Opel adds Sports Tourer Wagon to Insignia ecoFlex line
2010 Opel Insignia Sports Tourer ecoFlex - click above for high res image
Over in Europe, Opel has expanded it's Insignia ecoFlex line with a Sports Tourer model. That would be a station wagon in American English. Whatever you call it, this handsome machine gets the same range of optimizations as other ecoFlex models, including some aerodynamic tweaks, taller final drive ratio and low rolling resistance 17" Michelin tires. All of that helps to extract the most from the 2.0-liter CDTi turbodiesel four cylinder engine. In this application, the engine is rated at 160 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque, which should be more than sufficient to motivate this mid-sized wagon. The official combined mileage rating on the EU test cycle for the ecoFlex wagon is 44.4 mpg (U.S.) with CO2 emissions of just 139 g/km. Opel is reporting that during the recent media drives in Germany, one Croation reporter managed to squeeze out 65.3 mpg (U.S.) driving on back roads near Frankfurt.
[Source: Opel]
Opel Insignia ecoFLEX Sports Tourer: All This and Eco-credentials, Too
* Environmentally friendly station wagon emits just 139 g CO2/km
* Eco car flexes its muscles with 160 hp and up to 380 Nm torque
Rüsselsheim. Green shoots continue to sprout on the Opel model line-up: Starting this fall, the especially environmentally friendly Insignia ecoFLEX will be available as a Sports Tourer. The elegant station wagon version of Europe's 2009 Car of the Year sips in the combined cycle just 5.3 liters of diesel per 100 km and emits only 139 g CO2/km. (ecoFLEX sedan: 5.2 l/100 km, 136 g CO2/km). – while offering a load capacity of
up to 1530 liters.
All Insignia ecoFLEX models combine economy with driving fun. The 2.0 CDTI engine with the Clean Tech System delivers 118 kW/160 hp and has maximum torque of 380 Nm. The Insignia ecoFLEX Sports Tourer accelerates to a top speed of 215 km/h – three km/h faster than the normal version – and sprints from zero to 100 km/h in 9.9 seconds.
The Opel Insignia ecoFLEX Sports Tourer can be ordered now, with prices starting at 28,690 euros (RRP incl. VAT) in Germany. It comes with a six-speed manual transmission, a longer final drive ratio, a range of aerodynamic optimizations and specially developed, 225/55 R 17" low-resistance Michelin tires. "The Insignia ecoFLEX is more than just a green car. It offers the same package of high driving performance, innovative technologies and comfort as the other Insignia models. And for this price, it has no serious competition – this is true for both the Sports Tourer and the sedans," says Hans Demant, Managing Director, Adam Opel GmbH.
Just how parsimonious the new Opel Insignia ecoFLEX is, was highlighted at the sedans' press launch in June. European journalists driving the Insignia ecoFLEX for two weeks in the region south of Frankfurt confirmed that the official factory figure of 5.2 liters of diesel per 100 km is very realistic. On the first part of the test circuit, consisting mainly of country roads from the Frankfurt Airport to Heidelberg, most of the cars needed less than five liters of diesel. Some of the journalists really concentrated on their gas pedal behavior; one reporter from Croatia hit a record of 3.6 liters per 100 kilometers.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ian 5:19PM (6/30/2009)
Make mine a Buick.
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Dalton 6:22PM (7/01/2009)
The Opel folks keep building great cars. My '07 Saturn Aura is terrific--German sports sedan at American prices. This new Insignia is the latest version of that car/wagon and is even better. I think GM did an awful job of promoting the Saturn brand of rebranded Opels here. I hope Penske will import Opels to sell as Saturns again. I would buy one of these diesel wagons in a minute if I could.
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