Opel Siderium Car Concept with Luxury
This concept car is acombination of lavishness and style. Opel Concept Siderium is the winner of Best Conceptual Interior at Interior Motives Design Awards 2008. The exterior of this car are full of textures and accessories and are marked by soft curves and amazing looks. The designed has focused mainly on interior luxury and versatility because the car includes widely customizable interiors. The seats can be adjusted into a number of desired shapes while the external fabric quickly adjusts itself to...

2009 Opel Insignia by Steinmetz
Modifying Opels is the forte of the German tuner Steinmetz, having worked with the brand for the past several decades and having to wait in excess of five years to ultimately design the latest 2009 Insignia saloon. Not unexpectedly, Steinmetz is one of the primary firms to work with the vehicle, making available a series of styling and handling modifications to match the sales opening of the vehicle.[source]

Automobile Year - 2009
Over the rank of the best in Europe, as always, were very severe struggle. Among the applicants, and the sixth generation of folk «Golf», and already successful make noise in the Old World pretty Fiesta, and once again more than a serious candidate from the Italians from Alfa Romeo - MiTo. But the best was the Opel. But the Germans have long been won this contest. The latter, who was able to climb to the summit, a Volkswagen Golf - in the distant 1993. Opel succeeded in what had been unable...

Germany to consider loan guarantees for Opel
According to the weekly magazine Focus to be published Monday, Opel needs EUR2 billion, which General Motors can't provide. It said the federal government would be prepared to guarantee EUR1 billion and the states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, where Opel has plants, would cover the second EUR1 billion. Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck, speaking from the Group of 20 summit in Washington, confirmed the talks to German media late Friday. [source]

Opel Corsa OPC
The new Opel/Vauxhall Corsa's a smart-looking little hatchback that our friends in Europe and the UK get to enjoy while we watch from the sidelines. GM hasn't seen fit to send the little Fit-fighter our way, but with Saturn and Opel tied at the hip now, our hopes for such a thing seem far less unrealistic. After all, at this time last year, the idea of seeing the Astra in the US was a pipe dream -- one that's been fulfilled with the confirmation that it's headed over as a 2008 Saturn. The latest reason...

Opel Flextreme concept
The Flextreme follows the GTC concept shown at Geneva in showing the direction that GM Europe are looking to take for forthcoming production Opel designs. This car is essentially a mono-space estate designed under Anthony Lo working now under newly incumbent design director Mark Adams. The exterior has the same feature lines first seen in the GTC, and develops the vertical orientated "boomerang" front lamp graphic. With this concept being a diesel-electric hybrid, the design team wanted to...

Video: Official promo for new Opel (Vauxhall) Insignia
The new Insignia sedan is a crucial model for GM as this is the first car to be based on the latest Epsilon II global architecture, which will spawn new midsized saloons for both the Buick and Saab brands. The new Insignia will also go on to sell in the U.S. as the next-generation Saturn Aura and may possibly be sold in Australia as a Holden as well as some parts of Asia. You can read up on all the official details in our previous story. Otherwise, follow the jump for an official promo video plus...

Video: Official promo for new Opel (Vauxhall) Insignia
The new Insignia sedan is a crucial model for GM as this is the first car to be based on the latest Epsilon II global architecture, which will spawn new midsized saloons for both the Buick and Saab brands. The new Insignia will also go on to sell in the U.S. as the next-generation Saturn Aura and may possibly be sold in Australia as a Holden as well as some parts of Asia. You can read up on all the official details in our previous story. Otherwise, follow the jump for an official promo video plus...

Spy Shots: 2010 Opel (Saturn) Astra interior revealed
A heavily camouflaged prototype of Opel’s next-generation Astra hatch, due for launch next year, was recently spotted testing in Germany and although its exterior was masked the car’s cabin was completely bare. While the dash of this test-mule is still in prototype form, we can clearly see the new layout and design for the switchgear and instrument cluster. The images of the exterior reveal a steeply curved rear-hatch, a swooping roof profile and new shape headlights with LED detailing. The new...

Opel Insignia to debut HCCI sparkless technology
        It appears General Motors will be the first manufacturer to use HCCI technology in its vehicles, with new reports claiming the revolutionary technology will first appear in the recently revealed Opel Insignia. GM has been running tests of the efficient powertrain in a number of Opel Vectra and Saturn Aura prototypes the predecessor to the Insignia and soon the latest Insignia will become the first production car to be equipped with HCCI technology. HCCI works...