Spied: Insignia OPC at the Ring
24 Aug, 2008
16 Comments 
The Opel Insignia has certainly made an impression since the staggered reveal of the sedan, hatch and wagon variants over the past few weeks.
Now the final iteration has been spotted prowling the Nurburgring during a stint of performance testing.
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.
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.
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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August 24th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Now that sounds like a serious performance car, yes please Holden.
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August 24th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
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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August 24th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Yep, i’ll take one………..
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August 24th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I can’t see why people think they look good.
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August 24th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
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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August 24th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
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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August 25th, 2008 at 12:16 am
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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August 25th, 2008 at 12:28 am
looks like a rounded out mazda 6
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August 25th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Like everything but the rear end…
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August 25th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Definitely not pretty
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August 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Looks terrible!
Hope the performance makes up for it theough.
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August 25th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
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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August 25th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
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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August 26th, 2008 at 9:49 am
RIGHT ON CAPTAIN,SPREAD THE WISDOM.EPICA VERSES INSIGNIA 4 THE SAME DOSH,NO CONTEST…..
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August 26th, 2008 at 9:56 am
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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September 3rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
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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