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 […]
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AWD 2018 Holden Commodore/Insignia Grand Sport revealed
General Motors’s European division, Opel, has released photos and a video of the Opel Insignia Grand Sport – which will be sold here as the Holden Commodore – driving through the snow to demonstrate the car’s torque-vectoring all-wheel drive system. The ‘Twinster’ rear axle, developed by GKN, can apportion full […]
Base-spec 2018 Holden Commodore/Opel Insignia spotted
Although we’ve seen the glossy official pictures from Holden (and Opel/Vauxhall, for that matter) regarding the NG Commodore and new Insignia, new pictures have emerged on photo hosting website Photobucket of a hubcap-laden Opel Insignia in Europe, which might give an idea of how the four-cylinder variants of the next […]
2018 Holden NG Commodore revealed with 2017 Opel Insignia
Say hello to the new, 2018 Holden NG Commodore. GM’s European divisions, Opel and Vauxhall, have just unveiled the all-new 2017 Insignia, following spy shoots just yesterday, and Holden has lifted the covers on its version. Both the Opel and Vauxhall Insignia and the Commodore all share pretty much the […]
2018 NG Commodore to get FlexRide, Nurburgring-developed
GM’s European arm Opel is thoroughly testing what will become the basis for the 2018 Holden NG Commodore, hitting the Nurburgring to fine-tune the new chassis and adaptive driving modes. Opel says the new Insignia, or Insignia Grand Sport as it will be called this time around, will be up […]
Opel confirms new crossover versions of Astra & Insignia – Commodore SUV?
Opel has announced plans to introduce a mammoth 29 new models by the end of the decade, including a new flagship Insignia Grand Sport (2018 Commodore), Insignia Sports Tourer wagon, and a jumped up off-road version. Dubbed the ‘7 in 17’ strategy, the plan encompasses, as you can probably imagine, […]
2018 Holden NG Commodore reveal in December
Even though the launch of the next-generation 2018 NG Commodore is some 16 months off, we will get to see it next month in the form of its donor car: the Opel/Vauxhall Grand Insignia, to be revealed in December. Although there might be some detail alterations as well as differences […]
2018 Insignia (Commodore?) to feature torque-vectoring
Despite expectedly switching to the front/all-wheel drive platform of the Opel Insignia, the next Holden Commodore may not lose it’s tail-out capability after all. At least not in sporty variants. GKN’s ‘Twinster’ rear differential is the magic piece of equipment that allows the Focus RS to wag its tail in […]