[nggallery id=1524 template=customlinks] Vauxhall has revealed the new VXR8 GTS super saloon which comes with a 576bhp 6.2 litre V8 and costs just £54,999. If you’re going to make your most potent saloon car more powerful, you could just tweak the engine management a bit to add a few more horses. But Vauxhall have gone […]
Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer revealed: Price from £49,500
Vauxhall has revealed the Estate version of the VXR8 – the Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer – which offers oodles of room and 425bhp. [nggallery id=1459 template=customlinks] It’s taken Vauxhall more than two years to get round to offering an estate version of the slightly bonkers VXR8, but now they’ve done it and delivered the Vauxhall VXR8 Tourer, an […]
Vauxhall Zafira Tourer gets new, frugal 1.6 CDTi Diesel
The Vauxhall Zafira Tourer is the first Vauxhall to get the new 1.6 CDTi Diesel engine offering 68.9mpg. Debuts at Geneva 2013. [nggallery id=615 template=customlinks] Just a couple of weeks ago, we reported that the Vauxhall Zafira Tourer was getting a new range-topping BiTurbo diesel, good for 192bhp and able to scoot Vauxhall’s answer to the Ford […]
Vauxhall Adam Rocks – it’s a butch Adam Cabrio Crossover
The new Vauxhall Adam is about to spawn a cabrio crossover version based on the first official sketches of the Vauxhall Adam Rocks Concept. [nggallery id=1387 template=customlinks] The Vauxhall Adam arrived last summer promising to be a funky little Vauxhall city car with endless permutations – more than a million, according to Vauxhall – and, even though its design […]
Vauxhall Zafira Tourer gets BiTurbo Beef
The Zafira Tourer gets a new range-topper with the launch of the Vauxhall Zafira Tourer BiTurbo with 192bhp. Price from £27,685. [nggallery id=615 template=customlinks] Launched in 2011, the Vauxhall Zafira Tourer may not be quite a match for the Ford S-Max, but it’s still a decent enough offering and far from a bad choice. And […]
Vauxhall Cascada: Price from £23,995
The Vauxhall Cascada – Vauxhall’s new four-seat convertible – will cost from £23,995 and arrives in Vauxhall showrooms in April 2013. [nggallery id=1280 template=customlinks] Vauxhall’s slightly odd reveal of the new Cascada – a four-seat convertible replacement for the Astra Twin top – which got teased at the time of last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show but didn’t make an […]
Vauxhall Ampera: Try for 30 days – and then give it back
Vauxhall are offering buyers of the range extender Ampera the chance to buy risk free for 30 days and return the Ampera. [nggallery id=902 template=customlinks] New technology can be a curse and a bonus for car makers, especially when it’s a big change from what’s gone before. It’s a bonus in that it can appeal […]
Opel Adam going rallying
Opel is adding a bit of rally credibility to the new Adam by taking it rallying with an Adam R2 rally car for a one-make cup. [nggallery id=1311 template=customlinks] The new Opel Adam (and Vauxhall Adam, for that matter) is a car we love the look of – even if it does seem to be […]
Vauxhall, Opel, Pegueot, Citroen merger talks fail
Talks between GM Europe and PSA (Peugeot Citroen) have failed as a French government bailout for PSA looks imminent. When we reported in March that G.M. Europe (Vauxhall and Opel) has signed an agreement with PSA (Peugeot Citroen) to cut costs and share platforms we thought it a pointless gesture; the savings, compared to the […]
Vauxhall Insignia VXR SuperSport – under £30k
Vauxhall is replacing the Insignia VXR with the Insignia VXR SuperSport, with a 170mph top speed and costing just £29,995. [nggallery id=1299 template=customlinks] Vauxhall has decided to get rid of the ran ge-topping Insignia – the Vauxhall Insignia VXR – and replace it with a n w model with a headline-grabbing 170mph top speed – […]