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Opel/Vauxhall Insignia ecoFLEX gets 46 mpg keeps its 160-hp turbo-diesel

GM has unveiled the ecoFLEX version of the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia, which generates a combined CO2 of just 136g/km with a combined fuel-economy of 46 mpg and a potential range of over 842 miles.
Power comes from a 2.0L turbo-diesel engine making 160-hp, which allows the Insignia ecoFLEX to go from 0 to 60 mph in 8.9 seconds with [...]

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2010 Opel Insignia spotted in Michigan

A reader of our friends at WorldCarFans spotted the new Opel Insignia hanging out in Michigan.
Sources have recently reported that the Opel Insignia, originally scheduled to arrive in the U.S. as a Saturn Aura, will now come here as the 2010 Buick Regal sedan. Following that it was reported GM also considered the Insignia for [...]

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If GM can’t spin off Saturn by 2012, the brand will be completely shut down. Earlier this week it was reported that since Saturn’s future is now foggy, the European-designed Opel Insignia, originally scheduled to replace the current Saturn Aura next year, would be rebadged as a Buick.
Sources said that GM plans to bring the [...]

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2009 Buick Regal: A rebadged Opel Insignia for China

The new 2009 Buick Regal has made its debut in China. Shanghai GM, a joint venture between GM and Shanghai revealed the car to the Chinese market yesterday. The new Regal is basically a rebadged 2009 Opel Insignia that we saw at the 2008 Paris Auto Show; however minor details were changed to give the car a Buick look [...]

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At the 2008 Paris Motor Show, GM’s Opel brand showed its new Insignia model in three different variants including a sedan, wagon and a hatchback. According to the Detroit News, the Insignia will come to the U.S. within the next three years but will only come as a sedan.
So we won’t get a hatchback or [...]

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