Opel’s Rüsselsheim plant has built its 750,000th Insignia since the nameplate replaced the Vectra in 2008.
The 750,000th car was a blue OPC Sports Tourer (wagon).
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Early versions badged Regal were built for Buick before all NAFTA production was centred in Oshawa in Canada from 2011. The Buick model is also made by the GM-SAIC joint venture in Shanghai.
There was a minor facelift in 2013 and, last year, Opel sold over 100,000 Insignias – an increase of around 19%.
The line is popular in UK, Germany and Spain and achieved the largest percentage growth in the mid-size segment in Europe.
Later this year, the OPC sedan will be exported to Australia and New Zealand as the Holden Insignia VXR. An additional variant – the Cascada convertible – will be produced in Rüsselsheim later this decade and will be sold as a new Buick model in the US from 2016.
