Vauxhall has revealed the 2011 Vauxhall VXR8 which features the 6.2 litre Chevy V8, 425bhp and a sub-£50k price tag. The world is woefully short of old-fashioned, rear-wheel drive, hairy-chested saloon cars that actually handle. True, there are still some Yank-Tanks around at less than stellar money that do a good impersonation, but for the […]
Vauxhall Ampera Price revealed
Vauxhall has revealed that the range-extender Vauxhall Ampera will cost £33,995 when it launches in 2012. Sensibly, Vauxhall has chosen to reveal the price of the range-extender Vauxhall Ampera on the day it was included on the list of cars eligible for the £5,000 taxpayer subsidy for plug-in cars. Vauxhall will be getting £33,995 for every Ampera […]
Vauxhall Antara: Facelift and price cut
Vauxhall has given the Antara a facelift for 2011 with some cosmetic tweaks inside and out and a new, Euro 5 engine. And a price drop. Hot on the heels of the 2011 Vauxhall Corsa facelift comes another Vauxhall facelift to graft the family nose on to the 2011 Vauxhall Antara. And it does look […]
2011 Vauxhall Corsa facelift
The Corsa – both the Opel Corsa and Vauxhall Corsa – get a 2011 facelift with a new nose, new colours and refreshed cabin. Vauxhall – and Opel too – obviously don’t want to do too much to the Corsa at once. This time last year we had engine upgrades for the 2010 Corsa – […]
Opel Ampera Euro price €42,900
Opel has revealed that the Euro price for the range-extender Opel Ampera will be €42,900, equivalent to £36,500 It’s always the case that early adopters of new technology pay the price of being the first to adopt a new product or technology. Economies of scale haven’t kicked in and manufacturers are often trying to recoup […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: MUCH better than it seemed. Possibly.
The Chevy Volt Brouhaha rumbles on, with Motor Trend pitching in their opinion after a drive. But they’re being either disingenuous or gullible. We’re not sure which. The brouhaha online this week has centred around GM’s revelation that the Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera is actually not a true Range Extender EV but a hybrid. A different […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: It’s just an ordinary hybrid
GM has admitted that the Volt is not a pure range extender electric vehicle after all. It is in fact just a plain old hybrid. Yes, the headline is a bit dramatic and a bit disingenuous. But no more so than the barking mad claims made by GM for the Volt. How many hundreds of miles […]
Vauxhall Astra VXR (2012) gets 282bhp + new GTC photos
The next Vauxhall Astra VXR looks set to get 282bhp if the GTC Concept from Paris makes it in to production unchanged. Vauxhall sneaked us a peek at the 2012 Vauxhall Astra VXR a couple of weeks ago – slightly titivated and called the Astra GTC Concept admittedly – but the 2012 Vauxhall Astra VXR none the […]
Vauxhall Astra GTC unveiled
We get more details of the Vauxhall Astra GTC – the three door Astra Concept which will debut at Paris – which will also be the basis for the 2011 / 2012 Astra VXR Vauxhall teased the next edition of the new Astra – the three-door Astra – last month ahead of a reveal at the Paris […]
Vauxhall / Opel GTC Paris Concept (Astra GTC) & Astra Sports Tourer at Paris
Vauxhall/Opel are to reveal the Paris GTC Concept at the Paris Motor Show in October – the 3 door Astra to you and me – plus the Astra ST gets a public reveal. October is seriously late in the year – almost winter, for goodness sake – so when we got an email from Vauxhall today telling […]