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Following its official reveal in December 2016, the 2017 Opel Insignia prepares to go on sale in the Old Continent. Pricing starts from €25,940 for the Grand Sport, while the Sports Tourer kicks off from €26,940 in Opel's domestic market of Germany.
The order books open on February 17, the day when the full price list for the second-generation Insignia will be published as well. The pricing advertised in the paragraph above is for the front-wheel-drive variant matched with the 1.5 Turbo, a unit that develops 140 horsepower (104 kW) in its no-frills tune.
Coupled to a six-speed manual transmission, the entry-level powerplant returns 7.3 l/100 km urban, 4.7 l/100 km extra-urban, 5.7 l/100 km, combined, and 129 grams of CO2/km. Maximum torque stands at 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) and it’s readily available from 2,000 and 4,100 rpm. Both the Insignia Grand Sport and Insignia Sports Tourer boast with plenty of no-cost driver assistance features, including an automatic emergency braking system
The rest of the engine lineup consists of a 1.5 Turbo with 165 horsepower (122 kW), 1.6 Turbo with 170 hp (125 kW), a 2.0-liter turbocharged unit with 260 hp (191 kW) and 400 Nm (295 lb-ft), a 1.6-liter turbo diesel with two outputs (110 hp / 81 kW and 136 hp / 100 kW), and a 2.0-liter turbo diesel with 170 hp (125 kW). If it’s fuel economy you’re after from the Insignia, the least potent of the 1.6-liter turbo diesel powerplants is the one to go for.
Other than the six-speed manual, the 2017 Opel Insignia is available with an eight-speed automatic transmission that’s part of the Hydra-Matic 8L family. From the adjacent press release, it’s understood the eight-speeder is conjoined with the 2.0 Turbo engine from the get-go. A GKN-developed all-wheel-drive system with torque vectoring is also in the offing, and just like the tranny, it appears to come standard with the range-topping 2.0 Turbo.
More detailed information about the 2017 Opel Insignia Grand Sport and Insignia Sports Tourer will become available shortly, so watch this space.
Coupled to a six-speed manual transmission, the entry-level powerplant returns 7.3 l/100 km urban, 4.7 l/100 km extra-urban, 5.7 l/100 km, combined, and 129 grams of CO2/km. Maximum torque stands at 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) and it’s readily available from 2,000 and 4,100 rpm. Both the Insignia Grand Sport and Insignia Sports Tourer boast with plenty of no-cost driver assistance features, including an automatic emergency braking system
The rest of the engine lineup consists of a 1.5 Turbo with 165 horsepower (122 kW), 1.6 Turbo with 170 hp (125 kW), a 2.0-liter turbocharged unit with 260 hp (191 kW) and 400 Nm (295 lb-ft), a 1.6-liter turbo diesel with two outputs (110 hp / 81 kW and 136 hp / 100 kW), and a 2.0-liter turbo diesel with 170 hp (125 kW). If it’s fuel economy you’re after from the Insignia, the least potent of the 1.6-liter turbo diesel powerplants is the one to go for.
Other than the six-speed manual, the 2017 Opel Insignia is available with an eight-speed automatic transmission that’s part of the Hydra-Matic 8L family. From the adjacent press release, it’s understood the eight-speeder is conjoined with the 2.0 Turbo engine from the get-go. A GKN-developed all-wheel-drive system with torque vectoring is also in the offing, and just like the tranny, it appears to come standard with the range-topping 2.0 Turbo.
More detailed information about the 2017 Opel Insignia Grand Sport and Insignia Sports Tourer will become available shortly, so watch this space.
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