… Vauxhall Corsa VXR … The Vauxhall Corsa VXR is most certainly a ‘hoot hatch’. No, that’s not a typo or a spelling mistake, this hot hatch is a hoot to drive. Developing 202bhp from its 1.6 litre turbocharged petrol engine in a car weighing 1.7 tonnes, there’s plenty to […] Read more »

… Vauxhall Viva SE … When I heard Vauxhall was planning to bring back the Viva, it conjured up mixed memories. The original Viva HA had all the stylistic panache of an ex-shoebox designer’s first attempt at automotive family transport. To be fair, fifty years ago priorities were different and […] Read more »

I’m still undecided about the Vauxhall Adam. Unlike Fiat and MINI, Vauxhall didn’t previously have a highly successful and fashionable city car. The Nova was too plain and practical to be considered funky and the Agila looked like it had been carved out of a school canteen traybake. In other […] Read more »

On first impression, it would appear that Vauxhall have tried to pitch their top of the range Insignia into prestige car territory, up against other top Brits and Germans. And whilst it looks the part and carries the kit well, methinks they have tried too hard. The Insignia SRi BiTurbo […] Read more »

I’’m no fan of the new Vauxhall Astra shape, much preferring the sharper lines of the previous model. A bit like me perhaps, the once-svelte figure now replaced by a more pie-enriched outline – but still game for a gurry on a quiet stretch of road. And that was the […] Read more »