Opel names new crossover model
Following on from the sub-compact Mokka X SUV that has achieved more than 600,000 sales throughout Europe, Opel says it will launch the new crossover model (CUV) next year.
The new CUV continues the trend towards sporty and spacious crossovers.
“Customers want more emotional cars in the B-segment,” says Dave Sheeran, managing director Opel Ireland. “We are meeting these expectations with the Crossland X, and will offer a car with exciting design and the benefits of an SUV for the urban lifestyle — agile around town, yet confident over long distances.”
Since 2010, the sales figures of SUVs and CUVs have increased by five-fold. The Opel Crossland X will bring additional impetus to this market segment and further growth potential for the Opel brand. With the new CUV, Opel will start a crossover-offensive in 2017, adding another category to the existing product portfolio that stretches from ADAM to Zafira.
In the meantime, Opel will launch the next-generation of IntelliLux LED lighting with the all-new Insignia in 2017.
The company claims that in addition to the numerous benefits of the award-winning matrix technology introduced for the first time last year on the Astra, the even more refined and sophisticated IntelliLux LED headlights of the new Insignia feature additional functions that further improve night-time visibility.
During the Astra’s development, LEDs had become even more compact and powerful, and Opel’s engineers used the significantly higher performance to accommodate twice as many LED segments (32) in the new Insignia’s Monza Concept-inspired headlights as in the Astra.
Insignia’s Monza Concept-inspired headlights as in the Astra.
