2013 Opel Insignia revealed

Opel officially revealed a series of photos and information of Insignia model. The 2013 Opel Insignia has gone through a facelift process and will be launched later this year, in the autumn, at the International Auto Saloon in Frankfurt. The new Opel Insignia will be available with a new petrol unit with a turbocharger that will have outputs ranging from 170 and 250 horsepower. Another new powerhouse will be the turbo diesel engine that will have an output of 140 horsepower and an average fuel consumption figure of just 3.7 liters per 100 kilometers.

The German automaker revealed that the facelift version of their model will officially be launched in Frankfurt later this year. The Opel Insignia will benefit from a series of new equipment levels and a new design.

A new generation infotainment system will be available for the new Opel Insignia. This new system integrates a lot of features that will help out smartphone users. More than that, it will be easily and intuitively accessed thanks to the 8 inch touch sensitive interface on the central console.

The 2013 Opel Insignia will be powered by three different types of fuel, more precisely each buyer will have to choose between a diesel propulsion, a petrol unit or a LPG unit with the final output ranging between 110 horsepower and 325 horsepower.

The new Opel Insignia 2.0 CDTI is available in both a 120 horsepower version and a 140 horsepower version. The 140 horsepower version of the 2.0 CDTI engine of the Opel Insignia has an average fuel consumption of 3.7 liters per 100 kilometers.

The most powerful diesel unit available is the 2.0 BiTurbo CDTI which has an output of 195 horsepower. The high performance diesel engine with bi-sequential turbochargers has a torque of 400 Nm and offers a very prompt response for a large of revs.

Extremely impressive are the petrol units. More precisely, the 2013 Opel Insignia comes with two turbocharged direct injection petrol units: the 1.6 SIDI Turbo engine, a new generation unit, with an output of 170 horsepower and 260 Nm (up to 280 Nm thanks to the amplification system, hence the SIDI name) and the real muscle unit, the 2.0 SIDI Turbo petrol engine with 250 horsepower and 400 Nm. For those of you wondering, SIDI stands for Spark Ignition Direct Injection.

Both of the petrol units can be coupled with a six speed manual transmission and a Start/Stop system or the new six speed automatic transmission with reduced friction. Along with the front wheel drive version, the 2013 Opel Insignia 2.0 turbo SIDI version is also available with all wheel drive.