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Rendered Speculation: Vauxhall Ampera goes "Outback" for CUV

When new Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly visited the company's Ellesmere Port factory in the UK last week, he dropped a hint that there would be more than one version of the upcoming Opel/Vauxhall Ampera. That's not really any great surprise as GM has already said that there would be other vehicles beyond the Volt/Ampera that use the Voltec powertrain. AutoExpress picked up the hint and, after talking to its sources, has concluded that there would be some sort of crossover or MPV based on the Ampera. Based on that, they worked up this ... Read more →

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 ...

REPORT: Vauxhall Ampera production gets snubbed in the UK Sebastian Blanco

Where, exactly, the Vauxhall Ampera – the British version of the Chevy Volt – will be built is up in the air now that Magna, Vauxhall's new owner, has decided that the plug-in hybrid ...

Elektromotive and GM team up to lobby UK MPs to support EVs Sam Abuelsamid

In order for companies getting into the electric vehicle business to have a chance to be financially viable, they are going to need help from governments. That means incentives to help offset the ...

Vauxhall releases new Insignia ecoFLEX Sports Tourer with under 140 g/km CO2 Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Vauxhall employees to miss out on building Ampera ER-EV 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

When General Motors unveiled the Opel Ampera at the Geneva Motor Show last March, employees at Vauxhall got their hopes raised that they would eventually get to build the sibling of the Chevy Volt. Last year, it looked like Voltec-based vehicles could find a home at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port ...

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? 7 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 ...

Vauxhall launches Insignia ecoFlex with 45.5 mpg (U.S.), 136 g/km CO2 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Vauxhall has introduced the ecoFlex version of the Insignia sedan in the UK powered by a 160 hp 2.0-liter turbodiesel four cylinder. The ecoFlex model is based on the 2.0 CDTi with a variety of aerodynamic improvements that help improve the mileage by 10 percent. Lowering the ride height by 10 ...

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 ...

Leakage: The new Opel/Vauxhall Astra 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Leaks of new designs come from all over, and the source of this image is quite odd. It has appeared on a user forum of a Brazilian car magazine but shows the new generation of the Astra that GM Europe is getting ready. Now that its main competitors - VW with the Golf (Rabbit) and Renault with the ...

Prize time: Opel Flextreme wins red dot design award 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Red Dot design award is one of Europe's most prestigious industry awards. Created under the aegis of the Design Zentrum North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, it has been awarded to the European cousin of the Chevy Volt, the Opel Flextreme (possibly aka the Vauxhall Electra in the UK). The prize was ...

GM's E-Flex vehicle to be called Electra in the UK? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the U.S. market, the name Electra was used on big Buick sedans for more than four decades but it hasn't appeared in a new car showroom since 1990. It looks like the Electra could be be making a comeback soon, but not in America. It turns out that Vauxhall, the brand that GM uses to sell ...

Vauxhall launches the Astra ecoFlex 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click for high-resolution pictures of the Astra ecoFlex GM's brand in the United Kingdom, Vauxhall, has launched the Astra Ecoflex version. As with the array of green signatures created by all European automakers (see: Bluemotion, Ecomotive, Eco2, Airdream...), the Vaxuhall Ecoflex takes a standard ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vauxhall shows off biofueled trucks at Birmingham CV Show 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Vauxhall is Britain's top producer of light commercial vehicles, and the company unveiled a pair of B30-fueled delivery vans at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham. The trucks in question are the Vivaro and Movano, and Vauxhall is building a series of the greener machines for a fleet customer ...

Photo gallery of Vauxhall's Corsa VXR Supermini 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

To go along with Jeremy's post right below this one on the new Corsa VXR supermini, here's a gallery of high-resolution (1,280 pixel wide) images. Click on the image above or the thumbnails below to see the Corsa VXR close-up. Remember, the images are downloadable for your personal use. There's a ...

Vauxhall Corsa VXR to be unveiled in Geneva 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You may have already seen pictures of the Vauxhall Corsa, but now they have released their performance version, the VXR. This car proves what you already probably knew: being greener does not have to mean being boring. The car looks cool, in my opinion, in the European hot-hatch sort of way. Like ...


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