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Opel introduces updated Corsa ecoFlex with 98 g/km CO2

Opel is about to launch a heavily revamped version of the B-segment Corsa, although observers probably won't notice much difference on the outside. That actually isn't such a bad thing, since the Corsa is a pretty handsome little car. Under the skin, the car gets new powertrains and revised suspension setups for improved handling and ride. Under the hood, the Corsa offers diesels in 1.3-liter and 1.7-liter sizes with the latter rated at 130 hp. The smaller engine is available in three power levels with the most powerful 95 hp version ... Read more →

Opel introduces updated Corsa ecoFLEX, now at 98 g/km CO2 Sam Abuelsamid

Opel has just introduced an updated version of its high-mileage, low-CO2 sub-compact Corsa. The refreshed Corsa ecoFLEX now gets 20 hp more from its 1.3-liter CDTi diesel engine than before, ...

Chevy Volt leader Frank Weber leaving for Opel, reaffirms Volt remains on track Sebastian Blanco

One of the main men working to get the Chevy Volt out the door on time, Frank Weber, has announced he will leave General Motors on December 1 for a senior leadership post at Opel. This is the ...

Opel planning a new minicar for Europe, looking for development partner Xavier Navarro

According to Alain Visser, Opel's head of sales and marketing, Opel needs a minicar to compete. However, developing a new minicar is a huge expense, and even though Opel has set aside €250 ...

REPORT: Vauxhall unsure whether Ampera will be built in UK Jeremy Korzeniewski

Just the other day, reports from the British motoring press indicated that the Vauxhall Ampera wouldn't be built in the UK as initially planned. Instead, the extended-range electric vehicle would ...

Opel now testing Ampera ER-EV mules in Germany 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that the GM's Chevy Volt engineering team here in the U.S. is starting to get their hands on the 80 IVER prototypes, some of the Cruze based mules they have been using since last fall are being freed up for other uses. That means the engineers at Opel can now get some for local testing in ...

Opel adds 130 hp Insignia EcoFlex, 136 g/km of CO2 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Opel is expanding the Insignia ecoFlex lineup with a new 130 hp variant of the 2.0-liter diesel engine. GM's European branch has already been offering an ecoFlex variant of the mid-sized Insignia for some time, utilizing the more powerful 160 hp version of the same engine. Apparently, the ...

Vauxhall releases new Insignia ecoFLEX Sports Tourer with under 140 g/km CO2 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Vauxhall, GM's UK-based division, has just announced that the latest addition to its fuel-saving and emissions reducing ecoFLEX line will take the form of the Insignia Sports Tourer. Included in the car's transformation are a raft of aerodynamic tweaks that include modified front air inlets and ...

Opel adds Sports Tourer Wagon to Insignia ecoFlex line 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

2010 Opel Astra revealed ahead of Frankfurt debut 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, the internet got an unexpected early sneak-peak of the new 2010 Opel/Vauxhall Astra. Now that the cat's out of the bag, GM of Europe has apparently decided it may as well let out all the pictures and details of the next-gen subcompact, which will be officially unveiled next September ...

Royal College of Art students imagine mobility in 2050, see vehicles powered by waterfalls 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The UK's Royal College of Art has a history of looking at clean transportation possibilities. Last year, RCA students designed a series of sustainable automobile concepts and a real-life Toyota iQ was on display there last fall. Furthering the trend, the RCA partnered with Opel/Vauxhall on a ...

Rumormill: Vauxhall going after city car market with Trixx EV? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Way back in 2004, GM's European arm put a toe in the water of the rapidly expanding city car market with its Opel Trixx concept. A few years later, though, GM's Carl-Peter Forster indicated that the automaker would not be entering that microcar market after all. Fast forward another couple of years ...

Geneva 2009: Ampera comes branded with Opel and Vauxhaull badges 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Holden. Chevy. Opel. Vauxhall. These are the brands that we so far know will get a version of the plug-in Volt. Granted, the Europeans will call it the Ampera, but under all those models will be the Voltec technology that gives the sedan a 60-km (37-mile) electric-only range and a 500-km (310 ...

SolarWorld offers to purchase Opel, kind of 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Well, it's not exactly a solar car, but it's a start, right? By now, everyone is aware that General Motors is in a bit of financial trouble at the moment, and those U.S. problems will definitely have an impact on the European automakers also owned by GM, including its Opel subsidiary. A German power ...

Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo: Full details on the first Turbo-charged CNG minivan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image to get full-size pics of the Opel Zafira ecoFLEX Turbo CNG minivan Do you need to haul kids in a zippy van and you don't want it in diesel? Here's a good option for Europeans: the Opel Zafira 1.6 CNG Turbo. We heard not long ago that the Zafira minivan would get the turbo option - ...

Opel Insignia to get ecoFLEX mods, will debut in Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just as Volkswagen does with its BlueMotion label, Opel offers a unique model on each of its nameplates with the ecoFLEX moniker attached. As you might imagine, this badge signifies that the vehicle it is affixed to is the greenest variant of that particular model. Naturally, when the European ...

Bob Lutz: 30K E-Flex cars in Europe in first year, 1M worldwide by 2020 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Now that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged some £90 million for the development of clean vehicles in the U.K., General Motors is seeing plenty to like about the European market for its E-Flex vehicles. The automaker has already reversed its stance on building the electric cars ...

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant could get Volt production in Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme Despite Carl-Peter Forster's recent assertion that Euro Volts would be built in America and shipped overseas, GM's European leader is now claiming that Europe may get its own plant. This change of heart could have something to do with Gordon ...

Euro-bound Volt clones will be built in U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme The internal debate over whether the upcoming Volt will be badged as a Chevrolet or an Opel across the pond has been decided. The first Euro-bound EV's from the General will be Opels, though we are not sure how much in common the vehicle will ...

Opel not planning any new small cars, focuses on Flextreme instead 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme A while back, there were rumblings from Opel that the European brand from GM was considering entering the micro car segment currently occupied by vehicles like the smart fortwo and the upcoming Toyota iQ. That rumored vehicle was to be ...

Videos: a very close look at the Opel Flextreme 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Opel Flextreme diesel electric concept got a visit from reporters in a studio setting instead of at a busy car show. The video above and the one below the fold are very quiet, thoughtful looks at European's E-flex concept without the usual busy car show in the background. The videos include a ...

Frankfurt 2007 video round up: Opel, Mini, Verve 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is the fourth AutoblogGreen video round up and we've got three more videos from the Frankfurt Motor Show. The above video takes a look at the Opel Flextreme with program manager Frank Weber. Frank says the production version of the car will have the lowest rolling resistance tires ever (they ...

Frankfurt video round up: Bob Lutz, Rick Wagoner, the New New Bettle? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Welcome to the third AutoblogGreen video round up! Like all the video round ups so far, this one is all about the Frankfurt Auto Show. The video above is Bob Lutz introducing the Opel Flextreme concept. Someone in the Opel video says the emissions from the engine will be constant, which seems to ...

AutoblogGreen video round up: Opel, Kangoo, Brabus 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Welcome to the the first edition of AutoblogGreen video round up! Video round up is a selection of several videos clips we think you might enjoy. The video above features the Opel Flextreme, GM's new E-Flex concept. The Opel video includes lots of views of the amazing doors, interior and even the ...

Frankfurt Preview: GM starts letting out details on Opel ecoFlex models 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Opel will debut a range of ecoFLEX models at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month to take on Volkswagen's BlueMotion models as the lowest-CO2 emitting variant in each vehicle range. At the lower end of spectrum will be the Corsa ecoFLEX with a 75hp 1.3L turbodiesel equipped with a particulate ...

Frankfurt Preview: Lots of debuts and a green push for GM 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the new Aveo to enlarge it The biennial Frankfurt Motor Show is the largest auto show in the world and General Motors will be there in a big way. GM's European brand Opel is based in Russelsheim just down the road from Frankfurt, so this is their hometown show. The GM stand will have plenty ...

Frankfurt Preview: GM's next E-Flex may come with a Segway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, General Motors will be all about the green with a third iteration of E-Flex and the second major body style. GM officials had previously acknowledged the Frankfurt E-Flex vehicle will be a completely different body style from the Chevy Volt. Although no one ...

City Style: GM shows off the new Agila 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for photo gallery GM unveiled the all-new, Suzuki Swift-based Opel/Vauxhall Agila city car today, and we like what we see. The 5-door hatch is a very stylish little city car that'll arrive next spring with a choice of three powertrain options. A 65-horsepower 1.0-liter 3-cylinder and a ...

GM bringing Opel Corsa to US market 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the Paris Motor Show, General Motors Product guru Bob Lutz, confirmed to reporters that the next generation Opel Corsa will in fact come to the US market. Unfortunately since Opel just introduced a redesigned Corsa in Europe that is not designed to to meet US regulations, it'll be the next ...

Mild hybrids on the upswing? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While most consumers are now carefully looking at the fuel economy of their next car, legislators are still focusing their efforts on reducing vehicle emissions. While emission standards vary around the world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet the existing and future standards with ...


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