Vauxhall


REPORT: Opel/Vauxhall CEO plans five-year product offensive

Interim Opel CEO Nick Reilly has been overseeing the German firm for all of six weeks. And over that scant month and a half, he's conjured the way forward for Opel and Vauxhall and seems determined to leave nothing undone. Chatting with Auto Motor und Sport, Reilly intends to give Opel a little SUV on the Corsa platform, an Opel version of the Mini, a continuation of the Agila and an all-new electric car. Opel would also be greater master of its own fate: Opel's tie with Suzuki will continue even with VW's recent move, but other Opels ... Read more →

REPORT: Vauxhall team creates mathematical formula for perfect parking Jonathon Ramsey

Parallel parking isn't difficult, but we have generally found ways to make it so. Between cars that almost kinda park for you to those with video game displays that turn parking into a Microsoft ...

GM Executive VP Nick Reilly named interim CEO at Opel/Vauxhall Noah Joseph

It's been one heck of a week for Opel. After months of negotiations between Magna and its partners on the one hand and General Motors on the other, the American parent company opted to hold on to ...

BREAKING: GM board recommends coughing up 55% Opel stake to Magna, Sberbank Jeremy Korzeniewski

Finally, after what seems like an eternity of protracted negotiations, bickering and stalling tactics, General Motors has agreed to sell a majority stake in its European operations to Magna ...

REPORT: Opel labor union goes on the offensive, GM negotiator meets with German feds Jonathon Ramsey

The battle for Opel has added another front: Opel labor unions at two of the company's German factories retracted an agreement made last year to forgo vacation bonuses. The move demands that General ...

VIDEO: Vauxhall trying to bring back roller skating? Groovy. 5 months ago on Autoblog

Vauxhall is rolling out the retro cool by holding an invitation-only roller skating event in North London on July 29. As part of the festivities, the General Motors division has reportedly commissioned bespoke sets of Vauxhall Corsa roller boots (seriously), and the event will even feature a ...

Beijing Automotive bids for Opel; Magna still expected to close deal 5 months ago on Autoblog

Even though Beijing Automotive (BAIC) tendered a non-binding offer for Opel, the company is said to have no chance of actually acquiring the brand. General Motors is still in talks with Magna and its partners, GAZ and Sberbank, and according to Sberbank CEO German Graf, "The choice has been made ...

REPORT: Opel to cut prices 40% in order to save jobs? 6 months ago on Autoblog

Sometimes deals get made, and then the dealmakers have to employ some pretty creative tactics to get the terms to work. Magna's deal for Opel included taking €1.5 billion in short term loans from the German government, the string attached being that Magna had to guarantee German jobs. Saving ...

BREAKING: BBC says Magna has agreed to take majority stake in Opel from GM 6 months ago on Autoblog

According to the BBC News, supplier Magna International has come to terms with General Motors to purchase a majority stake in its European Opel division. While an agreement has been reached between the two parties, the German government – which has agreed to provide financial assistance for ...

Tongue-Waggin' Wagon: Vauxhall Insignia VXR Sports Tourer unveiled 7 months ago on Autoblog

No more spy shots. GM has formally unveiled the Vauxhall Insignia VXR Sports Tourer (a.k.a. the Opel Insignia OPC Sports Tourer on the other side of the Chunnel). By now, you're probably seen the specs, but we'll go over them again for the sake of being complete. 325 horses are corralled in the ...

REPORT: Opel/Vauxhall dealers want to help, plan to raise 500M euros 7 months ago on Autoblog

While General Motors dealers here in the States are awaiting 1,100 retail store losses, Opel/Vauxhall dealers in Europe have opted to take matters into their own hands. Euroda, the Opel/Vauxhall dealer association, is raising 500 million Euros ($667 million US dollars) in exchange for a 10-20% ...

Vauxhall unveils new police package Insignia 7 months ago on Autoblog

GM UK Special Vehicles has just introduced its take-no-prisoners Police-specification Vauxhall Insignia. Available to police fleets throughout the UK, the car is available in sedan or Sports Tourer body styles (shown above). Powertrain choices include a 220 PS (216 hp) 2.0-liter turbo or a 260 ...

Leaked: 2010 Opel Astra gets early web reveal 7 months ago on Autoblog

Opel's Astra hasn't exactly gone down a storm here in the U.S. while wearing a Saturn badge, but the four-cylinder econocar lineup is pivotal stuff in Europe, and the next-generation model could still find its way to America – even if it doesn't wear a planetary badge. Regardless of ...

Vauxhall going after city car market with Trixx EV? 7 months ago on Autoblog

Way back in 2004, GM's European arm put a toe in the water of the rapidly expanding city-car market with its Opel Trixx concept. A few years later, GM's Carl-Peter Forster indicated that the automaker would not be entering that microcar market after all. Fast forward another couple of years and ...

Vauxhall sans Opel could reallign with GM Daewoo, Holden 7 months ago on Autoblog

Eyebrows raised at reports that General Motors could hold on to its British subsidiary Vauxhall even if – or, more likely, when – its German counterpart Opel would leave the family. With the model ranges of the two European GM divisions intertwined, a Vauxhall without Opel would ...

Part and Parcel: GM could sell all of Opel, keep Vauxhall? 8 months ago on Autoblog

Emerging reports concerning the future of General Motors' European assets casts some new light on the role which the American automaker could take with Opel and Vauxhall. The ownership and investment in Adam Opel GmbH has been a topic of much discussion recently, with General Motors seeking local ...

Opel Insignia Sport Tourer lands at a Czech dealer. Do want. 8 months ago on Autoblog

The Opel Insignia Sports Tourer landed at a dealer in the Czech Republic, and it is nothing but tasty: a six-speed diesel with seating for five that holds from 540 or 1,530 cubic liters with the seats down (from 19 to 54 cubic feet) and the handsome hauler gets and 50 mpg (US) from its 160 ...

Rumormill: Fiat could step in for GM in Europe, Latin America 8 months ago on Autoblog

Forget about letting the ink dry: even while negotiations have been ongoing between Fiat and Chrysler, there have been rumors of potential additional or alternative alliances which the Italian auto group has purportedly been considering. Things may have been put on hold with Chinese automaker Chery ...

Vauxhall withdraws from British Touring Car Championship after 20 years 8 months ago on Autoblog

By most accounts, the mantra of "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" hasn't worked for a long time. In fact, we're not sure it ever worked. But there were certainly happier times for motorsports fans when the automakers blissfully adhered to that age-old nugged. Unfortunately blissful ignorance isn't ...

Opel and Vauxhall reveal 325-horsepower Insignia OPC/VXR 8 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors may be on life support, but the European operations at Opel and Vauxhall are still showing a 325-horsepower pulse. The latest signs of life come in the form of the hotted up Insignia variant shown above. In right-hand drive Vauxhall form, the super Insignia is badged as the VXR, ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Opel Insignia OPC almost ready for Frankfurt 8 months ago on Autoblog

Although the Opel Insignia OPC was a no-show at the Geneva Motor Show, work is still underway on the hottest version of Opel's mid-sized sedan. Early reports indicated that the OPC variant will be motivated by a 320-hp, twin-turbocharged V6 powering all four wheels, with sedan, hatchback and ...

Spy Shots: Undisguised Vauxhall Insignia VXR caught napping 9 months ago on Autoblog

It didn't make an appearance at the Geneva Motor Show, but General Motors' white-hot Vauxhall Insignia VXR is spending more time out of doors and (accidentally?) posing for pictures for the folks at Auto Express. With 320 horsepower and a rumored all-wheel drivetrain at work, the fettled Insignia ...

Spy Shots: Is this the next Opel Astra? 9 months ago on Autoblog

Saturn's Astra has been something of a commercial non-starter stateside, but it remains a perennial favorite in Opel and Vauxhall guises in Europe. Thus, even with General Motors' touchy-feely brand on the rocks here at home, it's still a pivotal model overseas that warrants attention, even if ...

Vauxhall Insignia Limo too much of a good thing? 9 months ago on Autoblog

Wilcox Limousine in England distributes the Vauxhall Statesman in both six-door, three-row limousine and hearse configurations. The company has already begun eying the new Insignia for dignitary and funeral duty, and the result is rendered above. It's not all that bad for a limo conversion, but ...

Vauxhall unveils high-fashion accessories by Jonathan Kelsey 9 months ago on Autoblog

The folks charged with recasting perceptions of a brand aren't unlike home run hitters: a lot more misses than hits, but when they do hit it's often spectacular. This particular at-bat with Vauxhall, however, is probably a foul tip at best. The folks at the brand behind the griffin, whose logo ...

GM Europe gets its own Facts and Fiction website 9 months ago on Autoblog

Toward the end of last summer, before GM went from "Everybody calm down..." to "Everybody calm down... but we could use some help over here...", GM launched a U.S. Facts and Fiction site to counter some of the nefarious scuttlebutt doing the rounds. With GM Europe now in the same straits, a ...

Opel/Vauxhall dealers to buy stake in brands 9 months ago on Autoblog

With the German government taking a very cautious approach towards extending a helping hand to GM's Opel division (Vauxhall in the U.K.), a large group of the brand's dealerships have hatched a scheme that could see them take a minority stake in the company. Under the proposal, participating ...

Geneva Preview: Opel/Vauxhall Ampera officially looks better than Volt 9 months ago on Autoblog

Holden. Chevy. Opel. Vauxhall. These are the brands that we know will get a version of the plug-in Volt. Granted, the Europeans will call it the Ampera, but under all those models will be the Voltec technology that gives the sedan a 60-km (37-mile) electric-only range and a 500-km (310-mile) ...

Vauxhall celelebrates BTCC domination with limited-edition VX Racing Corsa and Astra 10 months ago on Autoblog

Piloted by Fabrizio Giovanardi of the VX Racing, Vauxhall took all three golden trophies in last year's British Touring Car Championship (BTCC): driver, team, and manufacturer. To celebrate, Vauxhall is making 888 Corsa and Astra VX Racing Editions. The number of the run comes from the name of ...

Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst models rock out with 560 HP 10 months ago on Autoblog

The Vauxhall VXR8 (a.k.a. Pontiac G8 GXP) is no performance slouch by any measure. However, as we all know, there is no such thing as too much power or torque – there are only transmissions and tires that can't handle the truth. With that in mind, the kids at General Motors' British ...

Spy Shots: Next Vauxhall Astra caught in the buff 10 months ago on Autoblog

The next Opel/Vauxhall Astra – which may or may not make it to the States as a Saturn – has been caught outside General Motors' testing facility in Germany. The singular spy shot reveals a new greenhouse design, hatch, taillights and rear wing. The Opel Insignia's influence is apparent ...

Opinion: What should happen to Saturn, Vauxhall and Opel during GM's reorganization? 11 months ago on Autoblog

Amidst all the recent bailout talk, one question being asked is what role GM's Opel division will serve in a new-and-hopefully-improved General Motors. More succinctly, will Vauxhall and Saturn soldier on unchanged or will they simply fade into automotive landscape? Automotive News seems to think ...

Vauxhall offering workers 9-month sabbatical with 30% pay 1 year ago on Autoblog

Auto sales in the UK are taking a beating just as bad as they are here in the States, as year over year sales in the Queen's country dropped 27 in November. That's bad news for General Motors' Vauxhall brand, especially considering the automaker's current financial situation (or lack thereof). To ...

Opel and Vauxhall versions of Volt to be built in U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more shots of the Opel Flextreme concept When the Volt concept was first unveiled, GM was not sure how to badge European versions of the E-Flex cars. Apparently, the decision has been made and the first Euro-bound EV's from GM will be badged as Opels, with a Vauxhall version coming ...

2010 Saturn Aura put on hold? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Opel Insignia After seeing plenty of shots of Opel's new Insignia mid-sizer, we're anxiously awaiting General Motor's official announcement of its statewide debut as the next-gen Saturn Aura. Unfortunately, current rumors indicate that we'll be waiting a bit ...

Vauxhall Insignia sports all-seeing front camera system [w/VIDEO] 1 year ago on Autoblog

Safety technology has become a major selling point for car shoppers, and a new front-sensing camera co-developed by Vauxhall and Opel will give GM's European brands something to brag about. The new camera, which will be available on the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia beginning early 2009, is located ...

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