Vauxhall / Opel are taking the Flextreme GT/E Concept to Geneva, a re-bodied Insignia with Ampera powertrain. We still haven’t got the Vauxhall / Opel Ampera (Chevy Volt) on the road yet, but GM in Europe – in the shape of Vauxhall and Opel – are taking a new concept car to Geneva based on […]
Vauxhall Astra (2010) ecoFLEX arrives
Vauxhall has announced the ecoFLEX is being added to the Astra range – available in S, SE, Exclusiv and SRi trim. There was a time – not so long ago – when car makers trumpeted the arrival of the range-topping, high-performance model of a new car shortly after the main range launched. But now the […]
Meriva 2010 – the Video
We have the first video of the 2010 version of the Opel / Vauxhall Meriva with driving footage and a walk round. GM’s European arm – Vauxhall and Opel – have been on a roll model-wise for quite some time. The Insignia is a really good car and the new Astra has turned out to […]
2010 Astra – the advert
Vauxhall / Opel have been on a bit of an advertising blitz with the 2010 Astra and have produced a cinema-length advert for the new Astra. The 2010 Astra – whether it’s an Opel or a Vauxhall – is a very big deal for GM in Europe. So it’s probably just as well that it’s […]
Vauxhall Meriva – the interior
We have the first pictures of the interior of the 2010 Vauxhall Meriva showing some clever touches to make it a better space. A couple of weeks ago Vauxhall revealed the details on the new Vauxhall Meriva and sent us a heap of pictures. Probably the biggest stand-out was the carry-over of the suicide doors […]
Vauxhall Meriva (2010) revealed
Vauxhall has released details of the new (2010) Meriva ahead of the launch at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Back at the end of September we reported on the 2010 Vauxhall Meriva after our photographers had spied the new Vauxhall tramping round the Nurburgring. As we said, not exactly where you’d expect to find the mini-MPV, […]
Top Gear BMW X6, Lexus LF-A and Insignia VXR – tonight
The final outing for Top Gear this season tonight includes Jeremy in a BMW X6, Hammond in a Lexus LF-A and Captain Slow in the Vauxhall Insignia VXR. It doesn’t seem like five minutes since the latest series of Top Gear started, and already we’re at the end. That’s right, tonight at 8pm sees the […]
Vauxhall planning City Car
Vauxhall/Opel’s new European boss Nick Reilly has stated that their number one priority is to develop a City Car for the Vauxhall range. With the world and his dog seemingly trying to squeeze in to smaller and smaller cars, it should come as no surprise that Vauxhall/Opel’s new boss in Europe – Nick Reilly – […]
Vauxhall – Ellesmere Port jobs safe
The UK has escaped relatively lightly in the GM restructuring with Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant having no redundancies and Luton around 340. It looks like the bulk of the savings that GM need to make in Vauxhall/Opel are going to fall outside the UK, with the news that there will be no job cuts at the Astra-making […]
Vauxhall Corsa – 2010 Engine and Economy upgrades
Vauxhall / Opel have improved power, reduced fuel consumption and emissions and revised the steering and suspension on 2010 Corsa models. Vauxhall (and for that matter, Opel) has been having a play with the Corsa for 2010. But if you’re looking hard at the picture at the top to see what they’ve done to the […]