Opel Signum

Opel Signum
Overview
Manufacturer	Opel (General Motors)
Also called	Vauxhall Signum
Production	2003–2008
Assembly	Germany: Rüsselsheim
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size car (D)
Body style	5-door hatchback
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform	Epsilon platform
Related	Fiat Croma Chevrolet Malibu Opel Vectra Saturn Aura Saab 9-3
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,830 mm (111.4 in)
Length	4,636 mm (182.5 in)
Width	1,798 mm (70.8 in)
Height	1,466 mm (57.7 in)
Curb weight	1,490–1,715 kg (3,285–3,781 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	Opel Omega
Successor	Opel Insignia Sports Tourer

The Opel Signum is a large front-engine, front-wheel drive, five-passenger, mid-size car manufactured and marketed by the German car manufacturer Opel from 2003 to 2008, exclusively over a single generation, derived from the Opel Vectra. Marketed almost exclusively in Europe, a rebadged Signum was marketed in the United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Signum. The Signum used the long wheelbase version of the GM Epsilon platform also used by the Opel Vectra Caravan.

As a very large hatchback with a nearly vertical tailgate, its dimensions placed it between traditional large family cars and executive cars. In most markets, it was also priced accordingly (more expensive than the Opel Vectra, but less than e.g. Audi A6). The Opel Signum was intended to capture a new market segment.

General Motors, Opel's then parent, executed a similar concept in North America of a large hatchback with the related 2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx, also derived from the Epsilon platform.

After March 2008, RHD production ended, and both the Opel Signum and the Opel Vectra were replaced with the new Opel Insignia in October of the same year.^[1] From the end of 2005, Pierluigi Collina starred in adverts across Europe for the Signum, as well as the Vectra.^[2]

Production of the Signum and Vectra C ended in July 2008 for Mainland Europe.