It would be easy to underestimate the importance of the upcoming Opel Insignia, especially if you take one look at the Opel name and that this will be a car only for Europe. But in fact, the Insignia will be sold with a Vauxhall badge in the U.K., a Holden badge in Australia, and will come to the U.S. and China both as the Buick Regal. It will serve as a brand flagship sedan in most markets (though not the U.S.), and will show the way forward for the design languages of the various brands that will give their own tweaks to the bodywork.
From what we can see in the spy shots, the design borrows heavily from the 2013 Opel Monza concept that was shown in Frankfurt in 2013. This was what the Monza was for, more to show off new design ideas that would be implemented than to serve as a preview for a reborn Monza model. The design will definitely be toned down, but it’s not all that clear yet just how much. The finished product most likely won’t debut until the 2017 Frankfurt show, so all we can do now is make some educated guesses.
Updated 01/25/2016: The upcoming Opel Insignia was caught testing once again, this time during cold winter conditions.
Continue reading for my speculative review of the Opel Insignia successor.
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