Entries Tagged as ‘Vauxhall’

December 22, 2008

What’s the best hot hatch? (Poll)

It’s the one question everyone in the office has a different answer to: what’s the best hot hatch?
Read which cars the editorial team picked as their favourite hot hatches - and nominate your hot hatch of choice in the comments.

September 12, 2008

What’s your favourite Lotus?

Lotus makes the definitive benchmark sportscar – ask any motoring pundit on a specific sportscar’s ability, and the response will almost certainly include: “It’s not as good as a Lotus”.
They are the ultimate lightweight dream cars, punching well above their weight and champions of the handling ring. The Elise is quite possibly the finest roadster [...]

July 24, 2008

Petrolhead heaven at the British International Motor Show 2008

The doors to the British International Motor Show have been thrown open to the public today so you can experience the best motoring has to offer.
Held at London’s ExCeL show venue in Docklands the motor show runs until August 3 and has everything you need to get your heart rate up.

May 1, 2008

Vauxhall VXR8: first impressions

We’ve had a Vauxhall VXR8 delivered just in time for the week’s torrential rain.

That wouldn’t be a worry in a normal car, but the VXR8 is a 6-litre V8-engined thundersaloon pumping more than 400bhp through the rear wheels.
And that means driving it can be a little hairy in the wet.

April 16, 2008

Vauxhall Insignia takes aim at Ford Mondeo

The new Ford Mondeo was very well received when it was released last year (see our reviews here and here). Our road tester hailed it as the best car in its class and “the best car Ford has produced for a decade“.
But now its rivals have the Mondeo in their sights and we’ve just driven [...]

April 14, 2008

Top car boss slams global warming

A boss from one of the world’s biggest carmakers has slammed the global warming argument as “a total crock of ****.”

April 4, 2008

The A-Z of the world’s dream machines

From the gorgeous Aston Martin Vantage RS to the insane Pagani Zonda - we’ve compiled the definitive list of the world’s sexiest cars - there’s even a Yukon Denali in there…

February 29, 2008

We find a car fit for a rock star

Rock band The Enemy won the Best New Band award at last night’s NME Shockwave Awards.
Accepting the award, frontman Tom Clarke said: “Do you know where I think it would look good? In the back of a Vauxhall Nova.
“It would look great next to a little Churchill dog with the nodding head. It would look [...]

February 13, 2008

Which motors move you?

Valentines Day is upon us – and to celebrate we’ve rounded up the hottest cars to fall in love with.

December 6, 2007

We like big boots, we cannot lie

Christmas is coming so we’ve picked five cars with whopping great boots to to fill up with presents.
But take care not to overload your car – it’s a mistake all of us have made.