Upcoming 2011 Buick Regal is essentially a rebadged version of the Opel Insignia, a car that won the prestigious 2009 European Car Of The Year award the year it was launched.
What a lot of readers may not know is that in Europe, the Insignia is offered in several different variants, including one that’s available with a 325 horsepower turbocharged V-6, a manual transmission and a sophisticated all-wheel drive system. This high performance Insignia is the OPC (Opel Performance Center) model and as recently as last month Bob Lutz hinted that the car was under consideration for the U.S. market.
Speaking previously with Car and Driver, Lutz explained that manual-transmission and all-wheel drive versions of the Insignia are being considered for the U.S., and of course the OPC model are among these.
The Regal name has been linked with sporty Buicks in the past, with models like the Grand National, GNX, GS and GSX all springing to mind, and today we have reports claiming that a new iteration of one of these, a modern-day Buick Regal GS, will be unveiled at next month’s 2010 Detroit Auto Show.
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