Vauxhall Reviews

Friday 22 August 2008

By 2005, the cat was out of the bag so far as the Vauxhall Vectra was concerned. The initial launch hype surrounding the car had told of new ground being broken in the way the Vectra performed and han

Thursday 10 July 2008

The Vauxhall Vectra was a car designed for its purpose in life almost too well. Vauxhall had identified that the target market were almost all company reps looking for a fast, quiet, smooth riding and

Friday 2 May 2008

With the Mark 4 Astra range, Vauxhall waved goodbye to dodgy build quality, mediocre dynamics and pudgy styling. Make no mistake, this Astra was as much of an advance over its predecessor as Ford’s Fo

Tuesday 15 April 2008

Figure this one out. At the launch of the 9-3 Sport Saloon, a Saab spokesman commented upon how there was no demand for five door cars in this corner of the car market. Shortly thereafter, Vauxhall, a

Thursday 25 October 2007

The second generation Vauxhall Zafira had a massive task on its hands when it arrived in dealerships back in July 2005. Its predecessor had established a template for clever seven-seat mini-MPVs, a te

Thursday 4 October 2007

The Vauxhall VX220 may well be remembered as the greatest car that nobody bought. That might be something of an exaggeration, but after a year’s manufacture, Vauxhall had managed to shift a mere 458 u

Tuesday 13 February 2007

Vauxhall’s Astra has long been a car that suffers a slight inferiority complex compared to its Ford equivalents, the Escort and, latterly, the Focus. No longer. The fifth generation Astra is the car t

Monday 4 December 2006

Although it’s hardly the most exciting car on the market, Vauxhall’s Astra Estate is a model that deserves recognition. In squaring away the fundamentals well, it offers a wagon that drives small but

Tuesday 3 October 2006

When Vauxhall set about creating an estate version of the current Vectra, they didn’t do things by halves. Rather than just graft a greenhouse onto the rear of the hatchback model, they instead used a