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2005 Vauxhall Cars
Vauxhall Car News
Vauxhall's market share of the UK car market has increased recently - in June 2005, the company had over 13% of the UK car market, whereas the share for the year to date was slightly less than 13%. Sales are about 15% less than market leader Ford, but with a number of exciting new models on the forecourt, Vauxhall are doing everything they can to take over that prestigious number one slot, though they still need to sell another 5,000 units a month to do that that.
Vauxhall Models
Vauxhall Aguila
Vauxhall have teamed up with Suzuki to bring the new Agila to us. Based on Suzuki's Wagon R, the new small Vauxhall is just 3.5 metres long, but is somewhat taller than the Corsa at 1.66 metres so it offers plenty of interior space for such a small footprint.
Vauxhall Corsa
As the best selling supermini in the UK, the Corsa must be a great package to keep ahead of tough competition from Ford's Fiesta and Peugeot's 206. The latest styling changes which give it similar lines to the new Astra and Tigra range should help keep the Corsa at the top of the pile. The Corsa range starts at just 7,000 for a 1.0 litre Expression, and rises to 12,000 for the hot 1.8 litre SRi. The latter has over twice the brake horse power than the former, so it's pretty fast, with a 0-60 time of just 8 seconds, and a top speed of 126mph.
Vauxhall Tigra
The new Tigra has shot up the convertible sales chart as it offers a full folding hard-top at a great price. The range starts with the Tigra 1.4 and rises to the 1.8 sport model, but also includes a pair of diesel options in the form of the 1.3 CDTi and 1.3 CDTi sport. The 'Sport' Diesel and Petrol models are very similarly priced - so for around 15,350 you can choose between the 125bhp petrol engine which offers a 0-60 time of just 9 seconds and a top speed of 112mph, or the not so sporty diesel which redeems itself by offering a very frugal 61.4 mpg on the combined cycle, and the prospect of reasonable insurance premiums as it's allocated a group 8 insurance rating. Although it's still outsold by the best seller in this class (the Peugeot 307 cc) the Tigra has much to commend it and is a welcome addition to the Vauxhall range.
Vauxhall Astra
Despite its new clothes, the Astra still can't overtake the Ford Focus at the top of the sales charts. However, it's snapping at the Ford's heels with sales of over 10,000 units per month compared to the Focus which sells about 20% more than that.
Vauxhall will hope that hot models, such as the 2.0T VXR will build on the companies sporting success and will compete well against the Focus ST. The VXR is priced at about 19,000 so it isn't cheap, but it does offer a 0-60 time of just 6.2 seconds and handling to match, so we think it will be a success. At the other end of the scale, the 1.4 litre Expression costs less than 11,000 which is about 200 less than a 1.4 litre Focus Studio.
Vauxhall Vectra
The new Vectra is has shrugged off the negative criticism that the old model encouraged and now competes well in this popular sector. The range is vast, including a wide range of specification levels and engine sizes, including of course a range of diesels and a 3 litre V6 which is priced at a very similar level to Ford's 3 litre Mondeo ST220.
Vauxhall Signum
An interesting large 4 seater that has few rivals. Uses the larger engines from the Vectra range and costs a little more than the equivalent Vectra; for example the 3.0 CDTi Elite Vectra costs under 25,000 whereas the Signum CDTi Elite has a list price of almost 27,000. For your money, you get lots of options, especially on the top of the range models. Performance, Economy and Insurance ratings are very similar to those for the equivalent Vectras.
Vauxhall VXR220
The Lotus designed VXR 220 presses all the right buttons; it has a tremendous chassis and in turbo form it offers much more performance for your money than the Lotus Elise on which it was based.
Vauxhall Monaro
The Monaro is based on GM's Australian Holden muscle cars and without a doubt brings strength to the top end of the Vauxhall range. Big 5.7 litre motors with lots of torque going to the rear wheels means that the Monaros are very different to the rest of the range, but they're proving very popular with UK motorists.
Vauxhall Meriva and Zafira
Vauxhall's people carriers have attracted much praise from unlikely sources so they must be pretty good. Both have great flexible seating systems and compete well in the sector.
New Zafira is expected to be class leader in an increasingly popular segment. It's for sale in the UK from July 2005 and will be popular, despite the abilities of the Renault Scenic, Honda FR-V etc, etc that it will compete against. Prices will start at about 16,000 and a good range of engines is expected, including a 2 litre turbo which should be capable of a 0-60 time that will leave its rivals standing.
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