Poor Man’s MQB: Opel’s Next Gen Insignia Will Be An Astragnia

Opel is bleeding money and has to save at all costs. Opel hoped to share development of the next generation Insignia  with PSA, but that was called off before it was even announced. According to German media reports, Opel engineers quickly developed a more cost effective solution:  A head transplant. According to the reports, the main ingredient of the new Insignia will be the old Insignia. On its unchanged rear body, say the reports, Opel will graft the front part of the new Astra, and  presto, a new Insignia. Asked  for a comment, Opel said it wants to be "more modular and more flexible" in the future. The news prompted the German press to new creativity: Kfz-Betrieb, a German magazine covering the sales and service end of the auto industry, coined a new name ("Astragnia") for the car, and dispatched designers to the Photoshop front to re-create the beast. It did not take long. The paper also reports that production of  Opel's Mokka SUVlet could soon migrate from South Korea  to Europe, most likely Opel Eisenach. The Mokka is a rare hot seller at Opel, customers have to wait six months to get theirs.  What's more, moving production from Korea to Europe is seen as a concession to appease the German unions. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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