serves as the flagship model, slotted above the Astra and Corsa in size. The Insignia serves as the successor to both the Signum and Vectra model lines, replacing both vehicles under a single nameplate. The model line was offered in four-door sedan/saloon body styles, five-door liftback, and as a five-door station wagon/estate.
Quite a nice car, but don't like this:

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These additional lamps looks horrible - even it is for our safety! :D

And the prices are - well - at a high level. About 30.000 € for the 1.6 Turbo!
 
Hope it comes over here as a Saturn.

It's too bad that the myopic chowder-heads at GM will be sacrificing Saturn at the "profitability roadmap" altar. The donor product coming from Opel has never been better, and the brand really has a chance to succeed - if they only gave it a chance.

GM let Saturn rust in the backyard for a decade, with absolutely terrible cars like the Ion - but at the same time, seem to have expected the brand to turn around the very minute they introduced quality product. The public has it etched in their heads - Losers drive Saturns.

Even the arrogant dolts who ran GM should have understood that it takes well over one product cycle to convince the public that you've changed your ways. Look at Hyundai - They've had reasonably good cars available for the past 5 years, but people are just now starting to wake up to the realization that Hyundai doesn't make underpowered crap-boxes anymore.

Same goes for Saturn. It wouldn't matter if they were selling cars made of solid gold that gave you handjobs, it would still take one full product cycle for the public to come around to the realization that they were selling quality vehicles. Unfortunately, it looks like the public won't have the chance to come around to it since there's all kinds of hatchet-posturing going on right now and Saturn is an easy target.
 

Opel

Opel Automobile GmbH, is a German automobile manufacturer based in Rüsselsheim am Main, Hesse, Germany. Founded by Adam Opel in 1862, it was owned by General Motors from 1929 to 2017, and the PSA Group before merging with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to form Stellantis in 2021. Most of its lineup is marketed under the Vauxhall Motors brand in the United Kingdom since the 1980s. In Australia, some were rebadged as the Holden brand until 2020, in North America and China under the Buick, Saturn (until 2010), and Cadillac brands, and in South America under the Chevrolet brand.
Official websites: Opel, Vauxhall

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