Euro NCAP | Opel Insignia | 2008 | Crash test

[maliqigranit]

I would give all stars because it was so strong in this test ...its my opinion. And opel did a good job with this car ... I would like to have it :P

[sarbasov]

Germans, how do you manufacture such safe vehicles? Russian AvtoVAZ cars fall to pieces when they just see some barrier in front.

[GamerAndReviewer]

Opel is an underrated company. It makes good and reliable cars but they're not so fast though...

[bennicool888]

@GamerAndReviewer Opel Insignia V6 325HP drive in 6 sec 0-100 and max. 270Kmh... tell me what is not fast?

[GamerAndReviewer]

@bennicool888 Yeah, and 40-50000 Euro price...

[bennicool888]

@GamerAndReviewer ? A Audi S4 with V6 and 330HP cost more than insignia... this is the world today... The new Fiat 500 in the highest Sport Version cost 43.000

[HHoorryykkaa]

Stars ???? :D

[GranHalcon81]

perfecto



[AndersO1983]

@icewatercube Yeah, I'm well aware, I was being ironic - and judging by your comment, I think you know. Good looking car though.

[AndersO1983]

Very dangerous car, when it comes to safety - or lack of.

[derbigpr500]

@AndersO1983 Um, yea , and you're the expert ...

[AndersO1983]

@derbigpr500 Relax man, I was being ironic - I'm not saying I'm an expert, but I damn well know I was being ironic. It's funny how sensitive some people are. So just lay off the attitude...

[ANz3ro]

also mit dem crash test kann ich mich anfreunden ....

[JKD01CRO]

Have you noticed that during side crash test door windows haven't even break? :D

[TheWizardsCastle]

Not only is it a beautiful looking car, it's very strong as well!

[delluxpc]

ooohohohoh Opel Astra much better than the Opel isignia

[Signum94]

if this is ncap's Ctest, why on on door is ADAC symbol?

[vezaoPT]

90% of europe market are 2.0 cdti diesel 130cv(hp)

[JENSDONT]

nice car, but it's still a GM product

[johannizacia1]

fantastic what else Germans are Germans... my father have Opel Insignia OPC Line great great car... I don`t understand why they did not sell them in USA

[splewy]

@johannizacia1 They just recently started selling them here (USA) as the Buick Regal. The engine options are different than in the European cars though. We get either a 182hp 2.4L l4, or a 220hp 2.0L turbo l4. No 2.8L V6 option for us (for now at least).

[johannizacia1]

@splewy well i heard that.. too bad that that there will be no V6 260hp cos its real beast... someday maybe :)

[VoLKaNaT0]

this car is like a tank lol

[Gegam001]

класс

[MrNobbyNobbsjr]

This car will be sold on the US market as a Buick Regal, with some minor cosmetic changes.

[BoberMcBoberson]

I know I can't wait! I know I don't have the money to buy one, But its not going to keep me from test driving one the second they get here LOL!

[mi16t]

WRONG. The malibu is not even based on this platform, but nice try. Have a cookie

[redneon06]

I like chocolate chip cookies! :D

[B1CUM]

ive got one of these i can honestly say its amazing and such a much better car than my previous vectra and good to see how good it done here also its a handsome brute unlike the ungainly mondeo

[junglistacid]

awesome car and really one of the most safe in this segment!

[skadv8]

The safeist car in D segment

[euonline]

I'm disapointed! This opel insignia should have a better result! In 0:32 you can see the opel upper part taking damage, and thats very bad.

[2741718]

looooooool....u don't know wt u r talking about....go to the NCAP website and take a look at the results....it is better than many new BMW's or Audi's....

[mariuskorpi]

guys try to avoid the poles god damn

[TheGeezerboi]

hmmmmm im getting one of these in september, what a relief to see how strong it is lol

[whattheheck1000]

Very safe too. The airbag doesn't hit your chest even.

[jeppahorse]

Sweet car! Eh,, before the crash! :)

[devillsarmy]

TANK LOL

[devillsarmy]

LOL SAFE CAR

[kankun92]

a laguna renault is better

[Sanyey]

I have my reasons to dislike Citroen (in fact the whole PSA). . Heard lots of storyes about failing airbags at a serious -deadly - accident (6!! a.bags failed to open:S), heard storyes about failing engines while taking over a truck on open road, and got hit by another truck in the front (2 dead people again) .. theese accidents happened only because of complicated electronics...

[sspope]

Now, Citroen C4 has got a new 1.6Vti engine, same as you get in BMW Mini and it's a masterpiece, best 1.6 engine on market.

I also have one friend who work as a mechanic in Kia/Hyundai Garage and he recommended me to stay aways from those and another friend's father actually owns a big service for luxury cars, so I know something too.

Also, tell me about the problems with C4 1.4 16v in your family, coz I heard that engine is old, simple and there's just nothing to go wrong with it.

[mtommy111]

The Opel can't make a really god car! Thet car lock's like a god car but i don't think it's really safely...

[zand3r73]

In english please.

[Sanyey]

where the fuck are you reading all this from???? Opel was always good in aerodymaics and safety... the Astra F had seatbelt tensioners in 89-91 ... and steel poles integrated in all doors, to protect the passangers at a side impact.. plus: the Opel vectra B had a better crash result, then the actual BMW 3 back then... think before u talk pls :)

[sspope]

BMW isn't about crash tests, it's all about handling.

[Sanyey]

LOLLLL.. I just saw that you ar only 16 XDDD what the fuck do you know about cars, or even about Opel? XDD This car has almost the best crash results in its class little man :D So think twice before you start talkin :D

[TuberDoobar]

lol, Little boy trying to act like he's a big man with a car, It's sad

[EtshShaker]

I trust Opel with my life. I owned a Vectra C and had an accident while going 200km/h. The car was hit from the front left end and was launched in the air and rotated then landed on its wheels. I got out of the car without a single scratch on me. I owe OPEL my whole life!

[Mongoose1358]

I would say that is more down to luck than the car manufacturer, lol

[EtshShaker]

Well im not saying luck didnt have a say in it, but if this was any other car i would have been gone a long time ago :D

The repair shop called me up just to tell me how lucky i was to walk out of it alive, he said that he has another car being repaired with a similar accident but the guy died!

DAMN Lucky I Call it!

[Sanyey]

Dont argue with the guy! Hes right! Opel is the Best, fuck the rest as I used to say :) OPEL 4 LIFE!!

[mtommy111]

Sorry guy but I don't think it can be really safely... I had Opel Kadett Karavan and I crashed with this car with 108 km/h and I was fucking the hospital's food, like 2(-3) weeks... I don't want opel...

[Sanyey]

Sorry, but I think you shuold pray to Opel as your god, to be alive after a 108 km/h crash :D You would have died twice in a jap-papaer chassis crap or any other european low-middle class car.. even in a Golf .... OPEL 4 LIFE!

[UncleGluk]

what do you say? 108 km ??

[Sanyey]

yepp... the guy says he crashed his kadett at 108 km/h-s , he survived, and he doesent like Opel anymore... I would agree, if he would lost his legs or something... but since his perfectly allright, I say Opel saved his life!! OPEL 4 LIFE again! :)

[euonline]

64 km/h it's on description!

[samuelli117]

@Sanyey german cars close doors with a heavy sound which feels safe

[adrianosik2]

@Sanyey whahahhaah u moron get a volvo v50 and crash it wid your opel it would fold like a pice of paper and volvo vould still be going on :P as a spears or repair mate :) sorry about my english but im polish :P

[Sebhelyesfarku]

@adrianosik2 you can't polish a turd

[jeppahorse]

Nice car!

Too bad they broke it!

Hehe! ;)

[sspope]

"When your you can estimate quality"

WHat?

[Aturuxo32]

what eing????xDDjaja

[sspope]

I don't know what you mean by that sentence

".When your you can estimate quality.When your you can estimate quality"

[Aturuxo32]

wow. is a very safe car.

OPEl 4ever

[LordofminorSK]

Wow!

[cosminv]

very good behaviour!!!

[sspope]

You must be proud because it's a GM car XD. It is very good car indeed, but currently I prefer C5 and then this. The ride is more comfy in C5.

[Aturuxo32]

you are wrong,opel is the best

[sspope]

Opel is definetely the worst European brand.

[Aturuxo32]

yesss...probably.but you are the worst dross that exists in the world.When your you can estimate quality,you will be able to speak,

while your you keep silent.

[KlausPettersson232]

so you like Citroen right? that means you are a big faggot.

[sspope]

Why?

[KlausPettersson232]

because French are faggots. and OPEL is much better than the french crap

[sspope]

"that means you are a big faggot"

"because French are faggots"

"better than the french crap"

Wow, typical approach of American who has got a big truck.

For one thing, Opel doesn't even sell cars in US, so you know nothing about it.

[Sanyey]

beeeep... wrong again :) Saturn :)

[sspope]

I know pretty much everything about Saturn but it's not exactly the same as Opel.

[grabedigger]

jeez...shut the hell up! Renault is french and has 5 stars in allmost every single model! Unlike american deathtraps in these french cars i can take my family allmost without any risk in a normal collision!

[grabedigger]

You've got to be fucking kidding....i'll give a FIAT...or a dumbass Citroen...Shut the hell up man! I have a Vauxhall aka Opel Frontera and it is one of the best 4x4 cars made in europe! Does citroen has any real 4x4? Bullshit...only that Mitsubishi modified to a C8...christ...learn before you speak pal!

[sspope]

It's called C-Crosser. And it doesn't change the fact that C5 is better than Insignia.

[grabedigger]

its still beeing a modified mitsubishi!

[sspope]

C-Crosser is a modified mitsubishi!

C5 is pure Citroen. The most comfy and quite sedan on the market.

[grabedigger]

C5 is using the 407 platform..so it is not 100% pure!

[sspope]

What the heck cares? It's got different wheel base and much different suspension and mostly completely different feel.

[grabedigger]

And all of that means...it sucks! lol

[sspope]

No, it doesn't.

[grabedigger]

yes, it does!

[sspope]

No, it doesn't.

[grabedigger]

lololol let's stop it...we look like kids! They are both good cars...not great but good!

[sspope]

For the first time I agree with you.

[grabedigger]

ahahah yeah!

[ProfG7]

Since when is the C5 better than the Insignia?

[sspope]

Depens on what you require from a car. For me it is. There's nothing special about Insignia. You'd be much better with the new Passat.

[cardesigner5]

i dont think so, opel may have average reliability but id take it over the unreliable passat. so many electrical problems, VWs aint what the used to be

[sspope]

Now they're getting better.

[Sanyey]

what are you talking about??? the current passat has a shit-quality interior.. everything makes noises.. + they (mainly the TDI & PDTDI versions) eat tonns of oil.. and on top of that, the electrical haandbrake system used to fail, and there is no eay to release it :D U have to call a trailer, and that isnt cheap :) OPEL 4 LIFE!!

[sspope]

TSI engines are brilliant, I've never heard abuot interior noise, actually it's better put together than any other car. It usually takes Volkswagen twice as much time to assemble car than it takes other car makers and that PROVES something.

On the other hand, my father owns Opel Zafira, the chassis is all fucked up after 90,000 km, the interior DOES make some noises I don't like and the exhaust is so rusty that it's slowly desintegrating.

[sspope]

Yeasterday, I was driving NEW Mazda 6 and the rubbish interior plastics were making so much noises like the car had 10 years.

Opel could have been a good company but it is unfortunately owned by GM, which takes money away from the company instead of supporting its development.

They killed its character as well. Opels are nothing more than cars. They're dull and uninspiring. Worst of all, there's no sense of personality, there's no sense of character. They leave you cold,you end up with nothing

[Sanyey]

No sense of character????? Sorry to tell ya, but old opels (from '85) looked way better (and even ran better than their VW rivals.. The GSi Kadett eat Golf 2 GTi-s for dinner, and the Astra F GSi eat Golf 3 GTi-s (not even mentioned the Astra t 200, with factory 204 Hp c20let engines)... this tradition is up till nowadays, when the current Astra OPC eats the current Golf 6 Gti, and has eaten the Golf 5 GTi as well :)

[sspope]

For one thing, it was VW that developped the first hot hatch. I don't really know about Opels form 80-ties but Astra OPC eating Golf 5 and 6 GTi?

Are you kidding me? It's the worst hot hatchback on the market, the chassis is terrible, can't handle all the horsepower, it understeers like a pig and interior quality is way behind Golf. Golf 6 Gti has LSD, even Golf 5 Gti handles so well that it was faster than much more powerful hot hatches.

[sspope]

It was even more powerful than Subaru Impreza WRX, watch this:

watch?v=MzB6C1MquLI

The Golf 6 GTi with its improved already brilliant chassis and LSD is going crush everything.

[Sanyey]

now really.. wach this:

watch?v=95qQOutrlrQ

[sspope]

Ok, but why do give me video with that crappy music? So that I don't hear how Jeremy bashes the crappy Astra OPC? I know what it is about, I've seen all series of TopGear.

[Sanyey]

sorry.. this is what I want to show ya :)

watch?v=nBgymrGV62Q&feature=re­lated

[sspope]

Now that just proves my point. Astra's chassis is crap and despite the enormous power advantage, it's hardly any faster than the Golf. Even you have to admit that Golf GTi is a masterpiece. Jeremy also said he would have taken it over everything.

[Sanyey]

yepp, the Golf GTI is a great car.. but nowhere better than an Astra OPC ..that is my point :)

[Sanyey]

possible.. but buying it costed half as much as a VW would :DDD

[sspope]

It's really terrible how GM treats its own but foreign company. Opel has never paid taxes in Germany, because they always moves their profit to USA, to GMs' hq.

And now when Opel has problems because of financial crisis, GM sents Opel to hell. That's very nice "thank you" from them, yeah.

I hope that Opel will be bought by someone reasonable or nationalized by German company and then I'm sure, they would start making perfect cars. But currently, GM kills all their effort. I

[sspope]

It's actually amazing how good they're doing in such crappy conditions set by GM. Oh yeah, Fuck GM. They deserve to go down and be bought by VW.

[Sanyey]

U meant Porsche :) the VW-s owner :)

[sspope]

It hasn't fully acquired VW yet. And I'm afraid that now when Lamborghini and Audi started to make much better supercars than Porsche itself, Porsche is going to cut their budged so that they'll stay on the top.

[Sanyey]

C5 has never been better then the insignia.. besides.. wich one of them won the car of the year prize? :) Guess Im right again :) (oh, btw, dont even mention the worst french brand (psa), while even renaults (the so cald best fr brand) are pieces of unreliable craps..) <--and even difficult to get it fixed :SSS

[Sanyey]

nope.. Im just answeing to them randomly :D 1. Hdi is one of the most unreliable diesels in its class, 2: the hydro system is one "block" with the brakeing system and the powersteering system.. If you ever worked on for example a xantia, you know how it sucks, when the full combined system looses all of the hydraulic oil :D Thats Citroen :D always make things complicated :) (oh.. btw: I happen to be a car mechanic (and technitian), so im not as uncompetent in this car theme as you think :)

[sspope]

I own a C4, ok? Brilliant car, never had any problem with it.

As for hydropneumatic suspension, all it requires is some maintenance and when it gets it, it shouldn't give you any trouble. It's the same story with Hdi engines, they're complicated but if something goes wrong, it's usually just a sensor.

People who tried hydropneumatic suspension, don't ever want to come back.

[Sanyey]

My pals family also has a C4 1.4 16V.. they travelled 5000!!!!!!km-s under 3 yrs, and they had already a lot of problems.. Citroens are very sexy-lookin, comfortable cars.. but MOST of them has problems sooner or later.. just to cheer ya up, I think the same thing about the Pug 307 as well.. cuz of the same platform+ nearly same electronic, it almost has the same problems as the C4! :)

[sspope]

Yes, 307 was an unreliable car but 308 is good and the facelifted version of C4 uses some new parts from 308.

Airbags are made by only a couple of companies for the whole car industry.

I also heard about engines disabling when pushed but petrol engines don't do it, only Hdi.

And yes, the quaility of PSA concerned slipped a lot after 2000 but don't forget that in Africa, Peugeots have a good reputation for being tough.