Opel Insignia is a large family car produced by GM Europe German Division "Opel" since 2008, replacing the Opel Vectra. It was launched at the 2008 London Motor Show. It is sold as an Opel in continental Europe and a Vauxhall in the United Kingdom, and as a Buick Regal in China; Holden also plans to import it to Australia and New Zealand. In Chile, it will be sold by Chevrolet, and maintain the Vectra name. The Insignia is the first production car to feature a dual-function frontal camera with traffic sign recognition. The Vauxhall version is the first car to receive their new logo design, dispensing with the characteristic "V" grille that has adorned Vauxhall models since 1994.
The Insignia offers 3 centimetres (1.2 in) more knee room than the Vectra. Both body variants have identical 4,830 mm (190.2 in) length and share the same wheelbase of 2,737 mm (107.8 in). The new car was made available in dealerships in October 2008 with a line-up of nine engines; a 1.6 L Family 1 I4 petrol engine producing 115 PS (113 hp/85 kW), a 1.8 L I4 petrol engine producing 140 PS (138 hp/103 kW), a 1.6 L I4 turbo petrol engine producing 180 PS (178 hp/132 kW), a 2.0 L Family II I4 turbo direct injection petrol engine producing 220 PS (217 hp/162 kW), four 2.0 L "CDTi" I4 diesel engines, three of them with a single turbocharger producing 110 PS (108 hp/81 kW), 130 PS (128 hp/96 kW) and 160 PS (158 hp/118 kW), and a twin turbo version producing 190 PS (187 hp/140 kW), and a 2.8 L "High Feature" V6 turbo petrol engine producing 260 PS (256 hp/191 kW).
All meet Euro 5 emissions standards and come with six-speed transmissions, either manual or automatic. UK trim levels consist of Exclusiv, S, SE, SRi and Elite. The Insignia was voted as the European Car of the Year 2009 by the European motoring press, beating the Ford Fiesta by just 1 vote.
