Opel Insignia hits its mark close to final turn

The recent revival chez Opel has been as welcome for loyal customers as it has been for the thousands of workers the company employs across Europe.

Certain of its’ models are bang up to date — Adam, Corsa, Karl, Mokka and Astra, with the latter also having put Opel right back at the thick of the action in the critical small family car class as well as having convincingly won the 2016 European Car Of The Year prize — while other, older, cars have benefitted from a range of new engines and a batter of new technical and electronic gizmos.

The Insignia range fits into the latter class and, having endured a period in its’ life when it was nothing more than an also-ran in the family car/repmobile segment, it has gestated into being a serious contender. Trouble is that it is probably too late in the Insignia’s lifecycle for its’ revitalisation to allow it make the sort of impact it should have made from the outset of its career.