Spied: Insignia OPC at the Ring

The Opel Insignia has certainly made an impression since the staggered reveal of the sedan, hatch and wagon variants over the past few weeks.

Spied: Insignia OPC at the Ring

Now the final iteration has been spotted prowling the Nurburgring during a stint of performance testing.

 Spied: Insignia OPC at the Ring

Whilst on paper, the Insignia may seem out of place of the world’s most infamous circuit; this is actually our first glimpse of the performance flagship OPC model.

Spied: Insignia OPC at the Ring

No doubt hiding some new performance flare behind the duct tape, the OPC variant is expected to boast a new front skirt with bigger air intakes, wider sills and wheel arches, and a moulded rear lip spoiler.

Spied: Insignia OPC at the RingSpied: Insignia OPC at the Ring

Under the hood is a new turbocharged V6 power plant which should deliver over 220kW, likely mated to a performance version of the lesser model’s all-wheel drive system.

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16 Responses to “Spied: Insignia OPC at the Ring”

  1. Tom Says:

    Now that sounds like a serious performance car, yes please Holden.

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  2. Captain Mainwaring Says:

    I don’t know why the answer continues to elude those dumb-ass American companies. Design and engineer them in Europe, manufacture them in Korea.
    That way you’d get Insignia-like styling and dynamics at Epica prices, with better-than-European quality.
    Simple really.

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  3. Riker Says:

    Yep, i’ll take one………..

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  4. jeremy Says:

    I can’t see why people think they look good.

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  5. Frosty Says:

    CM, the word is they are going to do exactly what you say at least for the Australian market with the next Epica either being based on the Insigia or built alongside it and sold as the premium mid size car as is going to happen with the Astra and New Viva with possibly a rear wheel drive varient although I believe the Torana / Pontiac G6 will more likely have the rear wheel drive layout.

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  6. Frosty Says:

    Oh and Jeremy, you must be blind as you are one of the minority. Spam word is faster which this variation of the Insignia definately is.

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  7. Smokin'R32 Says:

    Cant say that rear end works for me, bulges in odd places and the chrome seems unnecessary. Major improvement over the current vectra though.

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  8. BMW Says:

    looks like a rounded out mazda 6

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  9. Mike Says:

    Like everything but the rear end…

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  10. jon Says:

    Definitely not pretty

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  11. Nick Says:

    Looks terrible!

    Hope the performance makes up for it theough.

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  12. Tom Says:

    I can’t believe people are saying it looks terrible. It looks like it has a widebody, and check out those curves on the doors. It looks bloody good for a car of this class.

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  13. jeremy Says:

    I think the sweeping rear roof line that is coming in is silly. I test drove a Mazda 6 wagon, and there was more room in the back in an Astra. Bring back the flying bricks. I agree, ugly a**, stupid “flame” tratment on the side, and bra’s can hide all manner of sins!

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  14. JEYKL AND HYDE Says:

    RIGHT ON CAPTAIN,SPREAD THE WISDOM.EPICA VERSES INSIGNIA 4 THE SAME DOSH,NO CONTEST…..

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  15. Tom Says:

    Jeremy, i agree about the roofline issue. I can’t fit in the back of a VT-VZ Commodore without touching just touching the roof. Ah well, it means i always get the front seat in a mates car.

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  16. No Name Says:

    Hi folks - i’m here again after two weeks Northern Spain. Gonna pester you all now.
    Insignia looks great, not a medium car either its large!
    Those wheels don’t look like th eoptional 20inchers available and as shown on the London Motor Show Cars.

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