Opel recently announced that it would revive GSe as a new sub-brand for electrified models with GSe now standing for Grand Sport electric. The Opel Grandland GSe follows the Astra GSe and the Astra Sports Tourer GSe. Opel claims it is a high-performance, plug-in hybrid with electric all-wheel-drive in the SUV compact class, arguably the fastest growing segment in Europe and Asia.

Grandland GSe combines an old technology 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline engine with two electric motors, one at each axle, for a power output of up to 221 kW/300 hp (provisional WLTP fuel consumption, weighted, combined [footnote 1]:1.3 l/100 km; 31-29 g/km CO2). Acceleration from zero to 100 km/h is completed in 6.1 seconds, with a maximum speed at 235 km/h (135 km/h electrically driven). These are maker’s numbers not AutoInformed’s.**