Opel Readies Record 7 New Models for 2017

Adam Opel AG will debut seven new or updated models for the European market next year, marking the biggest product rollout ever for the General Motors Co. unit.

The array will include two new crossovers, a large van and a variant of GM’s upcoming Bolt electric sedan. Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann tells reporters several of the models will be unveiled at the Geneva auto show in March and at the Frankfurt auto show in September.

Neumann says the new models are:

• Three variants of the midsize Insignia, Opel’s largest model: a five-door Insignia Grand Sport, Sports Tourer wagon and Country Tourer all-wheel-drive wagon
• The Crossland X, a small crossover that will replace the Meriva MPV
• An unnamed small crossover variant of the Peugeot 3008 that will be supplied by PSA Group
• A variant of the Vivaro large van
• The Ampera-e, the European version of GM’s $37,500 (€33,800) Chevrolet Bolt sedan that will debut in the U.S. later this year