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Opel Insignia Sports Tourer - The New Wagon in Elegant SportswearRüsselsheim. Due to be unveiled at Paris Motor Show (October 4-19), Opel's new station wagon offers leading technologies wrapped in a sporty, premium body and reflects this in its name: Insignia Sports Tourer.
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The Insignia Sports Tourer, available
in European markets in spring 2009, boasts the same athletic, powerful and
elegant design as its sedan counterparts. "However," says Mark Adams, Vice
President of GM Europe Design, "this is a stand-alone model and not simply
a wagon version of the sedan. In fact, all the bodywork aft of the B-pillar
is unique to the Sports Tourer. We've also ensured that its design combines
the sculptural artistry and technical precision found in the notch- and hatchback
models." Designers gave the rear of the Sports Tourer a unique yet cohesive
appearance by pulling the "wraparound" tailgate far into the flanks and
accentuating it with large, distinctive, fully integrated tail lights. This
dynamic look encloses an interior that offers ample space for five occupants
and a highly competitive luggage compartment. The luggage compartment offers
a volume of 540 liters. The Sports Tourer has retained an identical wheelbase
of 2.74 meters as the sedan models and added around 80 mm to its length for
an overall 4.91 meters, Two new engines - a downsized gasoline turbo engine
and a new turbo diesel - will join the seven engines already available from
launch of the sedan models.
In addition, an ecoFLEX variant with
remarkably low fuel consumption and CO2 emission levels will be
added to the range in the near future. "Along with leading technologies and
high safety standards, the elegant Opel Insignia Sports Tourer clearly expresses
Opel's strategy to make innovation and attractive design accessible", says
Alain Visser, Chief Marketing Officer for GM Europe. Its newly developed
chassis, designed to offer a high level of safety and comfort, can even be
enhanced with the innovative, integrated FlexRide mechatronic system which
raises stability and provides real time, electronically controlled damping.
FlexRide also gives the driver the choice between three driving modes. In
addition to the standard adaptive mode, the driver can either opt for a
comfort-oriented mode ("Tour") or a Sport setting. The Sport mode makes the
Insignia Sports Tourer driving experience more active, as it changes the
set-up of interlinked functions such as the steering, throttle control, damping
and even the ambient lighting of the dashboard. Moreover, Insignia customers
can even opt for the new, sophisticated Adaptive 4x4 system that proactively
distributes torque to ensure superb stability while providing optimal traction
and enhancing handling performance on all road conditions. The introduction
of the Sports Tourer benefits from the high levels of technology showcased
at the Insignia's launch, such as the innovative "Opel Eye" camera, which
reads and memorizes traffic signs and warns drivers when they unintentionally
veer out of their lane. Other innovative features are the new-generation
AFL headlamps that adjust to prevailing traffic conditions with nine different
lighting functions and the particularly back-friendly, orthopedically-certified
ergonomic sport seats.