Opel Insignia OPC: Raucous and reassuringly ridiculous

I SPENT the last few days trading holiday stories with a friend of mine.

As well as the prerequisite for sun, sand and somewhere as far away from here as possible, we both share the same dream of hitting the highways for a lengthy road trip across Europe — me losing myself in the mountains of Italy, him exploiting the autobahns of Germany and Austria.

Similar fantasies, similar bring-you-back-down-to-earth problems — children who start complaining as soon as you reverse out of the drive and who have about as much appetite for long days in the back seat as a Greek civil servant has for a hard day’s work.