subject: Vauxhall Cars -a Smarter Car For Every Family [print this page] Vauxhall cars have always been popular in the UK: indeed, there was a time when choosing a family car was a simple toss-up between Vauxhall and Ford. These days, of course, theres a whole heap of more choice, with plenty of Japanese, Spanish and Korean imports to choose from. All of which appear more or less to be based on the famously long-lived Vauxhall cars of the 1980s and 1990s the Astra, the Vectra and the Nova.
Vauxhall cars have never shed their basic appeal, despite the influx of copycat rivals. Vauxhall cars were always about two things affordable family reliability, and affordable executive style and they still are. The only things that have changed are the looks and number of extras a Vauxhall owner can expect as standard. Vauxhall cars still occupy solid spots in every corner of the normal car retail market a small runaround car (the Corsa, which replaced the Nova around 15 years ago); a family hatchback with racy variants (the Astra, still going strong after nearly 30 years); a family saloon with crossover executive appeal (the Vectra, which replaced the Cavalier at around the same time the Corsa took over from the Nova); and a fully executive saloon (the Insignia).
There are newer Vauxhall cars to add to that range cars that reflect modern market sectors that simply werent around when Vauxhall rose to prominence in the early 1980s. The Zafira is Vauxhalls contender for the relatively new people carrier (i.e. six-seater and up) market: family cars designed to carry more people and stuff than an ordinary hatchback or saloon. The Meriva offers a sporty take on the MPV (multi purpose vehicle), while the Antara allows Vauxhall cars to take on the lucrative everyday 4x4 arena. Then youve got the Agila, Vauxhall cars answer to other brands super-small city cars. The Agila is smaller even than the Corsa, which lets owners park it in the often minuscule spaces associated with urban living and driving.
Vauxhall cars success continues undiminished because they have moved with the times. 20 years ago people neither knew they could have, nor expected to get, huge ranges of options for their vehicles. These days, theres a car for every lifestyle, every purpose, even every hobby. Vauxhall cars have stepped up to that mark without losing their company ethos building middle range vehicles that are solidly suited to the purposes their markets demand.
