The new Insignia - it's terrible.

NVP · 31 Mar 2018 at 13:51

I drove the turbo petrol in manual form and found it quite a decent car to drive. Didn't use lane assist so can't comment on that. The interior wasn't too shabby either compared to the older gen. I wouldn't say it was a bad car at all, and I've spent my whole life in BMWs.

Collision warning systems are an annoyance though, didn't have it kick in in the insignia but many other cars I've driven with it ****** me off to no end!

Lustral · 31 Mar 2018 at 13:56

I had the exact hire car a couple days ago , the steering was not heavy , it was so light compared what I'm used to. The power delivery was towards the low end , but after about 2K RPM it ran out of puff, I'm sure that the 2.0 variants or the petrols will be better. I couldn't find a decent seating position at all, it was mostly too high for my liking. Had the lane assist thingy kick in all about once on my journey as it was tipping it down it was subtle and nothing intrusive. The rear reversing camera was alright. Apart from that not really much to say , had worse hire cars to be honest. Made use of the speed limiter no end in London which was handy to have. Also it had Apple Carplay as well.

Mike1983 · 31 Mar 2018 at 17:06

I’ve test driven the 250BHP, AWD Elite Nav and was impressed, comparing it to my current 2015 (New shape / interior) Mazda 6, top spec. I found to get a comparable spec from Germany you’d be spending a lot more.

I’m waiting to see what happens with the GSI as far as dealer discounts / second hand prices are concerned, very likely to be getting one of these.

fastwunz · 31 Mar 2018 at 17:19

Watch the carwow review of it - should tell you what you need to know

DAIR · 31 Mar 2018 at 17:29

I think this was the spec I had

Personally I couldn't care less about the engine, or it's performance. As it was an A to B car.. and I didn't expect much from it.

One other thing. I know the vauxhaVa brand is british. But aren't these cars designed by Opel in Germany?

ShivP · 31 Mar 2018 at 17:32

I can't ever comprehend buying a vauxhall as a value car. The equivalent car ie ford always seems built better, much better to drive (esp focus vs astra and fiesta vs corsa), more reliable and just better. But maybe I should be more open minded, I've only ever driven a Corsa D 1.4 which was absolutely **** compared to a 3 year older mk6 fiesta

Malt_Vinegar · 31 Mar 2018 at 19:06

I sat in an insigia 2 years ago at a dealership.

It was so dull and lifeless, I didn't even bother to drive it. I just remember being totally underwhelmed with the car as a whole, and the sales person just kept fawning over the interior "quality". He must have been drunk.

If a car has upset me sat still, I don't want to spend a large portion of my life sat in it. So it was dis-counted straight away.

The Mrs drives a 10 year old Audi estate, its also a significantly nicer place to be than that Insignia was.

Joe T · 31 Mar 2018 at 20:50

Malt_Vinegar said:
I sat in an insigia 2 years ago at a dealership.

It was so dull and lifeless, I didn't even bother to drive it. I just remember being totally underwhelmed with the car as a whole, and the sales person just kept fawning over the interior "quality". He must have been drunk.

If a car has upset me sat still, I don't want to spend a large portion of my life sat in it. So it was dis-counted straight away.

The Mrs drives a 10 year old Audi estate, its also a significantly nicer place to be than that Insignia was.

That's a different car of course. The one you sat in came out in 2008 (facelifted in 2013).

MOOGLEYS · 31 Mar 2018 at 21:12

I own two Vauxhall’s....

I like to be different.... lol.

Regy53 · 31 Mar 2018 at 21:22

My dad has a 17 plate insignia Sri 1.6 I have been in it a few times and I thought it felt ok for what it was it does feel a little under powered but inside is not a bad place to be

Malt_Vinegar · 31 Mar 2018 at 21:52

Joe T said:
That's a different car of course. The one you sat in came out in 2008 (facelifted in 2013).

Good point! I will see if I can drop in and check on a new one. Always good to keep an open mind

snapdragon69 · 31 Mar 2018 at 22:57

OP has still not answered what FlexDrive mode/setting the steering and suspension was in so I assume the stiffest which some people like for fast twisty roads.

ShivP · 31 Mar 2018 at 22:58

snapdragon69 said:
OP has still not answered what FlexDrive mode/setting the steering and suspension was in so I assume the stiffest which some people like for fast twisty roads.

We can probably assume that a hire car didn't come specced with adaptive dampers?

Joe T · 1 Apr 2018 at 09:18

I would be 99.9% sure that the hire car did not have FlexRide!

Huntyz · 1 Apr 2018 at 09:29

Well seeing as Opel/Vauxhall is owned by PSA aka Peugeot/Citroen its only gonna get worse

DAIR · 1 Apr 2018 at 09:33

Yep.... Theyve already killed off the VXR brand.

[TW]Fox · 1 Apr 2018 at 10:10

DAIR said:
Yep.... Theyve already killed off the VXR brand.

Which is odd as the new Australian Holden Commodore is a rebadged one of these and the top model is badged VXR complete with VXR logo. This seemed odd, it's even more odd if they've stopped VXR in the only country that recognises Vauxhall.

DAIR · 1 Apr 2018 at 20:06

PSA own Holden too?

[TW]Fox · 1 Apr 2018 at 21:19

adam cool dude · 1 Apr 2018 at 22:18

DAIR said:
Yep.... Theyve already killed off the VXR brand.

Didn't think it was killed off just they have reintroduced the GSI trim as a sort of mid range spec. I prefer GSi anyway feels less chavy than VXR.

The new Insignia - it's terrible.

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