Fast, cheap and never to be repeated. Why it's time to forget what you think you know about the Insignia.
Note for reference: car weight and power data is hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive.The V6 engine had a micro-alloy forged steel crank, a die-cast alloy oil sump and a single twin-scroll turbocharger running at up to 0.9 bar.
In the spring of 2011, a six-speed torque converter automatic was added to the Insignia VXR proposition, adding around half a second to the 0-62mph time but also marginally reducing average fuel consumption to 26.7mpg. In Sports Tourer format the auto was priced at £36,230. Insignia VXR clutches get fed up with handling the power. When the plates wear down, the clutch starts to slip. If you don’t catch it in time hot spots will appear on the flywheel at which point that will need replacing too, raising your costs from £400 for the clutch on its own to £1,000+ for the clutch and flywheel. You’re much better off going for aftermarket replacements from an independent specialist rather than using OE Vauxhall parts.
The AWD system provided 90 per cent of drive to the front wheels as a default but that became 60/40 front/rear when you activated VXR mode. If the back end of your early-model VXR started skipping, juddering or grinding while driving slowly on full lock on a grippy surface, that was generally indicative of a Haldex failure. Again the EML will come on telling you to service the AWD system but changing the oil, filter or the whole oil pump is usually a waste of time.
Not many Insignia VXRs will have been used for trackdays, a good thing if you’re buying. Still, some owners have reported having to scrap their front tyres after only 10,000 miles. Elsewhere, 20-inch forged alloy wheels were a £1,100 option, and rust affected the rear subframe area on some ‘08 and ’09 Insignias but that shouldn’t apply to the late ’09 onwards VXRs. Vauxhall resisted the temptation to festoon the Insignia VXR with Bathurst-style aero parts.
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