The Insignia is sold around Europe as an Opel, but here in the UK it is sold under the Vauxhall brand. The Insignia is a large family car and many say that it is Vauxhall's flagship car. It was introduced in 2008 to replace the ageing Vectra. In 2009 the Insignia was voted European Car of the Year, which helped it gain positive press coverage.
The Insignia is popular with families and fleet drivers; it is appealing to a wide array of people because it comes with a huge choice of engines. Diesel and petrol variants make up the engine derivatives, the range starts with a 1.4 petrol turbo that has 138 bhp, the only non turbo petrol unit is the old 1.6 litre that has 114 bhp. The diesel range has a 2.0 litre CDTI engine in various states of tune staring from 109 bhp and going all the way up to 158 bhp.
Last month Vauxhall launched a new twin turbo diesel, the most powerful diesel to be every produced at the Luton plant. The Vauxhall Insignia BiTurbo, comes in either a five-door hatch or sports tourer body and will be available with either four-wheel drive or front-drive only. The twin turbo units have been bolted onto the existing Vauxhall 2.0 litre diesel engine to produce 198 bhp.
As a five-door hatchback with front-wheel drive configuration, the Insignia BiTurbo will do 0-60mph in 8.2 seconds. That variant of the car, which features standard start-stop, returns a claimed 57.6mpg and CO2 emissions of 129g/km. With such good fuel efficiency and a healthy dose of power used Vauxhall Insignia dealers should be rushing to get their hands on a new model! The Insignia BiTurbo will be available in SRi, SRi VX-line and Elite trims, priced from 27,120 on the road for the SRi 2.0CDTi S/S version.
Author Resource:-
Joanna Small - Automotive Journalist and Enthusiast
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