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[omega2018]

picked up the holiday hire car last week and it was a facelift insignia hatch.  i was quite impressed by it, especially the ride quality.  i hadn't really thought about it as a replacement for the mig but now i am. 

good points - 6 speed manual gearbox, 2 power air con, smooth ride (on the 18 inch wheels), big 8 inch sat nav, 6 speed box great on the motorway

bad points - windscreen pillar obstructs forward visibility, rear window v small, engine not enough power - lots of gear changing, electronic handbrake - ugh.

anyway apparently there's an insignia replacement coming next year - http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2017-vauxhall-insignia-will-be-larger-and-lighter

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Can it be had in a different colour?

[omega2018]

yes you've got the choice of speckled white

or speckled white with grey panels

[STEMO]

That could catch on. 

[Nick W]

That could catch on. 

It's certainly caught something

[Diamond Black Geezer]

My experiences of Insignias is a bit underwhelming. The old man has an SRi (prefacelift) it's a 1.8, so has hard suspension, and zero 'go', too. Doesn't even look the part, small wheels, very odd. Good friend has a bells and whistles Elite Tourer, which features the as-standard fidgety ride which feels like the dampers are just a little too 'tough' for the car. This is, however, what you'll find on every car that isn't a Rangie or Merc with air suspension; thanks to a generation of roadtesters demanding sportier and sportier drives round the billiard-table-smooth test tracks and to hell with the ride quality on actual roads. Another guy I know, ex Vauxhall employee, has the bells and whistles turbocharged one, 4wd. He's very happy with it, though Ive never been in it.

It's the nearest Luton have to an Omega, and of course with cars increasing in size all the time it is as big as the Omega of yesteryear, just as an old Vectra dwarfes an old Cresta etc...

I'd confidently say a far superior car to the Mondeo (missus' parents have one, horrid thing with many design flaws) and nowt wrong with it. I wish they'd imported some 'lower fat' versions of the VXR8 to the UK, that's all. For thruppence ha'penny GM could have straightenend out some of the more rattly 'American' style interior plastics and imported Commodores, badged them up as Omeges, would have been a very nice cost-effective alternative to the big German Marques...as the Carlton/Sennys/Omegas always were.

Nothing wrong with the Insignia, as I say, just a bit mixed feelings. There's such a brilliant wide range, there's got to be the 'right' model for me, but not sure what.     If we're looking at D Segment I've never liked a model so much as a Mk III Cav 

[TheBoy]

Insignia is comfortable enough as a front seat passenger, and not a bad motorway mile cruncher.  Quick enough ones tend to get too harsh on the ride.

Small cabin, particularly for rear seat passengers, and a small boot limit its appeal, making the Mundano a better option IMHO.  Both equally uninspiring to drive, yet reasonably competent.

[TheBoy]

In the same way that the Focus was better than the PoS Escort it replaced, the Insignia is miles better (excluding rear headroom and boot space) than the PoS Vectra it replaced.

Not sure if that counts as progress though...

[BazaJT]

Chap who parks on our road[although he doesn't live on it]had a '06 Vectra 1.9cdti and traded that for a '61 Insignia Elite,don't know what engine that has but it says Eco Turbo on the rear.

[TheBoy]

Chap who parks on our road[although he doesn't live on it]had a '06 Vectra 1.9cdti and traded that for a '61 Insignia Elite,don't know what engine that has but it says Eco Turbo on the rear.

Probably the 2.0l CDTi, but the 120/130bhp version.

[VXL V6]

I've come to the conclusion that there isn't a replacement for the Omega......

There are a number of Exec RWD cars out there which meet the basic specs I'm looking for and when the time comes and the budget is there that's probably what i'll aim to get.

At that point i'll probably just lose a hobby or maybe reinvent it with a classic car restoration or a kit car.

[Webby the Bear]

Of the ones we've had in.... 2 dmf's rattling and 3 or 4 with turbo leaks from split turbo hoses.

Nice enough cabins though. Still not convinced about the dish steering wheels though.

And still looks like a squatting dog about to..... well u know

[neil74]

I've driven two of them a 2010 130 hatch and a 2012 160 tourer and the first was ok provided you gave it some stick to get anywhere. but the second one seemed like it was thrown together from whatever they had lying around judging by the fit of numerous parts on it. and don't mention DPF'S the thing was forever over revving to burn off the crap and the smell was enough to choke you to death if you stood near it for more than a minute or two.

[LFF64]

I like mine 
But you don't want an Sri the ride is very hard the one I have now has flexride which means I have the sport,touring or normal option it is also 4x4 and has been remapped so it doesn't hang about and it will average mid 40 mpg and just under 60 mpg on the motorway
I do miss my Omega though and  keep thinking about getting another but that's as far as it goes I am afraid

[Doctor Gollum]

I thought the ride in my Sri St was fine... That had 4x4, flexride and 20" wheels