Opel: Drive before you buy

Potential Opel owners are to be offered three-day test drives before they buy so then can “experience a car first-hand”.

About 35,000 test cars from Opel and Vauxhall will be made available for the extended tests in about 40 European countries, parent company General Motors said at the annual Geneva Motor Show today.

“We know how good our cars are,” said GM Europe Chairman Fritz Henderson. “Trade journalists have confirmed what we know, and now drivers all across Europe have the chance to see and experience it themselves.”

The campaign will last for three months, but start dates will vary in each country.