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Opel Astra GTC joins Australian launch range

The locally built Holden Cruze is set to face further pressure from within after Opel Australia today confirmed it would expand its Opel Astra range with the GTC three-door hatchback variant. Opel is also hoping to introduce the Astra OPC hot-...

GM set to restructure Opel amid substantial losses

General Motors is expected to release poor financial figures for its European Opel/Vauxhall unit with the company demanding deep cuts from European labour unions to insure the future of its European operations. According to a report by the Wal...

Opel Mokka expected for Australia

Opel Australia is hopeful of introducing the all-new sub-compact Opel Mokka SUV to its local line-up. Opel released the first images of the new Mokka today in the lead-up the small soft-roader’s unveiling at the 2012 Geneva motor show on Mar...

Opel Insignia CrossFour not for Australia yet

General Motors’ German division is set to venture off-road with a high-riding, rough-and-ready version of its Insignia Sports Tourer, dubbed the Opel Insignia CrossFour. Spanish website Motor.Terra posted these leaked images ahead of the Cro...

Opel: New Cars 2012

The introduction of a second General Motors brand in Australia sees the return of the Astra nameplate, and a relaunch of Opel’s city car, the Corsa, which was sold by sister brand Holden as the Barina last decade. Along with its three initial l...

We need to be more like Volkswagen: GM Europe

General Motors admits it needs to become more like Volkswagen if it is to turn around a decade of losses in Europe. GM vice chairman Steve Girsky told Germany’s Financial Times Deutschland the company should look to the Volkswagen Group as an ex...

Insignia BiTurbo not part of Opel Australia’s plans… yet

Vauxhall’s most powerful diesel engine ever is now available in the Insignia medium car in the UK. The new Insignia BiTurbo is powered by a twin-turbocharged 2.0-litre diesel engine with 143kW of power (at 4000rpm) and 400Nm of torque (1750-2500...

Opel working on large car to sit above Insignia

Opel – the German arm of General Motors – is working on a flagship large car to sit above the Insignia. Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke told German publication Tagesspiegel his brand has started development of a new large car. “We need a ca...

2012 Opel Astra OPC: The hottest Astra ever

The all-new 2012 Opel Astra OPC coupe will be the fastest and most powerful production Astra in history when it goes on sale in Europe around the middle of next year. Powered by a 2.0-litre direct-injection turbocharged petrol engine, the 2012 Ast...

2013 Opel Allegra spy shots

Opel has been spotted testing its upcoming new city car which will slot beneath the Opel Corsa in terms of the showroom line-up. The new model will be the company's smallest car in the range. The official name of the new compact hatch is yet t...