OPEL Insignia · 1.6 Turbo Cosmo · Sedan · 2009 ‐ 2024

In 2009 Opel started production of cars type Insignia, modification of 1.6 Turbo Cosmo. This four-door sedan has a length of 4.8 meters, weight 1.5 tons and is destined to fit 5 passengers including the driver.

«Insignia 1.6 Turbo Cosmo» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This car can be accelerated for 8.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 225 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a peak power of 180 hp at 5500 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 70 liters of petrol, thus when normal fuel rate is 7 liters per 100 km (5.4 l on the suburban, 9.7 liters in the city), that allows drive nearly 1000 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 245/45R18.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Insignia gained the maximal quantity of stars - five, which indicates that it is a highly safe auto. In addition to passive safety (passenger, driver, head/curtain, side airbags), it is also has active systems of safety such as Brake assistant, ABS, EBD, ESP, Traction control.