Tagged “Opel”

  • U.S. market primed for minicar resurgence

    With the global economic crisis forcing consumers to tighten their purse strings, small cars with low sticker prices and high fuel efficiency are becoming more and more popular. While European and Asi...

  • Triple Eight Engineering tunes the Opel Astra VXR

    Triple Eight Engineering, the same team responsible for preparing the Opel Vectra VRX race car for 2008 BTCC Drivers’ Champion Fabrizio Giovanardi, has now worked its magic on the smaller Astra VXR...

  • Opel Insignia by Steinmetz

    German tuner Steinmetz is a specialist when it comes to modifying Opels, having worked with the brand for the past several decades and waiting more than five years to finally develop the new 2009 Insi...

  • Breckland updates Beira V8-powered Kappa roadster

    General Motors' Kappa platform has been widely praised for its performance characteristics (if also found somewhat lacking in ergonomics), so its choice as the basis of a custom V8-swap is in many way...

  • Germany holding aid talks with Opel

    Germany on Monday confirmed it would be holding talks with Opel, General Motors' primary European brand, to discuss the topic of aid for the company should GM cease supplying cash. The concern on Opel...

  • Opel Insignia wins 2009 European Car of the Year

    The 2009 European Car of the Year has been announced, and in the very closest of contests the Opel (Vauxhall) Insignia has taken out the top spot with 321 points, marking a very important victory for...

  • GM's plans for the Epsilon II platform

    Building the next generation of cars is often easier than deciding which should be built, or how they'll be built, if General Motors' trouble with the Epsilon II platform and its large sedan lineup is...

  • Opel Insignia saloon tuned by Irmscher

    German tuner Irmscher is a specialist when it comes to modifying Opels, having worked with the brand for more than 40 years and previously installing a V8 engine in the compact Opel GT. Not surprising...

  • Saab's next-gen 9-5 could be designed in the U.S.

    General Motors has traditionally designed many of its compact and mid-size cars at its Opel operations in Russelsheim, Germany. Now, however, the company may be looking to shift some of that duty to i...

  • New renderings of Opel's upcoming Astra wagon

    A heavily camouflaged prototype of Opel’s next-generation Astra hatch was recently spotted racking up some laps at Germany’s Nurburgring circuit, and these latest renderings give us a good indicat...