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In production since 2008 at the Opel Russelsheim plant in Gemany, the Insignia took over the GM-owned manufacturer’s D-segment large family car duties. Replacing the popular Vectra was no small task for the new kid on the block, yet the Insignia has recently celebrated a very important milestone.
After General Motors debuted the all-new D2XX platform with the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the bigger E2XX is slated to come on the scene. We know it is just a matter of months until the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu sedan will present itself to the US public.
An official told us that the Russelsheim plant will be making a future model which will be marketed as a Buick model in the United States, namely the next-gen Buick Regal sedan, a badge engineered Opel Insignia. According to these bits of intel, we expect the second-gen Insignia to debut early next year.
Until that moment eventually arrives, Opel is in the middle of celebrating its Insignia success story. A few days ago, the Russelsheim factory produced the 750,000th example of the breed, a very cool-looking arden blue OPC Sports Tourer (estate). As any OPC-grade Insignia, this AWD family wagon is animated by a 2.8-liter turbocharged V6 motor with 325 horsepower and 435 Nm (320 lb-ft) of blunderbuss.
In the release that celebrates Insignia #750,000, Opel offered a further Easter Egg about the upcoming second generation: “an additional Insignia variant will be produced in Russelsheim later this decade, and will then be sold as a new model from the GM brand Buick in the United States.” Fingers crossed 2016 will bring us the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu-derived Opel Insignia and its posh US-bound brother - the 2017 Buick Regal.
An official told us that the Russelsheim plant will be making a future model which will be marketed as a Buick model in the United States, namely the next-gen Buick Regal sedan, a badge engineered Opel Insignia. According to these bits of intel, we expect the second-gen Insignia to debut early next year.
Until that moment eventually arrives, Opel is in the middle of celebrating its Insignia success story. A few days ago, the Russelsheim factory produced the 750,000th example of the breed, a very cool-looking arden blue OPC Sports Tourer (estate). As any OPC-grade Insignia, this AWD family wagon is animated by a 2.8-liter turbocharged V6 motor with 325 horsepower and 435 Nm (320 lb-ft) of blunderbuss.
In the release that celebrates Insignia #750,000, Opel offered a further Easter Egg about the upcoming second generation: “an additional Insignia variant will be produced in Russelsheim later this decade, and will then be sold as a new model from the GM brand Buick in the United States.” Fingers crossed 2016 will bring us the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu-derived Opel Insignia and its posh US-bound brother - the 2017 Buick Regal.
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