Carscoops spies caught the Opel testing Insignia as a Country Tourer, a jacked-up version of the
regular wagon.
You know the recipe; take an all-wheel drive wagon,
add a few centimeters to the suspension travel along with extra plastic fenders
and more rugged-looking bumpers and the end result is an all-weather antidote
to those of you who don’t like SUVs.
This is also the first time we see the new
generation of the Country Tourer on the road and certainly fits the bill of a
soft-roader wagon as described above. As for the all-wheel drive, this is going
to be the same GKN system that equips the regular models featuring torque
vectoring which should prove handy for most future owners.
The new Insignia Country Tourer will join the latest
generation of off-roading wagons, following the introduction of the Mercedes
E-Class All Terrain and that of the Volvo V90 Cross Country but Opel’s upcoming
model will be more affordable than them, as it will rival models like the VW
Passat Alltrack and the Subaru Outback.
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