J.D. Power Award: Top Scores for Opel Flagship Insignia

• Customer satisfaction: Opel Insignia leads in J.D. Power Award
• Additional prize: Opel Insignia Grand Sport is “Auto Test Winner 2019”

Opel Insignia is the winner in the midsize segment of this year’s J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study. J.D. Power surveys customers’ satisfaction with their cars every year. Market research firm asks the owners about the quality and durability of their one to three-year-old cars.

Opel Insignia Grand Sport

In addition to customers, Opel flagship is also highly rated by experts. German specialist magazine, Auto Test named the Insignia Grand Sport as “Auto Test Winner 2019” with the best price-performance ratio in its market segment. Opel Insignia Grand Sport already won last year in the same category. Excellent result was completed by the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer, which took a strong second position in its class.

Opel Insignia Sports Tourer

At the joint prize giving in Frankfurt/Germany, Opel’s Director Quality, Arnold Paluch received the trophies for the winning car. “Auto Test Winners” are announced together with the results of the J.D. Power customer satisfaction study since 2008.

“Quality and durability are the key criteria of our cars”, said Arnold Paluch. “We set high standards here and we are pleased that this is recognised by the customers. We also make innovative technology accessible to a wide range of buyers. We are pleased to see how Opel Insignia Grand Sport won the price-performance award in the hard-fought midsize category.”

This year’s J.D. Power survey is based on 12,854 answers received online between November 2018 and January 2019. Questions in the survey are about quality/durability, appeal and running costs. All the ratings result in a ranking which is won by the brand or model with the lowest amount of errors.

!NEW! Opel Zafira Tourer Again Most Environmentally Friendly Van

As in 2014, independent institute Ökotrend rates Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 CNG ecoFlex Number 1

Most environmentally friendly van 2015: Opel Zafira Tourer successfully defends its title and once again wins its class with the low-emission and ultra-economical 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFLEX engine.

Opel can already look forward to its first award in 2015. In their „Auto Test Winner in Green“ competition, the environmental institute Ökotrend and the trade magazine Auto Test have chosen the Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFlex the most environmentally friendly vehicle in the van segment for the second year in a row. The compact seven-seater featuring an airy lounge atmosphere wins its class with the low-emission and ultra-economical 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFLEX engine under its hood. CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) gives particularly clean combustion in the innovative Opel four-cylinder engine.

Extremely efficient: With fuel consumption of just 4.7 kilograms high-grade natural gas per 100 kilometers over the combined cycle, the Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFLEX emits only 129 g/km CO2.

With fuel consumption of just 4.7 kilograms (7.2 m3) high-grade natural gas per 100 kilometers over the combined cycle, the 110 kw/150 hp Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFLEX model emits only 129 g/km CO2, which earns it the German A energy efficiency label.

Long-distance runner: Economical consumption combined with a tank volume of 25 kilograms enable a driving range of up to 530 kilometers in pure CNG operation.

Opel is a recognized pioneer in the advancement of alternative propulsion concepts. More than a decade ago, in 2001, the automaker presented its first compressed natural gas vehicle concept with monovalentplus technology. Opel’s CNG ecoFLEX engines are optimized to run on natural gas, biogas or any combination of the two, as well as gasoline. CNG and biogas cost considerably less than gasoline or diesel, and in terms of kilometers driven, are even cheaper than liquefied petroleum gas. Good reasons for many customers to use these naturally occurring fuels. In Germany, the government has introduced a tax benefit regulation for the use of natural gas as a fuel until 2018. This recognizes its environmental friendliness because natural gas vehicles emit up to 25 percent less CO2, up to 80 percent less nitrogen and are free of benzol and soot particles. If 100 percent biogas is used as fuel, the vehicle’s carbon footprint is almost zero.

Opel’s CNG ecoFLEX engines are optimized to run on natural gas, biogas or any combination of the two, as well as gasoline.

!NEW! Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 T CNG is "AUTO TEST Winner in Green"

 "Lounge on Wheels" leaving all competitors behind

The independent environmental institute "ÖKOTREND" and the magazine "AUTO TEST" have declared the Zafira Tourer 1.6 CNG Turbo ecoFLEX the most environmentally friendly car in its class. With 89.8 points refers to the winner of the "Golden Steering Wheel 2012" competitors VW Sharan 2.0 TDI BlueMotion Technology and Ford S-Max 1.6 EcoBoost on the second and third places.

"The Zafira Tourer is the undisputed bestseller and flagship of our CNG fleet," says Frank Leibold, Sales and Marketing Manager OSV. "The award confirms once again that we have the perfect blend of comfort, functionality and environmental friendliness." Has been one of Opel to the manufacturers with the most diverse range of vehicles with alternative fuels. The brand is, for example, a pioneer in environmentally friendly cars with CNG natural gas (Compressed Natural Gas).

Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 Turbo CNG ecoFLEX

Since 1995, the Institute for Environmental Research rated vehicles annually in twelve categories for the environmental ranking. In addition to the vehicle-related values ​​such as consumption, pollutant emissions and noise of the entire life cycle of models flows into the review with one - of the production and logistics to recycling. How manufacturers perceive their environmental and social responsibility is weighted at 14 percent.

Zafira Tourer CNG: Opel's innovative natural gas engines for Master of Variability

The range of the Opel Zafira Tourer 1.6 Turbo CNG ecoFLEX natural gas operation is 530 kilometers - that's class record, made possible by high-tech tanks made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) with 25 kilograms of natural gas capacity. The 14.4-liter reserve gasoline tank of MonovalentPlus system provides additional scope. The optimized operation of the gas turbine engine produces 110 kW/150 hp, maximum torque is 210 Nm and speeds up the van ready for a top speed of 200 km / h It consumes only 4.7 kg in the combined cycle (7.2 m3) of natural gas per 100 kilometers, the CO2 emissions of the Euro-5 engine is 129 g / km. The Opel Zafira Tourer CNG can ascend with biogas or any mixture of biogas and natural gas. Is used 100 percent of biogas as a fuel, the CO2 balance is almost balanced.