Opel dropped it a few weeks ago due to brexit costs. HFV6 is just too expensive, Opel have to keep subsidising Vauxhall for the time being.
As for the CarAdvice.com.au artists' impressions: the headlights shape is wrong, the bird's beak is wrong, the door panel curve is wrong, the C-pillar on the hatch and the wagon D-pillar and tail lamps are wrong. IMHO the wagon looks better than the hatch. Overall it is a very sharp design.
If they managed to shed 175 kg (385 lbs) from previous design I am already excited to see it as all new Buick Regal (unless GM screws up something in translation, read: no gains in fuel economy or poor powertrain choices).
Assuming this car is coming to North America as the Regal ... since it's bigger than the current Regal, won't it be nearly as big as the LaCrosse? How will they be differentiated? I get that this is a hatch, but is that really enough of a difference? Is this the performance variant and the LaCrosse the more luxury-oriented? Seems odd to have two sedans that are nearly the same size.
Is it me, or is the gestation of this car longer than usual? It seems we've been seeing these prototypes for ever. Anyone know when the official unveiling is?
So what's the wheelbase for this? I read somewhere that it has 3" more wheelbase over the outgoing version. The new Malibu is 111.4" and the existing Regal/Insignia is 107.8 so I'm assuming this will be the same as the Malibu.
Makes sense that it would be, same platform, same segment size (Midsize)
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