320-hp, twin-turbo Opel Insignia spied ahead of Geneva debut
 

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To be sold as the Vauxhall Insignia VXR in the UK and as the Opel Insignia OPC in Europe, the car is reported to have lapped the vaunted N&uuml;rburgring Nordschleife in a hair over eight minutes, which is a blistering fast time for a relatively large hatch. <br /><br />The hot Insignia evidently wears big 20-inch wheels with concave dark spokes and chrome accents, wrapped in 255/35 R20 rubber and capped by bulging wheel arches. All four contact patches are in use to put down the anticipate 320 horsepower from the twin-turbo V6, while big air vents borrowed from the sharp-lookin' <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/live-from-geneva-its-the-opel-gtc-concept/">Opel GTC Concept</a> help the drivetrain get the wind it needs. Hatchback, sedan and wagon variants are all expected to be part of the mix. We're hoping to see this bad boy in pre-production preview form this March at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Geneva-Motor-Show/">Geneva Motor Show</a>, with the full production version to follow in the Spring at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Frankfurt-Auto-Show/">Frankfurt Auto Show</a>. But more than that, we're quietly hoping to see it Stateside as the successor to the V8-powered <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/27/new-york-preview-2008-buick-lacrosse-super-rolled-out/">Buick LaCrosse Super</a> (known as the Allure in Canada due to a certain unsavory Quebecois slang conflict). We can hope, can't we?<br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/233782/insignia_vxr.html">EVO</a> via <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/233794/insignia_vxr.html">AutoEx press</a>]<br /></div><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/28/320hp-twin-turbo-opel-insignia-spied-ahead-of-geneva-debut/">320-hp, twin-turbo Opel Insignia spied ahead of Geneva debut</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:29:00 EST. 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