2023 Opel Grandland GSe Revealed With Almost 300 HP And AWD

Sizzling on the heels of the Astra GSe’s reveal final month, Opel is doubling down on its “grand sport electrical” choices with the Grandland GSe. For the sake of accuracy, this isn’t a brand new mannequin per se since we’re trying on the Hybrid4 model with a brand new identify. The plug-in hybrid crossover was Opel’s first manufacturing automotive to mix a combustion engine with an electrical motor when it was launched again in Could 2019 earlier than a facelift adopted in June 2021.

Going ahead, it’ll be marketed because the Grandland GSe to sit down alongside the Astra GSe hatchback and wagon. The compact crossover combines a turbocharged 1.6-liter gasoline engine with a pair of electrical motors to ship a complete output of 296 horsepower. It is sufficient electrified punch to ship the all-wheel-drive mannequin to 62 mph (100 km/h) in a decent 6.1 seconds earlier than topping out at 146 mph (235 km/h). Pushed in electrical mode, the utmost pace is electronically ruled to 84 mph (135 km/h).

Very like the Astra GSe, it will get a retuned suspension and recalibrated steering to sharpen up dealing with and ship a extra dynamic drive. The Grandland GSe boasts McPherson struts on the entrance and a multi-link rear with stiffer springs and dampers benefitting from Koni’s Frequency Selective Damping (FSD) tech. The sporty PHEV rides on 19-inch wheels with a design derived from the alloys fitted to the rad Manta GSe idea.

To set it aside from the common Grandland variations, the parents from Rüsselsheim can paint the hood black to match the roof and aspect mirror caps. The GSe variant additionally will get a bespoke rear diffuser and particular badging on the tailgate. Inside, the seats come wrapped in Alcantara and supply larger lateral assist.

GSe is successfully changing GSi as Opel prepares for the electrical period. It is coming earlier than you may assume since mother or father firm Stellantis has vowed to discontinue Opel/Vauxhall fashions with combustion engines in Europe by 2028. Simply two years later, all the automotive conglomerate’s manufacturers energetic in Europe may have EV-only lineups.