Isethulo entsha Umqondo imoto yohlobo lwe-Opel Signum owawuse eGeneva ngo-1997. ukuqhubeka imodeli ingemukelwa, kwamenyezelwa ngokomthetho ukuthi imoto umqondo ekukhiqizweni ngeke ukuqala. Kusukela amazwi abameleli ngokuqinile Opel, umshini omusha senzelwe ukuhlolwa izixazululo lobuchwepheshe. Ngisho nangaleso sikhathi, Opel Signum kwahluka engavamile control panel, ifakwe screen ezine-sigaba, futhi maqondana ukusebenza kwe- umshini kwavusa isithakazelo uhlasela ezinkulu namasondo angu 19 inch.
Okulandelayo Opel Signum yayisivele esethulwa eMihlanganweni Yesigodi ethi Frankfurt Motor Show ngo-2001. Umshini is wabonisa njengoba inguqulo umqondo for the amasampula zokuhlola kanye nokuvunyelwa kwazo ukuthi lobuchwepheshe imibono emisha. Ngesikhathi besebenzisa i-Opel Signum platform obkatyvali GM Epsilon, ngobuchwepheshe nzima, kodwa isikhathi ethembisa phakathi GM corporation. Nokho 2003, imoto umqondo zaziya eduze ukuqalisa ekukhiqizweni. Njengoba imodeli imoto zokuhlola uye ukhathele uqobo, futhi imininingwane yayo zithandwa okusezingeni eliphezulu. Futhi ngemva kokutadisha zabathengi isidingo, Opel Signum kudluliswa kusuka endaweni isigaba Umqondo imoto esigabeni imishini ibhizinisi-class bafakwa ukukhiqizwa.
Ngakho kukhona amasha phambi-wheel drive imoto enomzimba izici okudingeka bashintshashintshe ngayo futhi ngendlu ezinhlanu hatchback. Ubukhulu Opel Signum ibe ngekarisako, akusiyo eliphansi in imoto usayizi okunethezeka. Ingaphakathi Nelibanzi ikuvumela ukubeka kwesihlalo emuva kanye no-kuzuzisa kakhulu ukuba esiphezulu umgibeli induduzo. Ngemva izithuthukisi ingaphakathi yasiphendula ingaphakathi enkulu namagumbi aphezulu avulekile ukhululekile ezihlukahlukene izindawo, ezifana adjustable ingxenye maphakathi ngemuva usofa ukuthi liphenduka itafula, noma headrests transformable ngokuzenzakalelayo ukuthatha emthambekeni esifanele umgibeli ngamunye.
Izinjini efakwe Opel Signum izinhlobo ezimbili zikaphethiloli ka 2.2 litres 155 hp futhi 3.0 litre turbodiesel nge 130 hp Bobabili izinjini yahlanganiswa nge emihlanu-speed automatic transmission Active Khetha, okuyinto, uma kunesidingo, zihunyushelwe mechanical imodi eshintshashintshayo. Umshini ifakwe uhlelo eziyingqayizivele eguquguqukayo Phambili Ukukhanyisa, yakhelwe ukuze azenze zikhanye ekhoneni abayizimpumputhe, kufaka isivinini esiphansi. Ngaphakathi, air conditioning ne control sezulu kukho, deflectors eziningana zikuvumela ukushintsha isiqondiso ukugeleza emoyeni moya. Isiphathi ukude ivuliwe iphaneli ngaphansi kwesandla umshayeli, kanye eziphindaphindiwe yakhiwe singene seatback labaqaphi elingemuva.
Isakhiwo ukuphepha ubukele nje gumbi Opel Signum, izimpendulo okwakukhona kulo kuphela omuhle, it siqukethe ezimbili imigqa of airbag, ozungeza sonke isikhala angaphakathi a ring okuqhubekayo. Washa imicamelo uzifihle ngokucophelela, kunzima ukuqagela mayelana nokuphila kwabo. isihlalo ngamunye ifakwe amabhande esivikelo emotweni nge pretensioners futhi ukuphakama ukulungiswa, engenhla okunamathiselwe amaphuzu. Umshayeli ukuphepha ihlinzeka ukusonga ikholomu ayo, kanye uhlelo Pedal Khipha System, owesifazane osebenza ukuhlanza isinyathelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, Signum ine Ilokhi emaphakathi futhi idrayivu iphakethe ngokuphelele wonke amawindi njengoba phambili iminyango labaqaphi elingemuva.