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Auto Gallery | Opel Corsa OPC 202Hp by Steinmetz
The Opel Corsa OPC has been significantly enhanced by German tuning-company Steinmetz, gaining an extra 10 Hp through the new left/right silencer system raising the 1.6-liter turbo engine’s output to 202 Hp. The Corsa OPC was also fitted with a lowering kit that brings it closer to the tarmac. Looks were improved with a honeycomb grille, a 2-piece front spoiler, side strips in silver or anthracite, aluminum filler cap and a brand new set of 16-19″ alloy wheels.
Photo Update (Source: Steinmetz Opel-Tuning via CarScoop)
PRESS | Opel Insignia Officially Uncovered
* Sculpted design with a flowing coupé silhouette
* Four-wheel drive, active chassis and seven engines available at launch
* World premiere July 2008 at the London Motor Show
Rüsselsheim. A new name, a new car, a new ambition. With its groundbreaking design and sophisticated technology, the Insignia makes a quantum leap toward rejuvenating the brand and providing the perfect opportunity to discover Opel. The styling of the new 4.83 meter five-seater clearly expresses Opel’s strategy to make advanced technology and attractive design affordable.
The Insignia boasts a flowing, powerful silhouette with a coupé-like roofline. The body’s sculpted shape is accented by a distinctive radiator grille with a newly-designed Opel emblem. Unmistakable design elements include a sweeping front and rear light “wing” signature and a “blade” side contour that begins directly behind the front wheel and glides through the entire side of the body. Both details give the Insignia’s a muscular but graceful allure.
“With Insignia we are introducing an exciting new sophisticated design vocabulary, which combines sculptural artistry with German precision,” says Mark Adams, Vice President Design, GM Europe. “Our aim was to develop a confident look which compels the world to experience for themselves the superb driving dynamics the Insignia radiates.”
Echoing the exterior, the interior shapes and surfaces, which articulate this promise for exciting mobility, are crafted with high quality materials. The dashboard wraps around from the instrument panel to the door in a very sophisticated way, embracing the occupants. This wing theme will be echoed across all Opels. Red ambient lighting, which also will be featured in future Opel models, vibrate a warm, luxurious aura. A lot of emphasis too has been put into the seating, which set the highest standards in ergonomics, comfort and safety.
Opel’s pioneering role and unique expertise in lighting technology continues in the Insignia with the latest generation AFL Adaptive Forward Lighting system: Nine different light beam settings automatically adjust themselves to cater to various driving conditions, simultaneously enhancing safety and driving excitement. Another new element on the AFL system is the LED daytime running lights, which consume considerably less energy than a conventional system featuring halogen lamps, thereby lowering CO2 emissions from 6 g/km to nearly zero.
“As each feature demonstrates, the Insignia is the result of our quest to develop a car that combines striking design, excellent driving dynamics and innovative technology” says Hans H. Demant, Managing Director, Adam Opel GmbH.
The Insignia is offered from the start with front-wheel and all-wheel drive. The “Adaptive 4X4″ system’s proactive, instantaneous torque distribution not only ensures optimal traction but also enhances driving stability and dynamic handling performance. In the all-wheel drive Insignia, the FlexRide mechatronic chassis system with its Adaptive Stability Technology helps the car adjust to prevailing driving conditions and allows the driver to select settings to match his mood. FlexRide is also available in the front-wheel version.
The Insignia will launch with an exceptionally broad range of seven engines. All meet Euro 5 emissions standards and come with either manual or automatic six-speed transmissions. The four gasoline engines range from a four-cylinder 115 hp unit to a V6 with 260 hp. The three new direct-injection diesels feature a displacement of 2.0 liter and outputs spanning from 110 to 160 hp. Subsequently the Insignia engine line-up will be expanded with an EcoFLEX version offering very low CO2 emissions in addition to other, more powerful variants.
“The Opel Insignia sets new standards in technology and innovation — this will be obvious right from the launch. But we are keeping several cards up our sleeves when it comes to environmental compatibility, excitement and safety, which we will play strategically overtime” says Alain Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, GM Europe.
The Insignia notch- and hatchback will debut July 22, 2008 at the London Motor Show and hit showrooms starting in November. The Insignia was developed at GM Europe’s International Technical Development Center in Rüsselsheim, Germany, which also is home to its production. The Rüsselsheim facility is one of the most advanced car plants in the industry.
PRESS RELEASE (Source: Opel via Autoblog)
Auto Gallery | 2009 Opel Insignia
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PRESS | Opel Corsa Limited Edition
Premiere at the Auto Mobil International (AMI) in Leipzig
Eisenach/Leipzig. The body, doors and hoods in Casablanca white, the roof, which Grillspange and alloy rims in tiefdunklem black - the Corsa Limited Edition presents itself as an exciting eye-catching, especially the young and young at heart Corsa our appeals
In the beginning there was the desire of youth and student representatives (JAV) Adam Opel GmbH, that the young people from the four German Opel factories Ruesselsheim, Bochum, Eisenach and Kaiserslautern better. JAV-Chairman Peter Junghanns: “What is good for a car manufacturer better for the realization of our intention as the joint creation of a car?” One reason had Junghanns and his colleagues quickly found: The production anniversary of the ten millionth Corsa in January 2008 should be one of the trainees Corsa can be created especially attractive to youth acts.
In principle, the creativity of the participants no limits. Consideration had to be only that the study of the requirements of TÜV StVZO and satisfy. About 120 young people participated in the project. Trainees from different fields, such as mechanical and electrical parts, but also businessmen and students gave impetus and provided ideas.
As a product of this massive brainstorming created a prototype with great zeal and Apprentice under the guidance of experts in the Eisenacher CIP workshop (Continuous Improvement Process). Mike Kallensee, team spokesman improvement in the workshop, looks back: “Our budget was small. We had plenty improvise. ” Fortunately, we were able to work with parts often resulting from the series production came. ”
In January, the prototype was finished and on the occasion of the ten-million-Corsa anniversary of assembled in Eisenach Opel management presented. Chairman Hans Demant and his colleagues were positively impressed, and gave their OK for the serial production of a special limited edition of 1,000 pieces.
Besides casablancaweißen body and the black roof distinguish the Limited Edition Corsa especially also in black and white held exterior mirrors, and the black Grillspange the black 17-inch alloy wheels in a 5-double-spoke design. Moreover decorated young creatives “their” Corsa with front and roof spoiler, with dark tinted rear windows, tinted rear lights, and side with a chrome exhaust. The seats carry anthracite upholstery in fabric with Morro Cana. Also in the interior, the theme of black and white once again accepted. The center console is available in piano lacquer, black and white Gebläseeinfassungen. The Corsa Limited Edition will be exclusively as Dreitürer Opel.
The special model is available with the 1.2 and 1.4 TWINPORT ECOTEC (59 kW/80 hp and 66 kW/90 hp), and with the 1.3 CDTI (66 kW/90 hp) with a standard particulate filter, the Corsa angeboten.Desweiteren Limited Edition standard on sport chassis, fog lights, air conditioning and stereo CD-30 CD Radio MP3 with steering wheel remote control and stereo audio input for external devices. Der Corsa Limited Edition wird voraussichtlich am Juni 2008 zu Preisen ab 15.850 Euro bestellbar sein. The Corsa Limited Edition is scheduled to take place on June 2008 at prices from 15,850 euros ordered.
PRESS RELEASE (Source: Opel via Autoblog)
PRESS | The Irmscher GT i40
Irmscher V8 Powered GT i40 Revealed for 40th Anniversary
On the occasion of our company’s 40th anniversary in 2008:
The Irmscher GT i40. V8 Power to be enjoyed
Irmscher constructs the GT for GourmeTs
It’s the ingredients that make the difference! And here is the menu:
- A 6,0l V8-engine with 480PS in an Opel GT-body for excellent driving performance.
- Perfectly prepared and served à la maison.
For 40 now Irmscher has been providing proof of its competence in matters of vehicle construction and individualisation.
On the occasion of the company’s 35th anniversary the most powerful and strongest of the Opel Vectras had caused a stir by reaching a speed of more than 300km/h. However, that which is emerging from the factory floors in Remshalden for the company’s 40th anniversary is a vehicle for the true connoisseur: the Irmscher Opel GT i40. The figures in the model’s number stand for the data of the company: Günther Irmscher senior started up in1968 in Winnenden with the first vehicle modifications. In the person of Günther Irmscher junior, the second generation is at the fore of the company in 2008 and is proof that 40 years of company history should be celebrated properly at this anniversary.
The Remshalden company is starting its anniversary with a world premiere in Geneva. Here, the GT will be making its first appearance and is sure to cause a stir at the company’s stand in Hall 2.
V8-engine and a driving performance that puts it in the company of thoroughbred sports cars male the experts sit up and take notice and connoisseurs tingle with anticipation. As it is known that appearances also matter, the GT is optically enhanced by means of a discreet modification to the car body, and, on the interior with an exclusive leather fitting.
For desert, Irmscher serves the news that the vehicle is to be produced in a small series. The appropriate attention is being paid to this already. The menu therefore also exists in takeaway form.
The GT i40 currently stands in a long tradition of elect vehicles.V8-engines have always had an important role to play at Irmscher. In this line of history stand the Senator V8 and not least the successful races in the Omega V8 with the F1-driver Johnny Cecotto at the wheel, who was able to win the championship twice.
The models with the “i”“.
Special models with the “i” in their name have always had their place in the company history. The GT i40 here lines up with a whole row of other vehicles, from the i120, i130, i200…via the i500 to the i35 which appeared for the company’s 35th anniversary. At that time, a compressor helped enhance the performance of a V6-Motor. The result was the fastest Opel limousine in series production in the world. 5 years later it is a V8 that will cause a sensation in a Roadster.
All that remains to be said in conclusion is:
Dinner is served!
PRESS RELEASE (Source: Irmscher)
