Comments on: 2008 Opel Insignia (Vectra) spy photos

By: can bektas

can bektas — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:27:12 +0000

interior looks roomy

By: john achterberg

john achterberg — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:25:14 +0000

do it holden,get rid of the korean stuff,the insignia looks great.vectra failed in aus coz you never promoted the vehicle.

By: BATIKHA

BATIKHA — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:59:14 +0000

Please import the new opel holden.
the design and the sharp lines on this car make it look realy aggresive,sporty and youthful.the interior looks roomy and comfy as well. ofcourse better than all the imported korean cars with cheap interiors.

By: Qais M. Qandil

Qais M. Qandil — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:03:14 +0000

Insignia, The most beatiful car for this year,New promising generation from opel, a car with a camera to read the speed limits from the signs on the street, Its innovation, V6 engine 260 bhp with 4×4 wheele drive, Awsome, What a car!! , full with thecnology and performance and very good looking. I will buy one for sure, I hope they will bring it to the GCC market, Otherwise i will go to germany and buy one.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:39:52 +0000

HSV are very interested in adding a High Performance [VXR]Vectra to their line-up.. Therefore; the end of the Epica shouldn’t be too far away.

By: Lcat

Lcat — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:12:46 +0000

Mechanically sound but SsangYong must have crept in one night with their crayons..

By: o

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:33:58 +0000

please please

By: Duck

Duck — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:27:33 +0000

HOLDEN forget about the epica!……………………this is the true camry competitor!

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:04:12 +0000

Don’t diss it before the camouflage comes off, guys.

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:34:20 +0000

Looks like a Rover from front on. Still its better than the epica.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:40:10 +0000

Please oh please get rid of the epica and bring back a decent mid size car… Holden totally compromised it small – mid size range when it droped the european models – they were safer and better looking.
Plus that AWD Turbo diesel sounds nice!!

By: 280zx

280zx — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:28:33 +0000

Looks like a cross between a Hippo and a Zebra ! Agree with Minnow BARGE ……..

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:25:26 +0000

There are some undiguised shots of the Insignia at worldcarfans. Back end looks particularly good. Please import this model Holden!

By: Boggy

Boggy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:34:28 +0000

whenever i see an Epica “very rarely” i think you poor misinformed person …..an overpriced 10 year old Daewoo and it will be worth nothing when you have finished with it because the other 5 people in oz who wanted one have already got theirs

By: SPEED FREAK

SPEED FREAK — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:12:58 +0000

WHY OH WHY DIDNT HOLDEN STICK WITH EUROPEAN CARS. THEY LOOK WAY MUCH BETTER. ISNT IT A PROVEN FACT THAT PEOPLE WANT QUALITY CARS AND WILLING TO PAY ALITTLE BIT MORE FOR QUALITY AND RELIABLE CARS THAN CHEAP AND NASTY CARS SUCH AS THE KOREA SOURCED CARS….

By: Minnow

Minnow — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:38:25 +0000

To me the front looks like a barge.. I’m sorry no thats ugly. Please try again.

By: golfschwein

golfschwein — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:58:23 +0000

Holden will by now have learned a terrible lesson.

They ditched quality European cars for volume that seemed guaranteed by switching sourcing to Korea.

And what happened? No volume.

The European Barina was given the flick to make way for the erstwhile Daewoo Kalos for a price point barely $1,000 cheaper across the range than the Spanish-built car it supplanted. And they sold like hot cakes to people who deserved them until word got out about their 2 star crash safety. Europe’s new Corsa makes our Barina look pre-historic. Barina’s not in the top 20.

The Viva was supposed to give the Corolla a fright but ended up being no greater a nuisance than a loose hair in the nostril. It’s not in the top 20.

The Vectra was not a sales success in absolute terms but had good engines, chassis and interiors in a bank-vaultish GM Europe body that at least had some driveway and street cred. I’ve seen half a dozen Epicas. They are probably the dullest car on the market. Not in the top 20.

Only the Captiva, and particularly the Maxx version, has a shred of cred. It’s not in the top 20.

Holden is well down the model-sharing path with Daewoo, it seems, so a reversal to European sourcing might be easier said than done. If this is the case, new Daewoo sourced cars had better be cracker-jacks, but I doubt they will be.

Don’t lose the Astra, Holden. Stop treating the consumers like dummies and the rewards must follow.

By: No Name

No Name — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:26:13 +0000

Difficult to see what’s going on under the camo. The overall shape doesn’t look anything special. Notice the high bonnet line, guess this is for pedestrian crash protection as required by Euro politicians. Interior is a vast improvement over the current Vectra, it’s my biggest hate of the one I have which is cheap looking lacking any style what-so-ever. And a 2.7 diesel, gotta be better than the current crap Isuzu sourced 3.0ltr version here. 4WD . can’t wait
Oh and we can get enough Vectras in Euroland!! Hire/Rep cars all over the place.