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Vauxhall Insignia. European Car of The Year 2009.

The Vauxhall Insignia has been chosen as the 2009 European Car of the year, beating Ford’s all new Fiesta. The Insignia received 20 first place votes and 321points from the jury of automotive writers. Volkswagen’s new Golf ran third with 223 points, while the Citroen C5, Alfa Romeo MiTo, and Skoda Superb were fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. Insignia is Car of The Year 2009

 “We are delighted to be able to deliver good news at such a tough time,” says Steve Cropley, editor-in-chief of Autocar, COTY’s British-based sponsoring magazine, “The market’s the toughest we’ve seen for 20 years, but nothing alters the fact that the Insignia is a great car. The COTY jury is made up of 59 senior motoring journalists from 23 countries. Their objective is to choose the most outstanding new car to go on sale in the past 12 months. Jurors vote twice:  first to select a short-list of seven from the new cars launched in Europe, then again to choose the winner.Autocar is one of seven leading publications from around Europe which organise the COTY contest. Each publication takes it in turn to organise the vote, publicise and promote the contest and hold the prize-giving ceremony.The jury is completely independent of the Organising Committee in matters connected with the award itself, the selection of eligible cars and the voting.

Tuesday 18th November 2008.


Vauxhall Insignia: Dynamic design and Advanced technology

  • Sculpted design with a flowing coupe silhouette
  • All-wheel-drive, active chassis and five engines available at launch
  • World Premiere July 2008 at the British International Motor Show

Luton, Beds. With its groundbreaking design and sophisticated technology, the new Insignia takes Vauxhall's new-found design language to another level. The premium styling of the new five-seater " initially available in hatchback and saloon guise " clearly defines Vauxhall's philosophy of making advanced technology and attractive design affordable.

The Insignia boasts a flowing, powerful silhouette with a coupe-like roofline. The body's sculpted shape is accented by sweeping front and rear light designs and enhanced by a bold radiator grille with a new-look Vauxhall emblem. A distinctive "blade" feature runs from behind the front wheel along the side of the car, further emphasising its taut and rakish lines.

"We've re-defined our design vocabulary," says Mark Adams, Vice President Design, GM Europe. "The Insignia is muscular, but lithe and curvaceous. Our aim was to develop a confident look which reinforced the car's superb driving dynamics, but also one that made it clear that this was a premium product, albeit still at a highly competitive price in its class."

Vauxhall's unique design language spreads into the cabin of the Insignia, bringing new levels of luxury, style and quality. The dashboard's top-pad wraps around from the instrument panel to the door, creating a unique wing-shape and embracing the occupants. Ambient lighting, which will be featured in future Vauxhall models, radiates a warm, luxurious aura. Much emphasis has also been put into the development of the seats, which set the highest standards in ergonomics, comfort and safety.

Insignia Front Insignia rear

Vauxhall's unique expertise in lighting technology is underpinned by the Insignia's latest generation AFL (Adaptive Forward Lighting) system. Nine different light beam settings automatically adjust themselves to cater for various driving conditions, simultaneously enhancing safety and driving pleasure. Moreover, the distinctive styling signature of the front and rear light clusters adds to the Insignia's unique design.

"As each feature demonstrates, the Insignia is the result of our quest to develop a car that combines striking design, excellent driving dynamics and innovative technology," says Hans Demant, Vice President, Engineering for GM Europe.

The further enhanced IDSPlus active chassis system helps the car adapt to prevailing driving conditions. The Insignia will be offered with front-wheel and all-wheel drive. The new 'Adaptive 4X4' system's proactive, instantaneous torque distribution not only ensures optimal traction but also enhances dynamic handling performance.

The Insignia is available with five engines at launch. All meet the Euro 5 emissions standard and come with either manual or automatic six-speed transmissions. The three petrol engines range from a four-cylinder 140PS unit to a V6 with 260PS. Two new 2.0-litre direct-injection diesels engines will be offered with power outputs of either 130PS or 160PS. In time, the Insignia engine line-up will be extended with an EcoFLEX version offering ultra-low CO2 emissions in addition to other, more powerful variants.

"The Insignia is one of our most ambitious projects to date, and we will be revealing the full extent of our technological progress when the car is officially launched at the British International Motor Show in London on July 22," says Andy Gilson, Marketing Director, General Motors.

The Insignia was developed by GM Europe with a significant contribution coming from Vauxhall's Engineering Centre at Millbrook in Bedfordshire, UK

 
Finance and Insurance Options

Finance Options

At Motorbodies we have every finance option to suit your budget and your needs. From 0% to personal contract plans you can be sure that you will get the best possible deal and also advice from our experts.  Finance is a way of life.  Cars can depreciate so it makes sense to set a monthly budget that you can afford, which will help to keep your capital. When you reach the end of your finance agreement you can simply part exchange your vehicle and start again with a newer model.  Our rates are Very competitive and the service that we will offer you is very informal and above all confidential. We are licensed credit brokers and the companies that we use to provide you with your finance are all approved by Vauxhall Motors.


Vauxhall Insurance

Did you know that Vauxhall not only sell cars but also provide car insurance?  If you are thinking of purchasing a new Vauxhall or just reinsuring you current one, then Vauxhall Insurance can provide you with a competitive quote. Not only is Vauxhall insurance a way to save money it also provides these unique benefits:

- All repairs go through a Vauxhall Approved Accident Repair Centre using only genuine Vauxhall parts.
- Courtesy car for the duration of the repair when you use a Vauxhall Approved Repairer, subject to availability.

For a really competitive quote visit Vauxhall Insurance and enter code GBE260 to qualify for a 10% discount

Just Phone and Go

You’ve just ordered your new car and we have told you when your car will be with us for you to collect. Just one problem? We need you insurance cover note to tax your brand new vehicle! The post can be very temperamental at times and it can take a long time for us to receive your cover note from your insurance company.  So to take the pressure off you, we offer an invaluable 7-day free insurance cover. Its fully comprehensive and it gives you a little more time to find that best possible company to insure your car. Just call 0845 300 444, ask for Phone and Go and quote our dealer code GBE260.  Your cover note will then be emailed to us within the hour and we can tie up all the loose ends so you can get your new vehicle on time!


Vauxhall ecoFLEX

To demonstrate Vauxhall's commitment to the environment, purchase one of Vauxhall's lowest emission cars and Vauxhall will scrap your older and higher emission vehicle in an environmentally friendly manner and offer you £1000 to take it off the road. Please click here for full details.

 
Delivery Information
Vauxhall Dealers in Luton Bedforshire. We offer a delivery service to the following locations in England, Scotland, and Wales, UK. Alternatively, if you prefer to collect, we are a "stone's throw" from Luton Airport, home of Easy-Jet, with excellent road, rail and air links. 2 miles from M1, J10.

Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton)
Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton)
Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Loughton,  Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury)
. Greater London
Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Rams
ey, Yaxley)
Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich)
Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)
Middlesex (Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster, Twickenham, Heathrow, West Drayton, Harrow, Northolt)) Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton) Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame)
Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore) Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow) Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Richmond-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
Yorkshire North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby) East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey)
West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
York (within the Walls) 40. Anglesey/Sir Fon (Beaumaris, Holyhead, Llangefni, Amlwch, Menai Bridge)
Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog (Brecon, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth, Llanwrtwd Wells)
Caernarfonshire/Sir Gaernarfon (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llandudno, Conwy, Pwllheli, Porthmadog)
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthen, Llanelli, Ammanford, Llandovery, Kidwelly, St. Clears)
Cardiganshire/Ceredigion (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, New Quay, Tregaron)
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych (Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, Abergele, Llangollen)
Flintshire/Sir Fflint (Mold, Flint, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Connah's Quay, Holywell, Buckley, St. Asaph)
Glamorgan/Morgannwg (Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil, Barry, Caerphilly, Bridgend, Neath, Pontypridd)
Merioneth/Meirionnydd (Dolgellau, Bala, Tywyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Barmouth, Harlech)
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy (Monmouth, Newport, Blackwood, Cwmbran, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Tredegar)
Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn (Montgomery, Newtown, Welshpool, Machynlleth, Llanidloes)
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard, Tenby, St. David's)
Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed (Presteigne, Llandrindod Wells, Knighton, Rhayader, New Radnor)53. Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, erurie, Huntley, Ellon, Turriff) Angus/Forfarshire (Forfar, Dundee, Arbroath, Brechin, Montrose, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir)
Argyllshire (Inveraray, Oban, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Tobermory)
Ayrshire (Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Saltcoats, Kilwinning, Largs, Troon, Cumnock)
Banffshire (Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown) Berwickshire (Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream)
Buteshire (Rothesay, Millport, Brodick, Lochranza) Cromartyshire (Cromarty, Ullapool)
Caithness (Wick, Thurso, Halkirk, Castletown) Clackmannanshire (Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody)
Dumfriesshire (Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Sanquhar, Langholm, Gretna)
Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire (Dumbarton, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh, Alexandria, Kirkintilloch)
East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)
Fife (Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland)
Inverness-shire (Inverness, Fort William, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Portree)
Kincardineshire (Stonehaven, Banchory, Laurencekirk, Inverbervie) Kinross-shire (Kinross, Milnathort)
Kirkcudbrightshire (Kircudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, New Galloway)
Lanarkshire (Lanark, Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Carluke)
Midlothian/Edinburghshire (Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg)
Morayshire (Elgin, Forres, Rothes, Lossiemouth, Fochabers) Nairnshire (Nairn, Auldearn, Cawdor, Ferness) Orkney (Kirkwall, Sromness, Balfour)
Peeblesshire (Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton) Perthshire (Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine)
Renfrewshire (Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Port Glasgow, Barrhead, Kilmalcolm)
Ross-shire (Dingwall, Stornaway, Tain, Alness, Invergorden)
Roxburghshire (Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh) Selkirkshire (Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels)
Shetland (Lerwick, Scalloway, Baltasound) Stirlingshire (Stirling, Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva)
Sutherland (Dornoch, Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, Lairg, Durness, Tongue)
West Lothian/Linlithgowshire (Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo'ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate)
Wigtownshire (Wigtown, Stranraer, Newton Stewart, Whithorn)

 
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