Opel Focusses on Rally Sport with ADAM R2 and next Corsa R2

• Great tradition: Opel stays loyal to motor sport
• European Rally Championship: Next Opel Corsa as R2 available at end of 2020

Opel ADAM R2 

Opel remains loyal to its long and successful history in motor sport. The German brand will compete again on national and international rally stages during the coming season.

In 2019 Opel Motorsport aims to claim its fifth successive victory in the European junior rally championship for drivers up to 27 years of age, which has now been officially renamed the FIA ERC3 Junior Championship. One of the 190hp ADAM R2 cars entered by Opel technology-partner, Holzer Motorsport, will be driven by Swede Elias Lundberg (20), who secured the drive in the ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team by winning last year’s ADAC Opel Rallye Cup. A second car will be piloted by Grégoire Munster from Luxemburg (20), who finished second to Lundberg in last season’s Rallye Cup, taking three victories.

With 130 participants from 18 countries, Europe’s most successful brand rally trophy has offered a professional platform for young drivers since 2013, bringing eight young talents into the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team.

“We have been making cars for 120 years and motor sport has always formed Opel’s image – it should stay that way,” said Opel CEO, Michael Lohscheller. “Two aspects are particularly important to us – the fascination with technology and approachability for fans and customers. 

The promotion of young drivers is also high on our agenda. The combination with the long established structure at PSA Motorsport opens great additional opportunities for us.”

For the 2021 season, Opel will thus develop an R2 car based on the next Corsa for the European championship, as well as for international customer sport. The technical details of the Corsa R2, which should become available for private teams at the end of 2020, will be announced at a later date. The sixth generation of the bestselling Corsa, which comes onto the market this year, will form the basis of the rally car.

Opel will continue to support the ADAC Rallye Cup in 2019 with the 140 hp Cup-version of the ADAM and with the attractive proposition of a spares package for the next season for the winner. Opel will also offer all Cup participants an on-site technical and logistics service plus a starter-pack for new entrants.

!NEW! VAUXHALL LAYS THE FOUNDATIONS FOR TRAINEE SURVEYORS

Vauxhall Insignia fleet for Trainee Surveyor Programme: 2.0 CDTi 140PS engine and ecoFLEX technology

Countrywide Surveying Services has taken delivery of the 90 Vauxhall Insignias for new entrants of its Trainee Surveyor Programme.

Powered by a 2.0 CDTi 140PS engine that uses Vauxhall’s award-winning ecoFLEX technology, the Insignias, in Design trim, achieve an impressive combined fuel consumption of 76.3mpg and have CO2 emissions of just 98g/km, achieving low whole-life costs and low benefit-in-kind taxation for company car drivers.

As part of Countrywide plc’s new Trainee Surveyor Programme – which was met with high-demand from property professionals looking to develop a career in residential surveying – trainee surveyors will drive a new Insignia as part of a generous benefits package.

“We were delighted to secure the new Vauxhall Insignia to help us underpin our benefits package and help to attract the best quality candidates in the market. Vauxhall and the Insignia has formed the cornerstone of Countrywide Surveying Services’ Car Fleet for many years and it’s a real pleasure to extend this valued relationship into the next generation of Surveyors,” said Paul Chapman, Managing Director of Countrywide Surveying Services.    

“We wish all of Countrywide’s Trainees success as they embark on the new chapter of their careers, with these new Insignias providing them with a sophisticated, reliable and economical set of wheels with brilliant benefit-in-kind tax advantages over many of its rivals,” said James Taylor, Fleet Sales Director, Vauxhall Motors.

!NEW! Opel Mokka LPG: Great driving fun at Low fuel cost and Emission values

• 103 kW/140 hp Opel Mokka 1.4 Turbo LPG now available for 23.870 Euros
• Bivalent drive on LPG and petrol makes particularly high range
• Costs fall by around 50 percent, CO2 emissions by 13 percent compared to gasoline
• Full luggage capacity thanks to the space-saving built-in auto gas tanks

New Opel Mokka 1.4 Turbo LPG ecoFLEX

The Opel Mokka can be driven not only by gasoline or diesel fuel, it can also convert LPG in advance: the successful Opel compact SUV is now available as an LPG variant (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) with prices starting at 23,870 euros (SRP including VAT ordered in Germany). The new Opel Mokka 1.4 LPG connects with its bivalent drive the best of two worlds. Optimized for the LPG mode, it can also run on petrol, what distance should increase considerably until the next fuel stop. The Mokka pilot selects just what fuels he wants to keep his car immediately.

Opel Mokka SUV - LPG mode button

The 103 kW/140 hp Opel Mokka 1.4 LPG Autogas needed in the operation 7.7 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers and abuts exemplary 124 grams of CO2 per kilometer on the combined cycle. The environmentally friendly LPG Mokka also satisfies already the strict requirements of the future Euro 6 emissions standard . And not only that: compared to a petrol engine, the fuel expenses decline with LPG by about half.

Low fuel consumption and emission values ​​- therefore carries the mocha LPG Autogas as well as all variants of Opel ecoFLEX range. The LPG supply thus now comprises a total of eleven Opel models. The remaining ten are Insignia four-and five-door hatchback and Sports Tourer, the Astra five-door hatchback and Sports Tourer, Corsa three-and five-door hatchback, ADAM, Meriva and Zafira Tourer.

The compact SUV Opel Mokka is a bestseller in Europe: In Finland and Norway he leads his segment, he is in Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland in second place. To date, 145,000 orders for the Opel Mokka already received - reason enough to expand its production capacity. From the second half of 2014, the Mokka is therefore made ​​in the Spanish Opel plant in Zaragoza.

Range advantage: With bivalent drive up to 1,300 kilometers

The 103 kW/140 hp 1.4 Turbo LPG engine is designed for dual-mode operation , the driver can easily switch by pressing a button between LPG and petrol mode . The LPG tank has 34 liters, the petrol tank is 53 liters. In this way route are possible up to 1300 km without refueling. Another advantage: The LPG tank is space- saving manner in the spare wheel well in the rear of the Opel Mokka, making the full boot capacity remains unchanged.

Compact: The LPG tank is space- saving manner in the spare wheel well in the rear of the Opel Mokka, bringing the full boot capacity remains unchanged.

Power with responsibility : Portfolio of powerful yet economical engines

For the Opel Mokka so now four powerful yet efficient engines at the start: the 1.6 liter gasoline engine with 85 kW/115 hp, 103 kW/140 hp, the 1.4 Turbo, the 1.7 liter turbo-diesel with 96 kW/130 hp and the new 1.4 LPG with 103 kW/140 hp. The units combine sporty performance with low fuel consumption values, which are among the best in the SUV B- segment.

Low fuel costs, low emissions : LPG is becoming increasingly popular

By far the greatest demand for LPG models is in Italy, followed by high-volume markets such as Germany . LPG is used as a drive solution with customers becoming more popular throughout Europe - and for good reason : the fuel is a practical and cost-effective alternative to conventional petrol and diesel models. With LPG in the tank can be not only the consumption costs by about 50 percent, also benefit the environment . City consumption emits Mocha 1.4 LPG 158 grams of CO2 per kilometer - eleven percent less than its gasoline-powered counterpart with 177 grams . In the combined cycle, there are even a whopping 13 percent less CO2: With LPG the mocha encounters as just 124 grams per kilometer than petrol 139 grams. 

To LPG drivers have to worry about finding a suitable petrol station. In Europe, an extensive network of more than 35,000 service stations for LPG supply provides , in Germany the fuel to more than 6,500 gas stations and so on almost every second is available.