Today Opel unveiled its front-wheel drive Antara soft-roader (also known in US as the Saturn Vue). Ditching the four-wheel drive hardware saves weight, reduces frictional losses and most importantly for buyers, has significant cost savings. The Opel Antara front-wheel drive is available with Opel’s Common Rail Turbo diesel 2.0-liter CDTI with 127HP as well as the 2.4 liter engine that cranks out 140HP. Regardless of the motor chosen, the price of the front-wheel drive is $2,600 less than Antara’s all-wheel version. Prices for the Antara FWD start from €25, 970, while the diesel sells for €27,880.

The 127 hp-strong 2.0 CDTI common rail diesel versions needs 7.3 liters to travel 100km and sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in 11.5 sec. The 140HP 2.4 liter gasoline variant reaches a speed of 100 km/h from a standstill in 11.6 seconds it and needs 9.3 liters of gas to travel 100km.