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Another unexplored corner of the Vauxhall Insignia model range. Vauxhall’s family-sized saloon and estate is available with a trio of petrol engines, the middle-sitting 1.5-litre turbocharged option developing 163bhp. We’ve already tested the new wagon in entry-level 138bhp petrol form, and in saloon guise as the 256bhp 2.0-litre turbo petrol range-topper. Now is our first chance to find out if the middle-sitting option is the sweetest of all three.
In the enlarged estate version of the Insignia, that engine makes for claimed fuel economy of 46.3mpg combined, rated CO2 emissions of 139g/km and claimed 0-62mph acceleration in under eight-and-a-half seconds. An equivalent Ford Mondeo is not only more expensive but marginally slower-accelerating, though a natch more fuel-efficient; a like-for-like Skoda Octavia has the Vauxhall beaten across the board and by bigger margins.
But then neither the Ford nor the Skoda quite equal the Insignia on all-round value for money – the big Vauxhall combining a sub-£20k asking price with a near-600-litre boot, a very room cabin, competitive performance and economy claims, and a standard equipment list that includes touchscreen navigation, smartphone mirroring and an in-car wifi hotspot.
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This surely would be so much
This surely would be so much more tempting than a base spec A4??
darn it
ah..thought it looked too good: your test car must be a higher-spec version: 18" wheels, leather etc..i specced one up on the configurator and it looks a munter compared to this one!
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Externally, would swapping 18 inch wheels for 17 inchers make turn a 'good looking car' into a munter?
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The wheels on the car photographed are 20s. Doubt they'd last long on today's roads.
Impressed with the economy
Of what is a large car with petrol engine. With the petrol being that economical the case for an alternate diezel version of the same car appears weak indeed. This may be the engine of choice for the Insignia. Even though the less powerful 1,5L petrol can be had - at an even lower prices, so low it becomes an alternative for high end super minis. At these numbers for fuel consumption, I doubt that a petrol super mini is all that more economical anyhow. GM really looks to have finally created a winner just as it sold it's operations in Europe. So PSA made after all a fortuous purchase.