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Last Auto account – Vauxhall’s Flex address Flextreme shows electric approaching as archetypal GT/E brand makes return

The boilerplate just got extreme! Vauxhall wowed the Geneva Motor Show with a four-door coupé abstraction which angrily approved area the firm’s electric technology is heading.

The Flextreme GT/E cheekily pinches a achievement name from the accomplished to highlight the antic accomplishment of the range-extender electric technology apparent in the Ampera. The alluring yet wind-cheating contour has been advised to advance top acceleration as able-bodied as advocacy economy.

Thanks to a 161bhp adaptation of the Ampera’s electric motor and range-extending 70bhp 1.4-litre petrol engine, the Flextreme – which wore Opel badging at the appearance – will hit 125mph but afford 40g/km of CO2. Vauxhall says the 4.7-metre five-seater is a not-so-subtle arrow to the architecture and powertrain of the next Insignia due in 5 years. â??It shows we can body big-platform cars with that technology,â? said a spokesman. In the meantime, some aspects of the architecture will accomplish it on to approaching Vauxhalls – a lot of acutely the axe-shaped foreground lights and the pronounced, low grille which is evocative of the Maserati GranTurismo’s.

According to arch exoteric artist Malcolm Ward, the car’s continued berth and analogously abbreviate engine alcove advertise what’s accessible with this abolitionist electric powertrain. â??You get added autogenous amplitude because beneath allowance is bare beneath the bonnet,â? he said.

He added that the muscular, coupé contour proves a glace eco appearance can be accomplished after resorting to the mono-curve of cars such as the Toyota Prius.