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Title: Insignia
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 12 January 2009, 17:43:10
We went and had a look at the new Insignia at our local Vauxhall dealer on Sunday...............Nice car.............looks like a 6 seies BMW from the back...........................and a 3 and 5 series BMW from the side.

Very nicely screwed together in my opinion...........better than a Omega in this respect I think.

Big tyres even the 1.8 had 245/45 boots on it. :o :o

Prices ......about £18000...........for the 1.8 ............£21500..........for the 2.0 turbo...................give it a year or eighteen months.....and I think we will be looking at about half that. :y :y :y

Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: TheBoy on 12 January 2009, 17:53:24
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We went and had a look at the new Insignia at our local Vauxhall dealer on Sunday...............Nice car.............looks like a 6 seies BMW from the back...........................and a 3 and 5 series BMW from the side.

Very nicely screwed together in my opinion...........better than a Omega in this respect I think.

Big tyres even the 1.8 had 245/45 boots on it. :o :o

Prices ......about £18000...........for the 1.8 ............£21500..........for the 2.0 turbo...................give it a year or eighteen months.....and I think we will be looking at about half that. :y :y :y

sign of chassis defiencies?  Possibly not, just trying to make initial models more appealling, before the budget models come along soon.
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 12 January 2009, 17:56:46
even the base models will start from 28-29000 EURO here..

too far..I would prefer an E46 - M3 for that price if I have ;D
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: PaulW on 12 January 2009, 18:01:37
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We went and had a look at the new Insignia at our local Vauxhall dealer on Sunday...............Nice car.............looks like a 6 seies BMW from the back...........................and a 3 and 5 series BMW from the side.

Very nicely screwed together in my opinion...........better than a Omega in this respect I think.

Big tyres even the 1.8 had 245/45 boots on it. :o :o

Prices ......about £18000...........for the 1.8 ............£21500..........for the 2.0 turbo...................give it a year or eighteen months.....and I think we will be looking at about half that. :y :y :y


come up a fair whack then  :o

last year when I looked on the VX site, they had the whole 'Design and Build' - you could build one up from £15k...
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: Banjax on 12 January 2009, 20:12:23
that side view on the VX website doesn't do it any favours - looks like two different cars cut and shut  >:(

maybe i'd be tempted with one of the 4x4 ones in a few years - dont try and look like a cross between a lexus and a beemer - you end up looking stupid - obviously the marketing guys are playing the percentages - but is that the best they can come up with?

very dull looking
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: feeutfo on 12 January 2009, 20:13:09
just seen the advert for it on tv, it talks about recognising road signs and shows the speed limit sign on the pixel dash, and adaptive 4by4 able to avoid accidents. Wooo
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: jjleonard on 12 January 2009, 20:14:54
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just seen the advert for it on tv, it talks about recognising road signs and shows the speed limit sign on the pixel dash, and adaptive 4by4 able to avoid accidents. Wooo

Nanny state encapsulated in a car IMO. Surely if you can drive, you can read the speed limit signs, then CHOOSE to break the speed limit - as I usually do.  :y
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: Banjax on 12 January 2009, 20:17:17
kin ell - just ran through a fairly avg specced one - £22.5k!!!!!!

why would you...ever buy one new?



remember that episode of the Simpsons when Homer designed a car for his brothers company?

played "la coucaracha" on the horn if i remember ;D ;D
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: Welung666 on 12 January 2009, 20:17:23
I'd love the Elite but I wou;dn't pay new price for it
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: jjleonard on 12 January 2009, 20:19:47
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kin ell - just ran through a fairly avg specced one - £22.5k!!!!!!

why would you...ever buy one new?

remember that episode of the Simpsons when Homer designed a car for his brothers company?

played "la coucaracha" on the horn if i remember ;D ;D

 :o
That's why i'm driving a 6yr old luxo barge that has all the toys i've ever wanted, and I paid £2,000 for it.  :y
Title: Re: Insignia
Post by: Danny on 12 January 2009, 21:21:09
entry level 1.8 starts at just £12,000