Oh, irony, are you always that delicious?
While American automakers face total demolition and pundits everywhere scream about the terrible products coming out of Detroit, GM has managed to win the award for European Car of the Year.
The vehicle? The Opel Insignia. Opel is GM’s European make, and the Insignia is additionally sold under the Vauxhall grade in England. The four-door sedan has a 256-hp, 2.8-liter V-6 with a six-speed motorized transmission and all-wheel drive.
Ready for more? The runner-up for European Car of the Year, losing by only one vote, was another Detroit offspring: The
Naturally, neither vehicle is available Stateside, but Ford has plans to bring the Fiesta to the U.S. by 2010, while the Insignia may someday be available in the U.S. as a rebadged Saturn Aura.
Both of these moves, however, do hinge upon fundamental details: Ford and GM not going down in a catastrophic economic fireball, for starters.
Original post by Stephen Markley
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