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GM releases second teaser image of upcoming Opel Insignia

03/12/2008, 8:31 AM

By Drew Johnson

General Motors has released a second teaser shot of the upcoming Opel Insignia. The all-new Insignia — which was formerly know as the Opel/Vauxhall Vectra — is set to bow at the London Motor Show in July. The new Insignia will take many of its styling cues from the Opel GTC Concept that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show last March.

The Insignia is scheduled for production at GM’s Rüsselsheim, Germany plant, alongside other models underpinned by the Epsilon 2 platform. The Insignia will be offered as a sedan, wagon and five-door hatchback.

The Saturn Aura is scheduled to switch to the Epsilon 2 platform — in 2011 — so look for a re-badged version of the Insignia on our shores early next decade.

When the all-new Aura does start production, it will be offered with both four and six-cylinder engines, and possibly even the hybrid system used in the Chevrolet Malibu.

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11/29, 2:38 PM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

i dont care what they call it, i love the concept and am uoset we wont get that fine looking piece of machinery here.

11/29, 2:38 PM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

**** i cant spell worth a damn.
“upset”

11/29, 2:40 PM

posted by:

SwerveEarly

Just send her over and dont forgo the diesel and hot-hatch versions.

11/29, 2:42 PM

posted by:

F3INT))AP3X

You know a car is sexy when you can just look at the tail-light and go oOoOoOoOo

11/29, 2:51 PM

posted by:

James

Here is a really funny video with the car in it. It’s a spoof of what a spy photographer goes through to capture a photo. Well worth your time to watch – and you’ll laugh a few times.

http://community.myride.com/kickapps/service/displayMediaPlayPage.kickAction?mediaType=VIDEO&mediaId=114851&as=3898

11/29, 2:54 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

F3: Yes, very seductive.

11/29, 2:57 PM

posted by:

mazdaman

As much as I like the current Aura, this small photo has me anxiously awaiting the arrival of the next generation. I don’t care if it’s called Vectra, Aura, Insignia, etc., if the rest of the vehicle is as interesting as this shot suggests, GM appears to have another winner waiting in the wings.

11/29, 3:02 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

I don’t care if they call it the “Saturn 1115″ or “Opel 1115″ or whatever, but …..

…. why mess with an established name? Does it have a bad connotation in Europe? I don’t recall anyone in Germany bad-mouthing the Vectra’s too much, so what is the point?

11/29, 3:09 PM

posted by:

F451

So the badge Insignia is the insignia? Stupid.

11/29, 3:42 PM

posted by:

cookie4me

Has there been another concept since the 2003 Insignia concept?

11/29, 3:44 PM

posted by:

droppedgmc02

Its going to take it 4 years to make it to the us…..wow. Im getting to where i hate waiting for sweet cars from gm such as the new camaro, zr1 corvette, and the new aura. How much longer can GM take. I’m gettin bored already. Their going to take too long and the hype is gonna where off.

11/29, 3:48 PM

posted by:

Aston Martin

Different name, same old **** car.

11/29, 4:21 PM

posted by:

LP640

Turkey****er i didnt know your parents were Hitler and Mussolini but thanks for the info JACKASS !

11/29, 5:33 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

Hitler and Mussolini?

Ich bin ein mischling, und der Führer es wäre unglücklich sich kümmern das.

Sono inusuale!

A Hitler y Mussolini son hombres; comun, ellos dignidad nada!

Spanish is my fourth language, I’m probably the only person in Southern cali that would say that.

11/29, 5:38 PM

posted by:

CA36GTP

I prefer the Vectra name, but either way a car updated with GTC concept cues should be HOT.

11/29, 5:55 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

Mischling? Meinst Du, Du bist ein bisschen Kountry und ein bisschen Rock & Roll?

11/29, 5:58 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

Looking at that GTC concept, is this to say the next Calibra will be called Insignia, or Vectra? The Calibra was the sporty 2-door like the concept.

11/29, 6:39 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

R-head: That’s a lot funnier auf deutsch!

11/29, 6:40 PM

posted by:

LP640

^Lemme gues Turkey****er, French is your fifth language, Japanese the sixth, Mandarin the seventh, Russian the eighth. By the way translating pathetic phrases on the net doesnt count as being able to speak the language(s) in question. You barely speak English you geriatric so how is it possible you can speak all the languages you claim??????

11/29, 7:16 PM

posted by:

LP640

^i see you’ve fallen victim to Turkey****er’s ways of translating phrases on the net, Nice (!)

11/29, 7:24 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

I speak and write English well enough.
Italian is spoken (less each generation) on my father’s side.
My wife is German.
I live in and grew up in southern california (though I forgot a lot of spanish living in the Midwest and abroad.

oh, and I took french in high school, but remember just about none of it

I’m only really fluent in English.

deantj that’s funnier in german, too. I think everything is funnier in german.
Except “Hail Victory” or stuff like that.

11/29, 7:25 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

i chi
ne
sun
shi
go!

I know I spelled that stuff wrong

11/29, 7:27 PM

posted by:

Syrax

LP640, eu falo português de verdade. Sem nenhum tradutor.

11/29, 7:33 PM

posted by:

LP640

well done turkey****er you can count in japanese

11/29, 7:34 PM

posted by:

LP640

______________as for hail victory do grandpapa Hitler proud and shout it at the top of your lungs you ****ING INBRED NAZI !

11/29, 7:39 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

LP640: I don’t meet the “racial purity” quotient for membership in the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

11/29, 7:49 PM

posted by:

C6Racer

LP640 might.

11/29, 8:08 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

jawohl!

11/29, 9:01 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

JJT wrote:
…….. LP640: I don’t meet the “racial purity” quotient for membership in
…….. the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei

Keine Sorge, JJT. Es gibt bei uns jede Menge Ausnahmen. Alle coolen sind jetzt wilkommen, es sei denn dass sie aus der Turkei stammen, die trotz jedem Versuch niemals cool sind.

11/29, 9:55 PM

posted by:

RicardoHead

11/29, 10:51 PM

posted by:

cookie4me

Christ that is funny RH!

11/30, 12:32 AM

posted by:

tripleonefive

See even when I dont post in a thread Im still mentioned lol
What a loser

11/30, 7:28 AM

posted by:

Get Real

Hey, lets call it DTS, or CTS, or how about Aztek.

GM has thousands of people and gives up a good name.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste…..on bad names.

11/30, 12:54 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

R-head:
There are a lot of turks there, and some people are unhappy about it.

I’bve been thinking about righting a screenplay called “This thing of Ours.” About a multiethnic cosa nostra.

Don Jeraal Washington
Don Mortimer Finlkestein
Don Antonio Ruiz de velasquez.
Don Tran Ngyugen (sp?)
Don Seamus McCoy
And of course,
Don Hafiq al-Terrazi

12/01, 3:39 AM

posted by:

Got Handling?

Wasn’t Insignia the name of a really good-looking concept that GM put out about 5 years ago which was supposed to inspire a new Opel / Vauxhall flagship? Now its become a lame rebrand of the terminally dull Vectra.

12/01, 3:42 AM

posted by:

Got Handling?

That you are 1115, although I should give you some respect for managing to get an internet browser running on your Burger King POS terminal

12/01, 8:21 AM

posted by:

Aston Martin

RE DEANTJ, UPARCHOUN KAI TOURKALADES S’AUTO TO SITE?

03/12, 11:12 AM

posted by:

inline6

Uh,

The Aura is ALREADY available with the hybrid system that’s in the Chevy Malibu.

In fact, the Aura was the FIRST passenger car to carry that system.

Once again, get your facts straight, LLN.

03/12, 11:31 AM

posted by:

sharpie

The teaser image depicts exactly the insignia of the Insignia!

03/12, 12:37 PM

posted by:

Eurolion

@ Syrax, somos dois!! ;)

03/12, 7:16 PM

posted by:

bigp

to say the saturn aura is nut all it seems to be, it just so much better than any other car they have ever produced.the outlook is something to talk about but its only an lamaba crossover

 
 
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