Vauxhall has confirmed UK pricing for its updated Insignia, which is available to order now in a total of five trim levels, including a 227bhp 2.0-litre GSi performance option.
Prices kick off at £23,120 for the SE Nav, which includes smartphone connectivity, a 7.0in infotainment touchscreen, dual-zone climate control, 17in alloy wheels and automatic emergency braking as standard. SRi Nav models, available from £24,620, gain additional kit including LED ambient lighting, a subtle rear spoiler and chrome upper window surrounds.
Towards the top of the range are SRi VX-Line Nav and Ultimate Nav, which each start from £27,620, but the headline introduction is the new GSi, which packs a turbocharged four-cylinder engine that produces 227bhp and 258lb ft. This power is delivered through a nine-speed automatic gearbox.
Priced from £38,850, the high-performance executive hatchback has also been fitted with four-wheel drive that utilises a torque-vectoring system to improve handling in corners. The GSi also gets Brembo four-piston brakes, new adaptive Flexride suspension, bespoke 20in grey alloy wheels and tweaks to the steering set-up.
The details of the GSi were revealed alongside full details of a revamped engine line-up for the Insignia. The entry-level unit is a three-cylinder 1.4-litre turbo petrol with 143bhp and 174lb ft, using a six-speed manual gearbox for WLTP-certified fuel economy from 45.6mpg.
As well as the 227bhp version, the 2.0-litre engine will be offered in 197bhp guise from SRi Nav upwards, using the nine-speed automatic ’box. This is the first Vauxhall engine to feature cylinder deactivation to reduce fuel consumption. The lower-powered version achieves WLTP fuel economy of up to 37.2mpg, compared with the more powerful unit's 33.2mpg.
There will be one diesel engine in the launch line-up: a 1.5-litre three-cylinder producing 120bhp and 221lb ft and returning an official 57.6mpg. A 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel will be launched later this year.
Vauxhall says the three-cylinder engines are up to 50kg lighter than the versions featured in the outgoing model.
Confirmation of the engine line-up comes shortly after Vauxhall revealed a number of exterior changes and upgraded interior technology for the Insignia.
The front has been restyled, with an expanded, chrome-edged radiator grille and adaptive-beam Intellilux LED headlights leading the raft of revisions.
Vauxhall claims the facelifted Insignia looks “lower and wider than before” without any specific dimension changes, while the overall design is intended to be “sharper and more coupé-like”.
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It'll be a bit niche now
That bhp in the GSI isn't that competitive nowadays either.
Howlong..
Will the GSi last? At close to £40k list, it's likely to be hammered in terms of depreciation and so buyers are likely to run a mile. Lower cost versions look very good value.
I keep reading that this car shares underpinnings with the 508 and new DS9 - can anyone shine any light on that?
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All the Vauxhall dealers will register one for their sales manager and then the orders will dry up.
There is something fundamentally naff about Vauxhall. Imagine naming a car the 'Vauxhall Insignia SRI VX-Line Nav'. And then advertising this French-owned, German car as 'British'.It's aimed at the sort of people who believe Costa Coffee make the best coffee. There is no authenticity or desirability here.
Marketing drivel
No, you're conflating what appears to be a very good car with PSA's faux-patriotic marketing drivel. If a certain breed of British consumer (and Remainiacs seem particularly at fault here) could only get over their obsessive "I refuse to drive anything unless it wears a German badge" thing, then the Insignia should be assured a profitable future. But PSA must be realistic about price. This ain't an "executive" car. It's a mainstream mid-size family motor: reasonably spacious, reasonably comfortable, reasonably economical, with reasonable performance. Most normal people would be delighted to have one sitting on their driveway. Offer it in the low to mid-£20Ks and it will sell like hot cakes. Pretend it's a C-klasse rival and it will crash and burn.
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Will the GSi last? At close to £40k list, it's likely to be hammered in terms of depreciation and so buyers are likely to run a mile. Lower cost versions look very good value.
I keep reading that this car shares underpinnings with the 508 and new DS9 - can anyone shine any light on that?
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PSA arent interested in selling cars that lose money any more. The EU penalty on selling cars with high CO2 means they have priced it not to sell, and cover any penalty if it does.
Probably a nice car let down by not having a manual option.
Also the Insignia is all GM, there is nothing PSA in it, so it shares nothing with the 508 and DS9.
Good looking design
If they can't make a hit out of this clean good looking design then that is a shame. I could imagine this in a well appointed leather interior in a nice colour, like the blue shown, being a great car to own.
I wish them luck.