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07-14-2009, 02:48 PM
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  | Opel build quality FAIL! Epic FAIL! Look what happened to this 2009 Insignia. Quote:
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Oh dear, I would be very pissed if this happened to my brand new car. Now, I know it has a Vauxhall badge, but the Insignia is built by Opel in Germany and if you reckon that a broken wishbone was shocking enough, how about this: Crikey! 
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07-14-2009, 03:00 PM
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| Well, this might be a one-of-a-kind problem. I certainly hope so. I like the Insignia. It's one of the best-looking Opels in a long time I also feel that they worked hard to make this car appealing. 
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| 2009 ? and allready rusty like hell  uuuwh*
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07-14-2009, 06:12 PM
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| Very disappointing, I do like these cars! And Julius its only surface rust from the steel, nothing serious
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| Hard to judge Opel based on this one-time cases... we don't really know if the owner abused the cars or not. If this is a reoccurring problem with more then one owner, then yes, epic fail!
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| I agree with you guys. The car proved to be good enough to win a Top Gear magazine award and please the motoring press in general. I quite like the estate version, I mean, the "Sports tourer". However, I really do hope these are very isolated cases, because like most rivals the Insignia has to be robust and easy to run. One interesting thing I heard, is that Vauxhall dealers are reporting Audi owners are part-exchanging for the Insignia... either Vauxhall dealers are talking nonsense or the Insignia really IS that good to convince Audi owners to trade their A4s for one.
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07-15-2009, 10:41 AM
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| I have serious concerns about Opel's quality. After seeing these pics the problem the last gen Astra's had with the steering wheel came to my mind...
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