I’ve had the range topping Opel Insignia Sports Tourer 2.0 Turbo 4x4 (260hp petrol) now for 1.5 yrs and 27000kms and it’s actually the best car I’ve owned, including 3 Audis (of one S4), one MB, one VW, 2 Jeeps, 3 Hyundais, 1 Fiat, 3 Fords, 1 Chevy, a MINI and 8 Porsches. Actually I chose the Insignia over a Porsche SUV/Panamera. The total package the Insignia delivers is absolutely awesome. Besides the amazing Intellilux matrix lights which is always left at auto high beam, the Webasto heater and the super duper FlexRide chassis, I must say the BOSE noise cancelling system of the passenger compartment is my favorite tech. The mechanical 4x4 system with the active tourqe diff on the rear axel is brilliant driving on Scandinavian winter roads. And the towing capacity of 2.2tonnes makes it a capable hauler also. Brilliant car from Rüsselsheim, before any PSA interference. It’s a keeper!
Are you for real ?? Meaning I am looking to buy Audi A4 or BMW 3, but they are a little bit more expesive. But they are comfortable. However, cars, generally speaking, are depreciation assets. So I am looking to buy cheaper alternatives and put extra money into markets. So, you have been sarcastic with your comment ?/🙄
I hired one of these from europcar for two weeks (tourer elite nav edition) and absolutely loved it. 10/10. It goes around corners and accelerates really quick just like a hire car should!
Holden have gone from Australia Jimmy their now produced by Opel in Germany So I"d say it won"t be long before that name becomes extinct under the PSA Group
I drove the Opel version of this car during a vacation to visit family in Germany. We drove approximately 4000 miles and when I got home I configured a loaded one on Buick' s website and placed my deposit. My family has owned Opel's for decades and usually find them more reliable then VW. The last "Opel" I was able to own in the United States was a Saturn Astra. It gave excellent service for 8 years and 250k miles.
For those #bestfans waiting for the infotainment, practicality and 360 vids with bated breath... Fear not, they'll be with you shortly! We hope this nine minutes and twenty-eight seconds of estate-based informativeness will tide you over in the meantime.
Mat, do you have any plans to review the Vauxhall/Opel Insignia Grand Sport in the near future? I am thinking about getting the 1,5 petrole 165 bhp Grand Sport. Would be awsome if you could review that particular engine:)
I have an insignia. Absolutely amazing car. Love everything about it. I have had many many cars and it surprised me that it is the only car that I am 100% pleased with
alarpollu opel insignia got smart opening with foot wave and electric boot opening......its english vauxhall that saves money and destroys reputation of such great and reliable car. Most faults and problems exist only on vauxhall cars and hopefully some day there is going to be only opel in all coutries.
I honestly think this Insignia (soon to be Commodore in Australia) will sell far better than its sedan/hatch counterpart. It by far the best wagon i've seen and the first I would actually consider purchasing.
Mat, considering this car will replace the Aussie-built Commodore at the end of this year, how about twisting the arms of your PR mates at Vauxhall and doing a review of the VXR8 before the factory closes forever. It would mean a lot for us Australians to see what you have to say about it
Def getting one. It's full of equipment, priced good, looks amazing as well! Only in saloon with interior and exterior opc line for me. Maybe coconut color or white.
my brother bought this exact model and i drove it for quite a while, i have to say i don’t like it, the navi software is not the best either feels sluggish, i think he overpaid way too much for it.
Who cares about Hollyweird Cult? If he dropped dead I would not notice ... also thier virtue signalling diverse movies that all feature female leads and female everything are fucking boring....so, yeah....Vin who (seriously).....
this is the underdog! Such value and so much better looking than its VAG rivals. Options list seems better too. Shame that theres only 1 petrol engine though.
Seeing as I live in the town of Vauxhall (the engineers have a Vauxhall base in Luton, England) I am actually pretty surprised with what they have churned out! I mean this other comment was saying u can just put a BMW or jag badge on it and people will just go rave! Well done Vauxhall
There is no Engineering done in the UK. Make no mistake this is a German car through and through. As German as any VW or Mercedes. Luton print the marketing brochures. That’s about it. This cars eventual replacement will of course be engineered in France.
@@dominikfcbsousaoutnow5948 Nope. The Insignia was designed by Vauxhall in Britain by Mark Adams and Malcolm Ward and used by GM worldwide in the Opel and Holden brands.
I’ve got a Sri Nav 1.5 petrol turbo 2017 in black arriving on Wednesday. I was on autotrader looking for an estate for around 15K and didn’t have any particular make or model in mind, but came across the new shape Insignia with 60,000 on the clock. I hadn’t seen one before and was immediately impressed with the look and equipment level. I mainly travel short distances and wanted to avoid a diesel due to my start, stop driving habits. I’ve had problems with fuel filters in the past. Paid £11,800. I’m hoping it’s the right choice.
@@TinyT1792 It hasn't missed a beat. A little heavy on fuel. Impressed with the ride quality. Good performance, especially on A & B roads. I'd recommend it without hesitation. I wish you the best if you go ahead with it. Certainly feels more upmarket than what most would expect from a Vauxhall. I hope this helps.
G3R - I think the red really brings out the features well. Especially that silver strip running through the tail lights. Besides, red is Vauxhall's colour for marketing.
He can't afford to offend the other brands who give him freebies. He's certainly not unbiased; no motoring journalist can afford to be. Don't trust them when you actually need to objectively buy the best car...
I've got the 2016 model in 1.6CDTi SRi VXR trim and I love it. This looks like it will be a suitable replacement when the time comes, and is no doubt better overall. However IMO the older model looks more aggressive and the styling around the rear wheel is better.
"It feels like such a big car to drive" Sounds like my Omega then (well, that car is huge, too). I have no problem with that. Honestly I really love the way the Insignia looks. It's certainly on my list.
I had the Holden version on hire in Australia for a month. I loved it especially the engine, 3.6 V6 AWD. It could go and fuel consumption was 8.8L/100KM over the 2600km I put up on it.
Iv had this model for 2 months and good points are its nice on the motorway and its massive inside ,bad points are stop/start and no rear parking sensors .
You forgot the adblue fault. The nox sensors go out of configuration and it reports to check the adblue level. Despite topping it up, you need to do a nox sensor reset and recalibrate for the wrror message to dissapear. This requires a semi fancy scan tool or paying a mechanic for an hours labour.
To me, Vauxhall have always been a good brand, making good cars for the less premium market, but ive never really found myself wanting one. However, i actually find myself really wanting one of these, Vauxhall have done a really good job.
Lovely looking car but the doors sound tinny which ruins the upmarket feel Vauxhall seem to be aspiring to. That dash though is a massive improvement over previous Vauxhall cars. Good review Matt 👊👊
I would get this over a superb or Passat anyday. I really don't trust the reliability of the VW Group cars anymore since my Golf is freaking falling apart already. Also I value the sound insulation ... *wink wink* Skoda ... Also: Get the Insignia with an Automatic. Thats what they are made for ^^
why make a fun of Vauxhall for calling it a sports tourer when Jaguar call it a Sportbrake, BMW call it a touring, Some call it a wagon or sportswagon.
4:50 what he says here was the problem with the previous insignia as well, you just feel like driving a big-ass boat. this is really something to work on. and i've never had that feel in any other wagon so far.
"The rear windscreen is far away" No shit sherlock, it's an estate. Are the rear windscreens on other estate in its class closer? o.O lol the car is basically perfect, because you really couldn't find anything meaningful against it.
the 6th thing about the Vauxhall Sport Tourer: when we do the configuration of the car in the infotainment system, we find the Vauxhall Insigna (the saloon!!!) 6:36
Great video and really nice car. Only two problems though. The car with this spec is over £30K (forget the £18K entry) and depreciation will be ruinous. Over three years it will be an expensive proposition.
In Australia, Holden (gm) are importing these into our country and trying to sell them as the new “Holden Commodore” which was a v6 and v8 car that was built right here in Aus. Due to Holden’s attempt at rebadging this imported Opel as a Holden Commodore, they have sold hardly any of these things.
I have a Mazda 6 Estate. The handling and grip are quite magnificent. As is the road noise intrusion. For my tastes I'd trade some grip for a bit less tyre roar. Especially on Britain's chewed up and cheaply surfaced roads.
What does it matter if it is a vauxhall? I bet some vw/bmw/audi owners are watching this or have watched this. This day and age, cars are not far off each other. (except top spec cars). As long as it does the job. Gets you from A to B. Practicality win these days. And, we got to admit, it is a beauty. Vauxhall have gone a long way!
What I don't understand about GM is: why would you get rid of Opel? I mean it was the only brand making them money out of US. And also a lot of the designs and technology that made the american GM brands better in the last years are thanks to Opel and it's german engineers. So where did things go wrong?
I have one, an Elite model. You are right it is a big car but i do not find it that big to drive. My good Lady is 5ft 3 and has no problems, even reversing, but saying this, my car has a rear camera and parking sensors front and back. If you raise the seat a bit the car will not feel so big to drive. My only criticism is the top of the range infotainment system struggles to deal with an ipod with over 11,000 songs. The crazy thing is the infotainment on a 2013 Vauxhall Antara deals with it easily, and that is an old system. It is called the Buick Regal in America and that is made in Canada. It is the same car with different engines, but slightly heavier as the B post had to be beefed up for US safety regulations.
i will newer understand why every car presenter must complain about floor tunnel? you must raise your feet eather way because they cant fit between seats and that thing in the middle of the front seats. So, tunnel doesnt bother you in any way, and yet, they complain about it all the time
I have no idea what this car is I've never seen one in Malaysia where i am and i watch thousands of car reviews every year. But this car has the best looking design I've ever ever seen. And i hate wagons
I've always thought of Opel/Vauxhall as a fundamentally insipid, boring and unoriginal brand, but I have to say, this car actually looks really good. I don't know if it is their marketing though but they need to improve their image in order to stop looking like they only manufacture cheap-feeling, uninteresting cars.
They have had so many good-looking models, Calibra, Speedster, Astra Coupe, Vectra GTC, Insignia..people have so much prejudice about Opel that unless they reinvent cars completeley people are gonna hate on them.
Yeah when i say that im a Opel fan people often say that Opel is shit and most of the ones who are saying that are Bmw Audi fans. I think Bmw and Audi is overrated tbh
Loy Regacy Who in USA knows that Opel (it's Vauxhall only in the UK) even exists? Who would buy a car which has literally no trademark in the US? It's cheaper to give it a name of a well known brand than build trademark from scratch. All Opel cars are designed in Germany, but they belong to GM, so they can do with them whatever they want.
Loy Regacy the origanal company name is Opel, but for some reason when they entered the uk market they used the brand name Vauxhall. There was probably a UK car company (or similar) called opel, so they needed a new name. In Australia opel is called Holden, so it's a company of many names. GM it's parent company just sold it all to Pergeot. I think they folded the holden brand before the sale.
Stephen Butler I think the situation was that Opel, Vauxhall, Holden and Buick started out as separate brands. Who were then later bought out by General Motors who decided to group them and use the same basic cars to save on cost. GM seemingly operated a tier system whereby brands could change more stuff depending on how high up they where, for example Saab got to change near enough everything, whereas Opel and Vauxhall are restricted to just badges.
It’s beautifully. First time seeing Mat not pulling out and testing the arm rest in the rear seat. All car reviews “I’ve seen” of this segment have that fake exhaust vents 😅.
I drove the Buick Regal version we get in the States. Its a 2.0 turbo ecotec. I loved it....and want one... But wish we could get the manual trans and the cladding delete. The large car feeling is one of the things I like about it....especially since it can be hustled in a corner.
It's really a good looking car, the last Insignia estate was hideous, but the saloon was the first 5-door car that I didn't find ugly as hell... This time all models are amazing. I hope they can keep up the momentum under PSA.
