Vauxhall will unveil a concept car at this year's Geneva Show. The Flextreme GT/E illustrates how extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV) technology can be plugged into large or mid-sized vehicles, as well as compact cars, like the upcoming Ampera.
The Flextreme GT/E achieves a projected drag co-efficient of just 0.22, allowing it to reach an estimated top speed of 125mph-plus while conserving energy and extending the driving range.
Exterior design
The clean frontal styling features a low bonnet line and an extended nose section, which is clasped by wing-shaped, signature LED headlamps, which are ...
Vauxhall today provide a sneak preview of a giant, bespoke snow globe, specially designed and built for the Vauxhall Ice Skate event.
The snow shaker, will be filled with over 50 bags of artificial snow for the much anticipated ice skating disco, to take place in central London this Thursday. At five metres in diameter the globe is easily large enough to accommodate the New Astra.
In addition to the snow globe-encased Astra, the Car-aoke Corsa will be making a stylish return, with special hosts signed up to get the car rocking ...
With the new Astra set to go on sale this winter, Vauxhall is already gearing up to be inundated with orders – but what about the law and its orders?
As some of the company’s most prolific and visible customers, GM UK Fleet has pulled out all the stops to ensure that versions of the all-new Astra for major police forces will be available to coincide with the launch of the new car in late 2009.
Fully type approved and tested to meet the same stringent safety demands as the Astra road ...
• Fastest ever Vauxhall estate with 6-second 0-60 time
• 1530-litre load capability combined with Adaptive 4x4 chassis and 325 horsepower
• Third and final body style to be offered in Insignia VXR spec
With 10,000 kilometres of gruelling validation at the world’s most fearsome and demanding test track now under their belt, the Vauxhall Insignia VXR hatch and saloon are set to raise the bar in their sector with a heady mix of high performance, practicality and sophisticated dynamics.
And now, adding even greater versatility to the range, Vauxhall can confirm that the Insignia VXR Sports ...
Red Dot Design award ranks among the largest and most renowned design prizes in the world. The red dot Singapore prize is awarded to the best design concept “that has the power to improve our world in the future”. It is granted to products by an international panel of design experts who base their criteria on degree of innovation, functionality and formal quality. In 2007, the Saab Aero X concept car won the prestigious award.
“The high number of quality entries made this competition extremely challenging and, hence, winning the ...
The Insignia, the all-new family car from Vauxhall/Opel, has been voted 2009 Car of the Year – by the narrowest possible margin. The Insignia polled an impressive 321 votes to beat this year’s other favoured contender, the Ford Fiesta, by a solitary point. The Volkwsagen Golf, on 223 points, was third.
“This is the closest COTY competition for years,” comments Ray Hutton, president of the 59-strong jury of senior motoring journalists drawn from 23 European countries. “Car of the Year has often been decided narrowly, but it is eight years since ...
"In the same way that the Astra and Corsa have freshened up their respective sectors, the new Vauxhall Insignia has been designed to breathe fresh air into what is normally a very staid area of the market," says Andy Gilson, Vauxhall's Marketing Director. "Our customers will be able to enjoy premium styling, advanced technology and exceptional dynamics, but at an affordable price."
Insignia's saloon and hatch models will hit UK dealerships at the end of 2008 with a broad range of two diesel and three petrol engines. The Sports Tourer - ...
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