Vauxhall Insignia Is Dead In The UK, Its Opel Namesake Lives On

Vauxhall has dropped the Insignia from the UK market without a planned successor in the short-term future. However, Opel will keep producing the Insignia for Europe and other markets, at least for a few more years until the all-electric successor arrives, most likely in crossover form.

According to Vauxhall’s official statement, the decision to discontinue the model was taken in line with UK market trends and the company’s focus on electrification. The brand wants to be fully electrified by 2024, before going EV-only by 2028. While Vauxhall has stopped taking new orders for the Insignia, production will continue until autumn 2022 in order to satisfy the existing orders. As for other markets, the order books and production of the Opel Insignia twin remain unaffected.

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Paul Wilcox, Vauxhall UK managing director, told Autocar: “The Insignia is stopping for Vauxhall. We will fulfill orders, but there is no plan in the short term to replace it straight away. There will still be an Opel Insignia, but there is a gap for us, with no plans to fill for now”. Wilcox’s comments are hinting at the rumored successor of the Insignia that is expected to arrive in 2024 or 2025 in the form of a fully electric crossover riding on Stellantis underpinnings that will be produced in Italy.

The current generation of the Insignia was unveiled back in 2016 and received a facelift in 2019. It is the only remaining model in Opel/Vauxhall range developed prior to Opel’s merger with PSA Group. It is a sibling with the Holden Commodore (Australia) and Buick Regal (US), both of which are discontinued. Besides the Grand Sport and the station wagon bodystyles, the Insignia is also available in a crossover trim with raised ground clearance, and in the sporty GSi variant.

The Vauxhall Insignia is not the only traditional sedan leaving the UK market, since the Ford Mondeo has also been discontinued after more than 30 years despite the fact that a new generation debuted in China. Declining sales of sedans have caused non-premium automakers to abandon the three-box bodystyle in favor of the more popular SUVs. In fact, the only remaining similar-sized sedans for sale in the UK are the Peugeot 508, the VW Passat and the Skoda Superb, with the latter two getting a new generation soon.