Archive for the ‘Opel’ Category

What is it?: The relaunch of the popular Regal nameplate, which will be Buick's new mid-size sedan  The basics: Four-cylinder only for now; front-wheel drive, 180+ hp Price: $21,500 (estimated) On sale: late 2010/early 2011

Rumors of the Buick Regal's return to production have been circulating for months, and at a dealers' meeting this week, GM finally confirmed them. After being out of the public eye for six years, the Buick Regal will return to showrooms in late 2010 or early 2011, likely as a 2011 model.

The revamped Regal mid-size sedan will be based on the Opel Insignia. (In fact, there's already an Insignia-based Buick Regal on sale...

What is it?: The relaunch of the popular Regal nameplate, which will be Buick's new mid-size sedan  The basics: Four-cylinder only for now; front-wheel drive, 180+ hp Price: $21,500 (estimated) On sale: late 2010/early 2011 Rumors of the Buick Regal's return to production have been circulating for months, and at a dealers' meeting this week, GM finally confirmed them. After being out of the public eye for six years, the Buick Regal will return to showrooms in late 2010 or early 2011, likely as a 2011 model. The revamped Regal mid-size sedan will be based on the Opel Insignia. (In fact, there's already an Insignia-based Buick Regal on sale... Read More

It’s official. The boss of Opel, Carl-Peter Forster, will be leaving his role as head of the European operation and will advise the company during the transition to find a new CEO. Who will that be? Rumor has it, none other than GM’s own Bob Lutz. [Motor Authority]

You know hybrids have really caught on when some of the most exclusive of brands start considering them. The latest is Rolls-Royce, which is reportedly working on a hybrid version of its upcoming Ghost. [Autocar]

Nissan’s other half, French automaker Renault, has confirmed plans for four new electric cars that will be launched in 2011. Sadly, the chances of any...

It’s official. The boss of Opel, Carl-Peter Forster, will be leaving his role as head of the European operation and will advise the company during the transition to find a new CEO. Who will that be? Rumor has it, none other than GM’s own Bob Lutz. [Motor Authority] You know hybrids have really caught on when some of the most exclusive of brands start considering them. The latest is Rolls-Royce, which is reportedly working on a hybrid version of its upcoming Ghost. [Autocar] Nissan’s other half, French automaker Renault, has confirmed plans for four new electric cars that will be launched in 2011. Sadly, the chances of any... Read More

Ah, Romania: home of quirky mid-century art, bloody communist repression, gypsies, and Dracula. Just like the textbooks say, it's a land of contrasts. Case in point: this unholy, Frankensteinish alliance of a Volkswagen and an Opel, billed as "the coolest car in Draganesti-Vlasca". We're not sure if we want to give it a spin or kill it before it gets to the children.

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Ah, Romania: home of quirky mid-century art, bloody communist repression, gypsies, and Dracula. Just like the textbooks say, it's a land of contrasts. Case in point: this unholy, Frankensteinish alliance of a Volkswagen and an Opel, billed as "the coolest car in Draganesti-Vlasca". We're not sure if we want to give it a spin or kill it before it gets to the children. [AutoMotto] Read More