Opel Insignia Sports Tourer OPC
Looks like Europeans will have the opportunity to purchase another high-horsepower estate sometime very soon. Spy photographers have caught Opel’s new Insignia Sports Tourer wearing OPC badges (Opel Performance Center) and sporting the fitting performance parts to match. Under the hood lies GM’s 2.8L turbocharged V6, currently also used in Saab’s Turbo Black SportCombi. Yet, in its new OPC application, this engine will produce about twenty more horsepower than Saab’s highest performance estate- right in the neighborhood of 300bhp. Like the Saab, an all-wheel drive system will be utilized with a 6-speed manual (and later optional automatic) transmission. Expect OPC’s hot wagon to reach 60 in under 5 seconds and top out at an electronically limited 155 mph. Another crucial performance component of the Sports Tourer is stopping power- as the estate will be fitted with a Brembo developed brake package. This new sports wagon will also be sold in the UK as the Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer VXR, and is expected to go on sale before the end of 2009. Rumors also suggest that the Insignia sedan could be heading to the United States in 2010 as the Buick Regal, but we highly doubt the high-performance OPC/VXR 5-door will make it stateside.
March 25th (Source: AutoExpress)
