By admin on June 5, 2010
Get ready for a big turf war. The popular and well-respected Vauxhall Corsa takes on the feisty new kid on the block, Ford’s all-new Fiesta. This is a muscle tussle between the two leading superminis. And the victor is? …… Read on and find out
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By admin on June 1, 2010
Bland wallpaper or a real headturner? Sue Baker takes a first look at the latest Vauxhall Astra… You wouldn’t look twice at a current Vauxhall Astra. It is endlessly there in the traffic like a repetitive wallpaper design, familiar and unremarkable. Its image has suffered from being neither as boldly designed and energising to drive [...]
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By admin on June 1, 2010
VAUXHALL SHAPES UP It was all going so well – great Scottish roads for sampling the Insignia, arguably the best chassis Vauxhall has produced for a mid-sized car, and a crisp, flowing design wrapped round it. But no manufacturer can launch a new car these days without inventing a “design language”. Ford has “Kinetic”, BMW [...]
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By admin on June 1, 2010
Definitely one for the ladies – a testosterone free, compact cutie, drop top darling. If you fancy a spell out of the dog house to watch all the football you want, this could be just the sweetener she needs Now, I may be a blonde sex in the city lover and not adverse to the [...]
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By admin on June 1, 2010
ECO FRIENDLY This car is currently rarer than rocking horse emissions. You won’t see any on the road just yet, because cash-strapped Vauxhall is delaying registering the first press cars until the number-plate change come September. In the meantime our chance to sample an Insignia ecoFLEX meant a trip to the motor industry test centre [...]
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By admin on June 1, 2010
Great expectations are heaped on the new Vauxhall Astra. There is an awful lot riding on this car, launched as the company’s future ownership awaits confirmation, and with it the long-term fate of the Merseyside factory where this mid-size hatchback is built The outgoing Astra has been showing its age against newer, fresher rivals, notably [...]
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By admin on June 1, 2010
ECO WITH POWER: Vauxhall’s approach to eco motoring is different to most. Instead of stripping back power to boost economy and lower emissions, the firm has achieved great results with the full 158bhp. Ian Robertson reports Vauxhall and its European subsidiary have been headline news over the past few months, with uncertainty over their future. [...]
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