The Opels come with a variety of options and configurations that are missed in the Regal TourX. Cooled seats, auto start/stop disable, rear heated seats, and adaptive suspension.
Car is really good, and all these talks about slow 8speed gearbox are so childish. Insignia is a D class car, future owners are most likely businessmen for whom 7.3 sec 0-100 (Grand Sport) is quite enough. Big and comfortable, good looking, with a lot of modern technologies, affordable... I am sure 2l Turbo engine will be very popular in the business car segment.
A segment is small cars like Twingo or Picanto. B segment is Fiesta, Clio, Mazda 2 etc. C is the "Golf class". D is midsize/larger cars like Passat, Insignia, Mazda6 etc. E are E-class, 5-series, Lexus GS etc. Then you have F segment, with cars like the A8 and S-class.
Appreciate the review. Gives you and idea on the Buick Regal coming to America later this year. Will have to learn about the safety features on a test drive, thanks however.
They are identical - I am not sure what you are writing. Only difference I am aware of is diesel options are available in Europe while in the USA only the 2.0L turbo petrol will be available. Other changes are not significant (more sound proofing in US version, thicker carpeting).
56:30 oops, i meant "I would have preferred a 6 speed manual" :P --AJ And here's the link to register for our fan meeting: goo.gl/forms/yGLuaqEF1MgLpUCo2
Beautiful car. Interesting theory about the 'fake' exhaust tips, seems logical. However, I don't quite see the purpose of colluding with insurance companies on such a minor occurrence. Unless, they happen far too frequently and I'm far too oblivious of the fact. Sure rear-enders happen often enough, but nothing that has massive consequences to either vehicles aside from cosmetics. Most exhausts that don't have fake covers are also suspended within the exhaust bumper cutouts. My solution would be, fitting a slip-on funnel to the exhaust that connects with an exhaust system & bumper, that shifts along the exhaust piping in the case of a rear-end collision. Keeps the aesthetics, and doesn't interfere with exhaust unit itself. Also, I hope PSA don't ruin Opel and its design philosophies in its pursuit of saving money and turning major profits at the expense of the consumer.
Odd, I’ve got a version badged Calais V with all the tech options. The suspension is lifted about an inch and softened slightly compared to your opel version, but also powered by a 310hp 3.6 V6 engine (LGX, American I think ?) and 4wd. Quite a wagon for sure, but feels huge in comparison to my B8 Passat variants. Only getting rid of the bi-tdi Passat as I’m over the amount of sensor failures (Suspension, brakes, radar) the moment it was out of warranty. Let’s hope the ‘B’ proves to be better
I wish we could get the GSI version or at least one with the looks here in US. I'm thinking of getting a Regal GS bumper and Insignia GSI rear bumper and side panels. I noticed the Regal has an amber side marker light which these do not have. So it would have to be a Regal GS front bumper.
After walking the Autoshow our 2018 Regal TourX is not a bad place too be. Definitely not as bad as Subaru Outback and injection molded map pocket flashing that is almost sharp enough to cut your hand.
Great work Aditya! I like the style, equipment and competence of this car, for the money you pay. Too big a car for me though. HUD - good. At 39:09 we didn't see the demo of the 360 top-down-view camera! Love the idea of the supple ride with the Flexride set to Tour. Is AEB standard on all models? Shame you were unable to test the ACC to see if they had improved it. You found something to complain about - the auto wasn't sporty enough! Keep up the good work, Team. Many thanks.
Regarding the exhaust no real answer was given why they are fake.. the designer just said they where design statements. But that could also be achieved with real exhausts.. so the question remains : why fake exhausts and not real ones ?
+1. .. When a 2018 Buick Tourx wagon is a Peugeot ... Good to hear Opel.de is working out from the PAS purchase. .. Or better said, GM's dive-bomber crash in '08/'09. .. My guess this wagon is manufactured in Rüsselsheim - Frankfurt ??
No the TourX is a directly rebadged Insignia Country Tourer which is a related to the Sports Tourer but a different model. What makes them different is the cladding and the slight lift on the Country Tourer (Regal TourX)
Yes, but the car was designed in Germany, and exported to the U.S. as a Buick. I think they have started making some of the Opel-Buicks in the U.S. now. I'm not sure what is gong to happen now that Opel has been sold.
Clearly AJ is the guy you don't want to hand your smartphone to. He would be taking it apart in 5 mins just to examine all the inner workings.. ;) AJ in the HAUS? Fake exhausts suck. end of story. Any design should be driven by purpose not as a design exercise when it comes to functional parts. Fake sound sucks even more. Fake boobs....not cool while I'm being critical.... This car has a big butt..... booty? It's ass looks fat not phat.....otherwise it's ok I guess. Ok I wouldn't buy one. Great review though Mr. Gadget!
Why are the Opel cars not pppular as ghey used to be? A fully equipped Insignia is much cheaper than a fully equipped BMW or Mercedes. Here in Sweden, Opel is not so popular and I dont understand why.. you get a LOT for the money and the quality is pretty good!
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment. You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at ua-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/v-deo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable. A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: ua-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/v-deo.html And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: ua-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/v-deo.html New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: ua-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/v-deo.html More and more natural materials are rising: ua-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/v-deo.html Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: ua-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/v-deo.html For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: ua-cam.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/v-deo.html Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally. In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
Opel has a very bad image for a "german" car... And btw. why they havn't kept the originial insignia design but created something completly generic looking, like a mondeo with mitsubishi lancer cloned headlights...
Ugly car. Back is like in passat which is the exemplar in this class. Why there is no full lcd in dashboard but like in old insignia partly analog - it looks stupid?
The fake exhaust is likely to reduce time doing fail safe engineering. If an engine has a malfunction such as a leaky injector or doesn't go into closed loop it can get the cat converters to glow red hot! Sit in traffic like that for an hour or two and the heat can travel throughout the system. You have to design safety into the system to keep the bumper from catching fire in a situation like this. Same goes with the exhaust hangers. They need to last 20 years without sagging into the bumper. Of course the representative would not talk about negative stuff like that.
Autogefühl I prefer real but it doesn't really bother me. I might even buy the GSI rear bumper and install it on the Buick they sell in the states. That would make it an easier swap. Maybe that was a reason too, change the bumper for different models without changing as much plumbing.
The Opels come with a variety of options and configurations that are missed in the Regal TourX. Cooled seats, auto start/stop disable, rear heated seats, and adaptive suspension.
nice review aj, keep up the great work!
+ozzycarnut thanks!!
Car is really good, and all these talks about slow 8speed gearbox are so childish. Insignia is a D class car, future owners are most likely businessmen for whom 7.3 sec 0-100 (Grand Sport) is quite enough. Big and comfortable, good looking, with a lot of modern technologies, affordable... I am sure 2l Turbo engine will be very popular in the business car segment.
Demis Polantis What does D Class car mean?
A segment is small cars like Twingo or Picanto. B segment is Fiesta, Clio, Mazda 2 etc. C is the "Golf class". D is midsize/larger cars like Passat, Insignia, Mazda6 etc. E are E-class, 5-series, Lexus GS etc. Then you have F segment, with cars like the A8 and S-class.
Great job ultimate review
Appreciate the review. Gives you and idea on the Buick Regal coming to America later this year. Will have to learn about the safety features on a test drive, thanks however.
They are identical - I am not sure what you are writing. Only difference I am aware of is diesel options are available in Europe while in the USA only the 2.0L turbo petrol will be available. Other changes are not significant (more sound proofing in US version, thicker carpeting).
Quite a few minor differences Sam. I appreciate this too.
I own a 2.0d Elite automatic Sports Tourer with all the bells and whistles, it's a beautiful car.
Keep moving Granny! This is not your Buick. :)
Red colour makes this vehicle really stand out from the crowd
56:30 oops, i meant "I would have preferred a 6 speed manual" :P --AJ
And here's the link to register for our fan meeting: goo.gl/forms/yGLuaqEF1MgLpUCo2
Looks really good.
Beautiful car. Interesting theory about the 'fake' exhaust tips, seems logical. However, I don't quite see the purpose of colluding with insurance companies on such a minor occurrence. Unless, they happen far too frequently and I'm far too oblivious of the fact. Sure rear-enders happen often enough, but nothing that has massive consequences to either vehicles aside from cosmetics.
Most exhausts that don't have fake covers are also suspended within the exhaust bumper cutouts. My solution would be, fitting a slip-on funnel to the exhaust that connects with an exhaust system & bumper, that shifts along the exhaust piping in the case of a rear-end collision. Keeps the aesthetics, and doesn't interfere with exhaust unit itself.
Also, I hope PSA don't ruin Opel and its design philosophies in its pursuit of saving money and turning major profits at the expense of the consumer.
thx for the video!
+Koen De Leersnijder 👍
fantastic review!. keep it up
+uinteresting 👍👍
46:24 => if you're complaining about the engine response time and turbo lag this has nothing to do with the gearbox performance...
They sell this in US as the Buick Regal TourX and the more I see of it the better it looks. Great looking car.
His answer for the fake exhaust tips.. LMAO
Not really sure he understood the question 😂
Odd, I’ve got a version badged Calais V with all the tech options. The suspension is lifted about an inch and softened slightly compared to your opel version, but also powered by a 310hp 3.6 V6 engine (LGX, American I think ?) and 4wd. Quite a wagon for sure, but feels huge in comparison to my B8 Passat variants. Only getting rid of the bi-tdi Passat as I’m over the amount of sensor failures (Suspension, brakes, radar) the moment it was out of warranty. Let’s hope the ‘B’ proves to be better
I wish we could get the GSI version or at least one with the looks here in US. I'm thinking of getting a Regal GS bumper and Insignia GSI rear bumper and side panels. I noticed the Regal has an amber side marker light which these do not have. So it would have to be a Regal GS front bumper.
Opel went premium with this one.
After walking the Autoshow our 2018 Regal TourX is not a bad place too be. Definitely not as bad as Subaru Outback and injection molded map pocket flashing that is almost sharp enough to cut your hand.
I like the red petrol sport one the most. It has more presence and it looks handsome . Not making a statement just a personal opinion !
Great work Aditya! I like the style, equipment and competence of this car, for the money you pay. Too big a car for me though. HUD - good. At 39:09 we didn't see the demo of the 360 top-down-view camera! Love the idea of the supple ride with the Flexride set to Tour. Is AEB standard on all models? Shame you were unable to test the ACC to see if they had improved it. You found something to complain about - the auto wasn't sporty enough! Keep up the good work, Team. Many thanks.
thanks gordon! afaik yes the AEB standard
Compare it to renault megane and fiat
Regarding the exhaust no real answer was given why they are fake.. the designer just said they where design statements. But that could also be achieved with real exhausts.. so the question remains : why fake exhausts and not real ones ?
+Siemen Dilissen its easier to design every engine the same then
Autogefühl can you explain this a little more? i don't fully understand :)
+Siemen Dilissen every engine has different exhausts. But if u wanna keep a stringent design, you can only do that with fake exhaust
Or DI soot has no chance to collect.
Which is the best of all the insignia? 1.5 petrol ,1.6 dedisel ?
+1. .. When a 2018 Buick Tourx wagon is a Peugeot ... Good to hear Opel.de is working out from the PAS purchase. .. Or better said, GM's dive-bomber crash in '08/'09. .. My guess this wagon is manufactured in Rüsselsheim - Frankfurt ??
Is the red car the new Buick tourx in the US?
No the TourX is a directly rebadged Insignia Country Tourer which is a related to the Sports Tourer but a different model. What makes them different is the cladding and the slight lift on the Country Tourer (Regal TourX)
This grandpa looking inside red one😎
this car is basically same as the buick regal has it been engineered in the gm era and Opel got a new owner or what?
Yes, but the car was designed in Germany, and exported to the U.S. as a Buick. I think they have started making some of the Opel-Buicks in the U.S. now. I'm not sure what is gong to happen now that Opel has been sold.
Maybe use lavalier mics when interviewing so the large windsock doesn't get in the way of the person being interviewed,
ua-cam.com/video/q8mbwezd_VY/v-deo.html
How often does the timing chain need doing
looks nicer than the sedan
Clearly AJ is the guy you don't want to hand your smartphone to. He would be taking it apart in 5 mins just to examine all the inner workings.. ;) AJ in the HAUS?
Fake exhausts suck. end of story. Any design should be driven by purpose not as a design exercise when it comes to functional parts.
Fake sound sucks even more. Fake boobs....not cool while I'm being critical....
This car has a big butt..... booty? It's ass looks fat not phat.....otherwise it's ok I guess. Ok I wouldn't buy one.
Great review though Mr. Gadget!
Inspector Gadget =)
Ha didn't know you guys knew Inspector gadget!! Caught me!!
Why are the Opel cars not pppular as ghey used to be? A fully equipped Insignia is much cheaper than a fully equipped BMW or Mercedes. Here in Sweden, Opel is not so popular and I dont understand why.. you get a LOT for the money and the quality is pretty good!
Beautiful car OPEL
Much better looking than the hatch back :)
Naah hatch looks cooler
@@jonastrex05 True but very impractical for luggage space (Taxi driver)......
Beautiful car OPEL Astra
How good is the Bose sound system?
Really good actually. --AJ
This is the only version with imitation exhaust pipes - All other Insignia have genuine exhaust pipes - so it's really ridiculous to bother.
Not unfortunately, it's a great to have real leather there in car......
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at ua-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/v-deo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: ua-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/v-deo.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: ua-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/v-deo.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: ua-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/v-deo.html
More and more natural materials are rising: ua-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/v-deo.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: ua-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/v-deo.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: ua-cam.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/v-deo.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse?
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
Everythng looks very nice, exept front grills. I hate that new design OPEL logo with wings
Insignia > Passat
Opel has a very bad image for a "german" car... And btw. why they havn't kept the originial insignia design but created something completly generic looking, like a mondeo with mitsubishi lancer cloned headlights...
sexy intro music
25:57 this is the navigation in middle? is this a joke...looks like nokia screen ..
IF this is bad, what would you say about duct taped tablet in mercedes benz?
I remember playing pokémon yellow on that same screen in 1999
Impatient Benz driver behind you at 42.17. Typical.
Wow cluttered instrument gauge
First
Ugly car. Back is like in passat which is the exemplar in this class. Why there is no full lcd in dashboard but like in old insignia partly analog - it looks stupid?
spk8989pl in my opinion this car looks very good
the plastic head-up display looks stupid (Passat)
The fake exhaust is likely to reduce time doing fail safe engineering. If an engine has a malfunction such as a leaky injector or doesn't go into closed loop it can get the cat converters to glow red hot! Sit in traffic like that for an hour or two and the heat can travel throughout the system. You have to design safety into the system to keep the bumper from catching fire in a situation like this. Same goes with the exhaust hangers. They need to last 20 years without sagging into the bumper. Of course the representative would not talk about negative stuff like that.
+Tom Magdaleno interesting, so u think its a good thing?
Autogefühl I prefer real but it doesn't really bother me. I might even buy the GSI rear bumper and install it on the Buick they sell in the states. That would make it an easier swap. Maybe that was a reason too, change the bumper for different models without changing as much plumbing.