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Title: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: Entwood on 10 April 2013, 17:13:16
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22094735

Good news perhaps ??
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: PAULCDX on 10 April 2013, 17:15:37
Let's hope so. Thumbs up to that  ;)  :y
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: STMO123 on 10 April 2013, 17:26:37
I've never understood how they were losing so much. Every other car on the road is an astra or corsa.
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 10 April 2013, 17:56:11
I've never understood how they were losing so much. Every other car on the road is an astra or corsa.


..............and Insignia's are not exactly rare now :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: TheBoy on 10 April 2013, 18:21:07
I've never understood how they were losing so much. Every other car on the road is an astra or corsa.


..............and Insignia's are not exactly rare now :y :y :y :y
But Mundanos are more common (as are focus and fifi in their classes)
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 10 April 2013, 18:22:39
I've never understood how they were losing so much. Every other car on the road is an astra or corsa.


..............and Insignia's are not exactly rare now :y :y :y :y

......and not exactly pretty, either. ;)
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: henryd on 10 April 2013, 18:24:23
I've never understood how they were losing so much. Every other car on the road is an astra or corsa.


..............and Insignia's are not exactly rare now :y :y :y :y

......and not exactly pretty, either. ;)

I think they look good in white,dunno why ???
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: dazzerM on 10 April 2013, 18:30:07
I've never understood how they were losing so much. Every other car on the road is an astra or corsa.


..............and Insignia's are not exactly rare now :y :y :y :y

......and not exactly pretty, either. ;)

I think they look good in white,dunno why ???

Is there any car that doesn't, every white car I see reminds me how much I miss my explod  :'( :y
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: tunnie on 10 April 2013, 21:25:00
Not impressed with most of what they produce though, Insignia feels too small and dark inside, with rock hard seats. (sat in one never driven, maybe my view would change  :-\) - Also never sat in Elite version, would have hoped seats would be better in that.  :-\

Never liked Corsa, learned in C shape.

Monaro/VXR8 are nice, but not Europe Opel though.

Quite like latest Fords to be honest. Current Mondeo is very nice, Galaxy was very impressive too from a passenger perspective. Smoother than Omega even  :o
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: Del Boy on 10 April 2013, 21:48:43
It's good news, however, they've got to up their game, the Mondeo for example is miles better than the Insignia. Although I do think the Astra & Corsa are better than the Focus & Fiesta. They've stopped making the Astra Van too, which is a big thumbs down for me.
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: TheBoy on 10 April 2013, 21:56:17
Not impressed with most of what they produce though, Insignia feels too small and dark inside, with rock hard seats. (sat in one never driven, maybe my view would change  :-\) - Also never sat in Elite version, would have hoped seats would be better in that.  :-\
Seats are hard compared to Omega. But I had no issues driving from here to beyond Carcasonne and back over a fornight. Well over 2k.  Remember, I'd not that long screwed my back (again) in that accident. I was pleasantly surprised by it once a) I'd loosened up the engine a bit, b) we'd slapped some new pads on it after getting 500 miles into journey and runnign out of pad ;D

My fellow convoy driver was in his Morgan, so when off the main roads, it took some effort to "have some fun" ::), but the base model diesel Insignia did not disgrace itself.
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 April 2013, 00:24:01
My fellow convoy driver was in his Morgan, so when off the main roads, it took some effort to "have some fun" , but the base model diesel Insignia did not disgrace itself.

High praise indeed :y

Would you by one though :-\
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: Vamps on 11 April 2013, 00:30:27
Not impressed with most of what they produce though, Insignia feels too small and dark inside, with rock hard seats. (sat in one never driven, maybe my view would change  :-\) - Also never sat in Elite version, would have hoped seats would be better in that.  :-\

Never liked Corsa, learned in C shape.

Monaro/VXR8 are nice, but not Europe Opel though.

Quite like latest Fords to be honest. Current Mondeo is very nice, Galaxy was very impressive too from a passenger perspective. Smoother than Omega even  :o

I looked at this car a couple of years ago and felt the same, was driving an Omega at the time, having sat in the Insignia felt that going back to the Omega was much more comfortable..... ;)
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: Auto Addict on 11 April 2013, 07:41:42
Not impressed with most of what they produce though, Insignia feels too small and dark inside, with rock hard seats. (sat in one never driven, maybe my view would change  :-\) - Also never sat in Elite version, would have hoped seats would be better in that.  :-\

Never liked Corsa, learned in C shape.

Monaro/VXR8 are nice, but not Europe Opel though.

Quite like latest Fords to be honest. Current Mondeo is very nice, Galaxy was very impressive too from a passenger perspective. Smoother than Omega even  :o

Mrs AA has a bad back, always found the Omega seats did not help.

She's had no problems with the Insignia over a 4 hour journey, in the Omega we used to have to stop every hour for her to get out and stretch her back.
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: cleggy on 11 April 2013, 09:13:25
The article seems to concentrate on Opel and Vauxhall is only mention in the title, although it is classed as a subsiduary of Opel. I wonder if any investment will come in £ Sterling to EllesmerePort and Luton
Title: Re: Good news for Vauxhall/Opel
Post by: STMO123 on 11 April 2013, 09:33:19
The article seems to concentrate on Opel and Vauxhall is only mention in the title, although it is classed as a subsiduary of Opel. I wonder if any investment will come in £ Sterling to EllesmerePort and Luton
Ellesmere Port is going to build the 2015 astra, so you could call that investment. I don't think Vauxhall are doing so badly in the UK, it's those pesky, unproductive Germans that are at fault. ;D