GM’s European subsidary has shown a video with its development engineer Andreas Liljekvist demonstrating the 2018 Insignia Grand Sport’s power oversteer capability. Shown on a track, the engineer has a tablet plugged into the vehicle, showing torque distribution data and live lateral acceleration. This demonstrates that depending on which driving […]
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PSA acquires Opel / Vauxhall from GM in €2.2 billion deal
It’s been confirmed, PSA Peugeot-Citroen is buying Opel/Vauxhall from GM in a deal worth €1.3 billion, excluding the purchase of GM Financial’s European operation for €0.9 billion. There have been plenty of reports floating about and some earlier speculation, but now it’s been officially confirmed. This allows PSA to become […]
PSA to buy Opel from GM, agreement reached – report
Recent talks and speculation that Opel is going to be sold by General Motors to French PSA which owns Peugeot, Citroen and DS, has culminated in a confirmed sale that will go ahead, according to Reuters. Negotiations have been underway for the last few weeks, with some corners concerned that […]
PSA Peugeot-Citroen interested in acquiring Opel from GM
French company PSA Groupe, which consists of Peugeot and Citroen, seems to be on something of an acquisition spree at the moment. Rumours abound the company may procure Opel from General Motors in coming days (which could have implications down the track for the next Commodore), while the latest mail […]
2017 Opel Insignia OPC/Commodore SS Sportwagon rendered
X-Tomi design has weaved his magic on the 2017 Opel Insignia wagon, which will also become our Holden Commodore Sportwagon in 2018, to create a successor to today’s Insignia VXR/OPC. The European sporting flagship is said to continue but instead of today’s turbo V6 power, a worked 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine […]
Top 10 long-lost Holden Commodore foreign relations
The Holden Commodore as we have come to know it is entering its twilight phase. On October 20, 2017, the doors on Holden’s Elizabeth plant close after 69 years. The Commodore story began in the late 1960s in Europe, with the inception of GM’s V-car platform. By the time the […]
Turbo Opel Grand Insignia/2018 Commodore spotted in Germany
A pre-production prototype of the 2017 Opel Grand Insignia has been snapped in the appropriately named Winterburg, Germany, by a reader of Indian Autos Blog. Holden’s decision to retain the Commodore nameplate for an imported car has generated terabytes of vitriol on social media and forums, but these pictures seem […]
2017 Opel Crossland X revealed as new compact crossover
Opel and Vauxhall have revealed the new Crossland X crossover, which could eventually find its way into our local range badged as a Holden. The Euro GM brands confirmed the model in November last year, along with many other SUVs in the pipeline. It sits beneath the Mokka X SUV, […]