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Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 05 March 2012 14:30

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has been crowned European Car of the Year for 2012. The winner was announced today at a ceremony at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The votes of the 59 jurors from 23 European countries ranked the Ampera first, from a shortlist comprising Citroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel/Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt, Range Rover Evoque, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Up. The ...

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Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Vauxhall Ampera is 2012 European Car of the Year

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Ben Pulman, 05 March 2012 14:30

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has been crowned European Car of the Year for 2012. The winner was announced today at a ceremony at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The votes of the 59 jurors from 23 European countries ranked the Ampera first, from a shortlist comprising Citroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel/Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt, Range Rover Evoque, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Up. The ...

Vauxhall-designed Santa's sleigh (2009)

Vauxhall-designed Santa's sleigh (2009)

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 14 December 2009 20:11

Here's the Vauxhall take on the design project we've set them this Christmas: to design a Vauxhall-branded Santa's sleigh. The boffins at Vauxhall/Opel design HQ have come up with this – a development of the latest GM Europe form language with hints of new Astra here and Ampera plug-in hybrid there.Vauxhall officials claim their Christmas sleigh features specially adapted E-REV ...

Ellesmere Port's bid to build Ampera hits snags

Ellesmere Port's bid to build Ampera hits snags

Rated 4 out of 54

Rob Golding, 09 October 2009 15:02

Prime minister Gordon Brown’s personal crusade to get Vauxhall's version of the Chevrolet Volt petrol-electric plug-in hybrid – the Ampera – built in Britain's Ellesmere Port factory in 2012 is a dream delayed, CAR can disclose today.News that the UK Astra plant is the best in Europe, that the Astra's Delta platform will underpin the Ampera, and that Volt will ...

Opel Ampera: the full, official technical story

Opel Ampera: the full, official technical story

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 25 March 2009 10:05

Opel/Vauxhall predict that the new Ampera production car will sell more in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. The extended range electric vehicle, unveiled at the recent 2009 Geneva motor show, will go on sale here in late 2011 and marketing bosses say the UK is more accepting of hybrids and alternative vehicles than other markets. It’s not clear at ...

Opel Ampera unveiled at Geneva motor show 2009

Opel Ampera unveiled at Geneva motor show 2009

Rated 2 out of 52

Ben Pulman, 02 March 2009 23:28

This is the new Vauxhall/Opel Ampera extended-range hybrid – just unveiled at the Geneva motor show – and General Motors has confirmed it’ll go into production in the second half of 2011. And it won’t just be as an Opel (or American Chevrolet Volt), there will be a right-hand drive Vauxhall version too.What must I know about the Vauxhall Ampera?For ...

Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid design sketches leak out

Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid design sketches leak out

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Tim Pollard, 19 February 2009 09:28

These pictures allegedly reveal the production-spec Opel/Vauxhall Ampera a fortnight ahead of its Geneva show debut. A Spanish website claims to have stumbled across the technical design sketches at a European patent office and – if authentic – they spill the beans on the new plug-in hybrid electric concept car that’s bound for a showroom near you within two years. ...

Opel Ampera concept car (2009) first photos

Opel Ampera concept car (2009) first photos

Rated 3 out of 53

Tim Pollard, 27 January 2009 09:37

Vauxhall/Opel today announced the new Ampera concept car – a European version of the Volt petrol-electric plug-in hybrid. The Ampera will be the big news for GM’s European arm at the 2009 Geneva motor show (assuming GM is still in business by then, of course). The Ampera is designed around GM’s newly christened Voltec plug-in hybrid technology. It uses a ...

GM's next eco-concept car

GM's next eco-concept car

Rated 3 out of 53

Ben Oliver, 12 October 2007 11:18

General Motors will unveil a European concept car built on its radical new E-Flex platform at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept will feature radical styling, with a diesel engine acting as a generator for the concept’s electric motor. And General Motors is believed to be collaborating with urban electric scooter manufacturer Segway; the unnamed concept may be able to ...

Opel Flexstreme concept

Opel Flexstreme concept

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Tim Pollard, 11 September 2007 03:13

Opel Flextreme: the lowdown Vauxhall’s European sister brand Opel showed off its surprise at Frankfurt today – the new Flextreme concept car. Under that voluminous monocab body lies GM’s E-Flex plug-in hybrid system. It’s the latest trend in hybrids, allowing up to 30 miles of zero-emissions electric operation, after which the diesel engine kicks in to recharge the battery. As ...

GM's next eco-concept car

GM's next eco-concept car

Rated 0 out of 50

Ben Oliver, 03 July 2007 06:17

General Motors will unveil a European concept car built on its radical new E-Flex platform at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept will feature radical styling, with a diesel engine acting as a generator for the concept’s electric motor. And General Motors is believed to be collaborating with urban electric scooter manufacturer Segway; the unnamed concept may be able to ...

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