Insignia Tourer is Opel’s badge of honour

OPEL, a once proudly German company that rooted itself — despite its American ownership — in all things Deutsche, such as advanced engineering and design capabilities, is now French. Releve de la garde, indeed.

The takeover by Peugeot has to be good, after years of wanton neglect by General Motors.

Opel has a long way to go to restore itself to the glory years, when it regularly competed with Ford and Toyota for the top slot in the Irish sales charts.