Vauxhall Insignia Review // Shame there won't be another.

The Insignia Grand Sport is the last car ever produced by Vauxhall/Opel/Holden/Buick under the stewardship of General Motors. It was an end of an era for both GM, and this kind of car - the sub-luxury large hatchback which has all but disappeared now. I think it's a shame.

Car on review: 2019 Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport VX-Line 2.0 diesel 170

Second generation Insignia B (mk2). Also known as the Buick Regal and Holden Commodore.

#vauxhall #opel #holden

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[jamesthomson]

Drove loads of these during my placement at enterprise (pretty sure they were the first owner of most of these insignias!!) and always enjoyed how they drove. I always thought it seemed like GM really put loads of effort into these and they looked brilliant compared to the rivals. Underrated!

[callumfotheringham]

For the people who have commented, this is my car. I love every minute driving it to and from work and especially going on long trips. The seats are super comfortable and I don’t have a bad back when I’ve been driving for long periods. As JJ mentioned the only thing that went wrong in around 60, 000 miles was the adblue system and I can confirm that. Luckily I didn’t pay anything towards it as that system can be very expensive to replace. If you have one and the system fails, I’d recommend someone who can delete the system entirely. During MOT testing, they don’t check the adblue levels or anything, just the emissions but with the adblue solution applied it’ll trick the ecu to make the same emissions with the system working. Also great video JJ 😁

[myansudharsanan]

I owned a Buick Regal TourX for 13 months (Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer in the states) and I absolutely loved it. Reasonably performance, surprisingly good on gas (2.0T petrol), extremely comfortable, very spacious, and one of the most beautiful wagons imo. It also felt surreal that I was one of the only ppl in my state driving around in one of these. It’s estimated that only ~5000 TourXs were sold, making it quite a rare site

[nigeljohnfarmer]

I have the 170 hp Opel Isignia (Elite) Grand Sport and apart from the sunroof its has more extras than many other german brands. Been down to Spain, felt really good after a long drive because of the massage functions. Super quiet on NEXAN summer tyres, all through french motoways at 130 km returning 5, 5L/100. The anti collision real does work - I had a lorry slam on his breaks and the car saved me from OMG a propbaly bad accident. At night the intellilux lights are amazing. Now in France many cities are charging extra parking fees for suv's and wacking extra tax on new suv's! Electricity prices nolonger capped, and 3-hour waits to motorways to charge your electric car! So...maybe a revival. I have always add extra product to stop crystalisation - main cause of adblue equipment failers. Get it serviced at my Opel dealership every year, did the timing chain and only had one recall I also like that its slightly understated. No need to keep up with the Jones when you have an Insignia B

[adamr]

I think you've convinced me, this'll be my next motor.

Digging my heels in not to join the crossover SUV revolution (and definitely not the EV movement!)

Nice video again.

[iDIL]

I am from Singapore and it is an Opel Insignia here.. driving the 1.5T.
Very underrated as many here takes BMW/Mercedes as the better car..

[paulnichols]

I have a 2018 VX-Line Nav 136ps 1.6 diesel and I absolutely love it! I do around 30, 000 miles a year on pretty much every kind of road we get in the UK, from motorways to mountain passes in the Lake District, and the car performs perfectly on all of them. Even though it's a big car it feels perfectly at home on smaller countryside roads and it's a super comfortable motorway cruiser, GM really did a great job on this version of the Insignia!

[MrSunnyBhoy]

Really nice car, sadly underrated due to Vauxhall's reputation but they have came a long way recently. I would buy one, lot of car for the money. Great review as always.

[mata]

I bought a new Insignia Sports Tourer 2.0 Turbo A 200hp (petrol) from the store in April 2022, it is probably one of the last cars of this kind. So far driven 40, 000 km and with 0 defects!! And I hope to drive at least another 300, 000 km. 🤩🤩🤩

[leave.the.beaten.track.]

I’ve had mine now for 4, 5 years, and today i just passed the 140k Mark. Mine is the newer one with the digital display and automatic gearbox, which takes this car to another level. To this day the car had not failed once. No errors, nothing!

I’ve had several cars made In Germany, also from premium brands.

I’ll tell you this; This is by far the most reliable car i ever owned. The seats (which is very important if you do 35k a year) are still the best I’ve tried so far, way better than my last car Audi A6. It runs very smooth and quiet. And i my opinion, this car stands out in the crowd. I nevet felt that In an Audi because there is so many People driving In the exact same car!

The first car i ever owned, In 1988, was a Opel Manta B GSI. Man, i loved that car. Today the Insignia is my Manta.

The Insignia has two downsides. If your looking for a car that is economical on fuel, forget the Insignia. It is a very big car. The other downside is, when the times come where you have to replace it with a new car. Right now, I would not know which car to replace it with?
Certainly not a Tesla Y which is the most sold car In Denmark right now!

[plbingham]

Had mine over 5 years now (2018 model VXLine) and still love it - was supposed to go at 3 years, but kept it - nothing out there can match it on price - nearly went for a Volvo V60, but it means being hybrid and auto - neither of which I want. Still looks amazing, now on 75k miles and still looks new inside and out. Such a shame there are to be no more Insignias. - the owner of this white car you are driving, ... need to get it cleaned!!

[egonieser]

I absolutely love Insignias. I have the 2010 CDTi SE variant and it has more features and extras than even a 2016 Astra GTC and many 2020 Corsas even the higher end models don't have. And that isn't even the highest end Insignia (Elite) but the SE (midrange). Apart from wear and tear components like shocks, tires, brakes, sensors and servicing needing done, it never gave me any issues and I'm now on 122k miles. But even being older it drives like an absolute dream, the CDTi engine is quiet and has a lot of pull and doesn't vibrate unlike many diesels of it's day.

[khajiit]

Had a couple of these. Some early Insignias had gearbox trouble (2008 - 2013 models) but other than that, they are just as reliable and cost effective as any car in this class. Bloody good looking and great to drive also.

[paddymalky]

I picked mine up for 19.5k new, she's nearly 7 years old and no real faults apart from a throttle and infotainment issue. Simple interior, nice subtle white lighting and space even for me in the rear seats (6ft).

[novicetheaf]

Great car JJ, opel have made some good cars over the years

[richardevans]

On 221000 miles 1:5 petrol auto 35/43mpg on motorway runs excellent no issues at all drop links front every 50000 miles due to humps in car parks roads etc apart from that aall good run on shell/BP excellent mpg too highly recommend.

[LotCARS]

Comfortable, refined and a great cruiser but sadly anonymous. Marking the end of non premium D segment volume cars and a line that started with the Cavalier. For one, I’m sad to see this class of car replaced by yet more SUVs.

[duoldyraurbef]

Great review sir . I'm in China, Opel Insignia is branded as buick regal by SAIC-GM, it's my first car since graduation and worked fine for 25000+ miles.

[jacobs]

Had one of these as courtesy car 1.5sxi really enjoyed it. I wasn't keen on having no handbrake though and the stop start feature I found annoying. I was really suprised how quite these cars are hardly hear the engine on.

[rodlayne]

I love my Insignia. Had mine for three years now and it never gave me a problem since I bought it.
I live in Hull, originally from London and when I go back to the capital, I fill the tank with diesel and more often than not, I come back with the half-a -tank.