We have been waffling on in these columns of late about a revival at Opel which has seen the company’s previously stolid model range having a lot of new life breathed into it and this week we have been given further evidence of the revitalisation of the Russelsheim outfit.

CONTAINING some of the most daunting stages in Irish rallying, this weekend’s Ordnance Survey Ireland/ Gleneagle Hotel co-sponsored Killarney International Rally of the Lakes, has several potential winners.