Old Top Gear (Copyright BBC Worldwide) from 1996 Jeremy Clarkson looks at the new Vauxhall Vectra. Hilarious. All songs, copyrights goes to their retrospective owners.
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@ThunderTHR2 жыл бұрын
"(Many years ago) I refused to road-test the Vectra on Top Gear, arguing that if Vauxhall couldn’t be bothered to make the car interesting in any way whatsoever, I couldn’t be bothered to drive it. To understand just how dull this car was, you need to visualise a chartered accountant in a tweed jacket with elbow patches, playing cricket, in a period drama by Jane Austen, in Belgium, while reading out details of the Enron scandal in a Birmingham accent." - Clarkson on why he hated the Vectra, 2002
@zarrow50 Жыл бұрын
My dad had a Vectra Saloon as his second car, which was kept for domestic use ( Going out in) as apposed to work use which he kept his estate car for (Manual Labour). Both did there job okay, but if you wanted luxury you would go for a Jag or Mercedes. Top Gear, of cause went middle class then elitist forgetting what cars were for, to make life that bit easier.
@TheCapitalWanderer Жыл бұрын
@@zarrow50you're wrong there, Jeremy and the gang own SUVs too and yes, they do enjoy it, they just dont like box on wheels
@ilmago52913 ай бұрын
@@zarrow50also my father had a vectra the 1992;and was really a not good car;was thinked like an Audi 80 but for poor money people
@joaovitorrubini22823 жыл бұрын
N667DUR - scrapped in 27-06-2008 N684DUR - Untaxed since 2009
@DoubleOSeven0072 ай бұрын
Short lives
@FarmYardGamingАй бұрын
I like to think Jeremy himself watched it get scrapped
@InvisibleYetVisible7 жыл бұрын
didn't Vauxhall lose their shit when they saw this? Apparently asked the BBC to FORCE Clarkson into a proper review and he refused haha.
@interceptor-ss8kb7 жыл бұрын
Yeah they were angry and said they wanted a professional car review and it not done by clarkson.
@roberttaylor74627 жыл бұрын
Mr Clarkson is a prize twerp but this review really is reality; the Vectra does have nice door mirrors but is like a Cavalier.
@InvisibleYetVisible7 жыл бұрын
Robert Taylor it's just a boring car.
@EfftupSmith7 жыл бұрын
that little swoopy line of the door mirrors is really nice though and..................sorry I fell asleep again.
@EdgyNumber17 жыл бұрын
The car that pretty much nearly put Luton out of business....
@MrLefthooker8 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, this car got destroyed in this review back then ... but you know what ... I still have , AND USE, my tyre dust cap removing tool :)
@BobM9257 жыл бұрын
I've got a 2015 Astra at the moment and it does not have the dust cap removal tool! GM/Vauxhall cost cutting at its harshest I feel.
@jaggass7 жыл бұрын
Jezza probably blew it up.
@zloychechen51504 жыл бұрын
your fingers must be so clean
@MrLefthooker4 жыл бұрын
@@zloychechen5150 not any more. This car died years ago and I got a dirty old Mercedes to replace it.
@EdwindePaula3 жыл бұрын
wholesome
@s1d3k1ckRO7 жыл бұрын
Thing is I still see some of those Vectra's on the roads, and none of the competition.
@chrissyman777 жыл бұрын
s1d3k1ckRO Well where I live I still see Mondeo's of that era but the only Vextra's I see are the newer 2002 on.
@Zero_Ninety6 жыл бұрын
I see shit loads of Vw Passats and the odd Mondeo and Accord, never any early Vectras though.
@notinuse21106 жыл бұрын
I just turned 17 and my dad's given me his 02 vectra to learn in.
@GryphLane5 жыл бұрын
@@notinuse2110 You poor thing!
@notinuse21105 жыл бұрын
@@GryphLane lol, it's in good nick and goes 110. I wouldn't mind it when I passed my test but said I don't want to learn in it any more so hes give me a couple grand to get a car of my choosing
@user-sf7kl9uh7k Жыл бұрын
It was 1999 and I was a sales manager working in Berkshire. Our cars were replaced every 4 years, with most of them racking up 40k a year plus. I ignored the 318's and 1.8 A4's all my colleagues chose and went for a 4 door Vectra 2.6 SRI, the budget even stretched to adding electric rear windows, CC and metallic paint! My colleagues all 'enjoyed' their wheezing 'premium' German models, while I left them behind with a throaty roar. I bought it off the company with 170k on the clock, the only thing it needed before I sold it with 190k was a new exhaust manifold and a alternator.
@kieranwhite66478 жыл бұрын
They've aged quite nicely. Hard to think they turn 21 this year
@ExAnimoPortugal8 жыл бұрын
+Kieran White They certainly aged quite better than the competition!
@lambertbutlersilvers65888 жыл бұрын
my dad had 3 vectras and he wants another one
@HRHooChicken8 жыл бұрын
I didn't think the last Vectras were too bad but these earlier models are disgusting and Jeremy is spot on - dull as hell
@andrejkostovski80238 жыл бұрын
vectras are better thant its competitions and something he doesnt mention that vectra had controls on the steering wheel..who cares about sun glasses storage..u can put them everywhere u want :D.btw i got Opel Vectra which is very reliable car and i wouldn't choose mondeo or that renault. and that stupid vauxhall badge isnt really looking good on Vectra because of that grill V..
@andrejkostovski80238 жыл бұрын
***** did they?
@CynicalBastard5114 жыл бұрын
The dustcap removal tool is a neat feature. It prevents you from getting your fingers dirty when checking the tyre pressure.
@wesgregg64512 жыл бұрын
And what prevents them from getting dirty while you're getting the air hose out and adding air to your tires?
@owensteele16459 күн бұрын
@@wesgregg6451 Vsuxhall missed a trick by not including a box of nitrile gloves with each Vectra sold.
@TAOSEELE7 жыл бұрын
That was my first car. Same color also hatchback. I loved the car it never let me down. Good memories ^^
@Osquar2 жыл бұрын
Same. Had a red one. It turned off the engine when you turned hard so I had to have one hand free and turn the ignition in tight turns. Loved it. Drove many girls in it. Got rear ended and scrapped.
@zarrow50 Жыл бұрын
@@Osquar what were the back seats like?
@CynicalBastard5117 жыл бұрын
The Vectra that Clarkson drives in this video is the GLS 1.8 and it looks depressing and it doesn't even have air-conditioning 4:07. The red one is a CDX V6, that's the one he should have reviewed.
@lambertbutlersilvers65887 жыл бұрын
JELH I agree, they're great cars nonetheless.
@30isurfer4 жыл бұрын
If he had chosen to drive the red v6, It wouldn’t help his intention to show the car as the worst. Probably got paid by the competition.
@Curi0u50ne3 жыл бұрын
@@30isurfer TG didn’t work like that
@kenianpark22163 жыл бұрын
Air conditioning wasn't too common in 1995.
@MJ-uk6luАй бұрын
@@30isurfer Probably right. Even the "competitors" that he showed could have exactly the same criticism and all in all Vectra wasn't an awful car. It even had a spicier version. Also if I remember well didn't he also say that V6 Mondeo was the best car on planet?
@toxy35803 жыл бұрын
Arguably the beginning of new top gear lol
@numberstation9 жыл бұрын
Good, solid motor, aged far better than than its rivals. I know of one that achieved in excess of half a million miles and would have done more with a new gearbox.
@chrischoy99 жыл бұрын
Wow, so it's Japanese level reliability?
@simonjohnhinton19389 жыл бұрын
Yes and i know of a red mk1 mondeo 1.8td taxi that's done 1,000,000 miles! Probably had a few clutches though. Probably never thrashed and well serviced.
@numberstation9 жыл бұрын
Calm down little man.
@simonjohnhinton19389 жыл бұрын
Each to their own I say. Ford vs gm. BMW vs mercs. Ferrari vs lambs. It never ends. Competition is healthy out there.
@numberstation9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. In general, I think Fords are usually just a little bit better than the equivalent Vauxhall, and I've hade plenty of both. I thought the Vectra was a good car, no less reliable than any Ford, and the styling held up well over time. Lord knows why pricks like the other bloke get so uptight about a near twenty year old car.
@MrPhilpalmer4 Жыл бұрын
I had an all leather SRI 140. Stonking car. Engine was lovely and it never missed a beat in 3 years.
@andymoore99775 жыл бұрын
JC showing his colours long before 'new Top Gear'. He was special even then.
@ImmortanDan2 жыл бұрын
The man was the main attraction of BBC car journalism looooooong before 2002.
@philipkus72184 жыл бұрын
What the hell! 30+ years of driving and I've just found out what that stick of plastic behind the fuel cap was. Wish I'd kept one now.
@Darnokk153 жыл бұрын
I thought that was for toggling the child lock
@James-hh1lq7 жыл бұрын
When top gear reviewed realistic people's cars and not £200,000 super cars
@lucylocket47404 жыл бұрын
True that!
@mikeandhisdogs3 жыл бұрын
But be honest...which one would you rather watch?
@derekcrigate77483 жыл бұрын
this is why they stopped
@James-hh1lq3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeandhisdogs niether now lol
@jejmoss113 жыл бұрын
I think this kind of review showed that it was pretty pointless. That was the whole point of this review and why they ended up changing the show.
@frisco-2.02 жыл бұрын
My 2001 Opel Vectra B 1.6 is now 21 years old and still runs strong.
@jimtaylor2944 жыл бұрын
The only remotely interesting thing I can remember about this car (other than Jezza roasting it), is when I had to inspect one for contraband (whilst working in security), and noticed that it had a Vauxhall badge on the bonnet, and an Opel one on the boot. I joked with the driver that "seems you've got a cut and shut here".
@aaryeshg.65264 жыл бұрын
Lmao good one
@NYChemicalRomance8 жыл бұрын
Joking aside. The last laugh is on Clarkson. The Vectra has definitely aged better than him 😆😆😆
@The-Sea-Dragon-19777 жыл бұрын
I had a V6 SRi I bought for £800. Was a riot. Great engine note and made me smile. Clarkson is right though. Box on wheels.
@ILLYA_N4 жыл бұрын
With all respect Clarkson was wrong with his attitude. Thousands of those 90's Vectras still drive in the entire world. But you won't fund thousands of Lagunas or Xantias... and thousands of BMW from 90's. Vectras got rusty, but still reliable. While 25 years old BMWs become just a pain. Lagunas got "de-electricized", Citroens got "de-suspensionised". Maybe those years Fords are close to survive... but not so much.
@Alexander_l3224 жыл бұрын
My dad had 3 vectras all used and cheap as chips, used as work horses (very hard lives) and ran like dreams to be honest they are not bad, have enough room to fit his market stock in every week end and his ladders on the roof with a roof rack for his window cleaning. Great work horses and comfortable enough.
@heneri60248 жыл бұрын
In my opinion B Vectra looked very good in comparison to other cars in it's segment. However the driving qualities weren't that good and the low end torque was weak in motors 1.6-2.0. All and all I would have chosen the Mondeo even though I always liked the looks of Vectra better.
@9890jsp8 жыл бұрын
they sold is as a Saturn L300 in America, we only had two engines; the 2.2 Ecotec from the Chevy Cavalier (140hp 150lb ft) or a 3.0 V6 that was from your Vectra. I always liked the Vectras styling, the L300 was rather funny looking.
@MrRajaBaja7 жыл бұрын
I just bought the salon 1.6 16V Vectra and really love it (my first car). Even compared to all it's rivals at the end I think it is the best by looks and all else, granted when it was new the price was a lot and at that time it may not have been something great but now in 2017 I think they are actually quite nice and for a first car really good. Only thing I really want to change on mine is the fabrics of the interior.
@stavrosgeorgios55774 жыл бұрын
Does it cut hair?
@sleeper2077 жыл бұрын
I drive one for 9 years now, after 12 to 16 months we will celebrate a half a milli - still stock, still runnin smooth, still lookin good among newer cars, timeless. Most reliabe - I can get in it any time and go anywhere and Im 1000% sure it gonna take me there and back. Haters gonna hate, my Vectra gonna drive. muHahahaha... :)
@ABCDEF-yf4yu4 жыл бұрын
The Vectra was really a facelifted Cavalier like when British Leyland updated the Austin Princess and Morris Marina to the Ambassador and Ital.
@Spyker89212 жыл бұрын
It wasn't.
@callummcleish5281 Жыл бұрын
these cars handled like they were on rails... when you turn the wheel it kept going straight....
@owenlewis80066 жыл бұрын
The thing was, Vauxhall was calling it a new model, when in reality it was scarcely changed from the preceding model. The 1990 Escort was similarly slated when launched. Reviewers won't say it's good if it's not significantly better than the outgoing model. The vectra was as if Vauxhall simply accepted that the bulk of sales were going to be as rep cars and hardly bothered to make the car in any way appealing, as its most drivers would have no choice in the matter
@lemmykilmister491911 ай бұрын
Vauxhall didn't make anything. Both the last generation Cavalier and first gen Vectra were sourced from Opel.
@owenlewis800611 ай бұрын
@@lemmykilmister4919 incorrect. Like all Vauxhall cars after the Victor FE, the design may have come from Opel but Assembly (or making, to use your terminology) took place in various factories, including Vauxhall's Ellesmere port facility.
@martinwilliams93063 жыл бұрын
A seminal TV moment, when the review is more about Clarkson than the Vectra. Ok so it did not set the world on fire, doesn't change direction like a housefly or accelerate to sixty in a gazillionth of a second. Nor did it cost £200,000. It was driven by decent folks doing a solid job and it did so pretty well,. From now on TG was all about JC, the Hamster and Captain Slow... blowing up caravans, hanging the tail out in those £200k cars, launching Reliant three wheeler rockets and generally trashing anything that the mortal public drove. Insight, information and a good review were dead. Because of course that is a little bit harder to do well. Bring back William Woolard. And yes, I had a 2.5 V6 back in the day - it went well and it was a decent family car. I've had them all since then including the more exciting Italians, but nothing forgives a review like this. The Jezster may still despise the Vectra, but its aged better than the man himself.
@marklynch51492 жыл бұрын
Sleek & stylish - _I loved the Vectras body work!_ My only gripe was the rigid wing mirrors - in a tight spot you want retractable mirrors!
@philipallen69215 жыл бұрын
i have one of these cars ,bought it second hand and its been one of the best cars i have ever had still going strong . the bbc should of let jeremy try it out with a caravan towed on the back that would have upset him.
@lanehogger15327 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not my vectra was the most reliable car I've owned. 170 k miles with no issues. Was very dull tho.
@iainmclaughlan15574 жыл бұрын
This was my dream car in 1995. I got the CD from a number on the magazine advert. I had parts of the car cut out from brochures and stuck on the wall in my student digs.
@ldwp63953 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@iainmclaughlan15573 жыл бұрын
Yes, I know I am weird
@ldwp63953 жыл бұрын
@@iainmclaughlan1557 I thought it was a joke, I have a poster with a Bertone mk4 astra coupe on it, but I have to admit its the old calibre coachworks one on an old mac power poster
@MarkAtkin6 жыл бұрын
I owned a Mondeo. Didn't know what the "biro holder" was for until I saw this.
@MrGoneTroppo2 ай бұрын
This is why literally everyone in the UK now drives a 3-Series
@nopy997 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this episode when it went out on the telly
@lucylocket47404 жыл бұрын
What did you think of it?
@Silly.Old.Sisyphus Жыл бұрын
His finest performance.... { Search: [applause] - no emoji found } ... it was downhill from then on
@rawreykjavik70064 жыл бұрын
top gear was so ahead of his time
@ashleybuckley5594 Жыл бұрын
My old local taxi firm that took me to and from school had 2 of these Vectras!! One was a maroon 2.0dti ls not too sure what the other silver one was, might have been the same! They were eventually replaced by mainly Skoda Octavias! The boss also liked the newer Vectra so had few of them in the fleet as well!
@PhobosMD8 жыл бұрын
My Dad bought a Vectra in 2000. 2.6 Litre V6 170bhp. Fantastic Car! You can go 240km/h in that car!
@gtpliquid12904 жыл бұрын
Always thought this Vectra looked brilliant. It's funny how Clarkson says no boy would ever grow up wanting one but it is one of the more memorable cars from the late 90s BTCC; Cleland, Plato and Muller all drove it. I've never quite understood his hatred for it because yes, it's a boring A-B car but there are l o a d s of boring A-B cars but none of them get anywhere near the disproportionate hatred that he gives this Vectra.
@bluwusky51674 жыл бұрын
Vauxhall still gets a disproportionate amount of hate from the press, and I've never been able to figure out why. Yes, some of their products aren't that good, and the Vectra B was a high point, but the newer ones certainly don't deserve the kind of lambasting that's otherwise reserved for Protons, Ssangyongs and Suzukis.
@msul787 жыл бұрын
Clarkson was always Clarkson :))
@techandtrains1016 жыл бұрын
4 wheels and a fucking seat.
@CynicalBastard5116 жыл бұрын
I love Planes, Trains & Auomobiles. Great film.
@zJoriz6 жыл бұрын
I still like those door mirrors. Always quietly reminded me of a tiny part of female anatomy, but I'm willing to accept that's just me.
@simonlloyd75574 жыл бұрын
its the driver that reminds me of the female anatomy.
@jaggass7 жыл бұрын
Its probably the car that made that brought out the Jezza we have today.
@hhgttg692 жыл бұрын
i owned one of these. best seats ever!
@davidhayes48147 жыл бұрын
In the 1990s, fleets of these were bought by many companies, including rental giants for up to 40% less than the public paid. They sold them to the public when 18 months old at what they paid or more. Car firms achieved massive sales targets, rental firms did fine and the public thought that they were getting a good buy at auction.
@TassieLorenzo6 жыл бұрын
Win, win all round.
@stitcha1238 жыл бұрын
that guy at 4:46 is right! a vauxhall vector is not an apollo moon mission! genius.
@EdwindePaula3 жыл бұрын
these were sold as a chevrolet vectra in brazil and they were my childhood dream car... but yeah all the competitors shown in the video were at the time sold as higher segment, they were all imported. I believe the vectra was produced in brazil. it shows that this car was intended to be a lower segment car compared to what it was being sold by vauxhall, hence the blandness
@AlejjSi4 жыл бұрын
Might have been dull, but the one Clarkson drove had his last MOT in 2008 with 127,549 miles on the clock. Not bad I think
@azapro9112 жыл бұрын
"I would rather have double pneumonia than a Vectra."
@shulupayaface6 жыл бұрын
I had this car. Infact identical. Never had a problem at all and was brilliant. So this review is harsh. Personally mine was awesome and lived it.
@sunsetvlogs55004 жыл бұрын
I don’t think it’s harsh it’s just reality that it’s a boring car
@leopold75628 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this when it was first shown. It was, I think, the first time Clarkson was relentlessly rude about a car on the show and it divided opinion quite a bit at first. But funny how the show ended up going downhill rather quickly once he left. I can't help wondering if history is going to repeat itself...
@z00h8 жыл бұрын
+leopold since when honest = rude?
@leopold75628 жыл бұрын
z00h It depends on how honest you're willing to be. Honesty, coupled with diplomacy, is fine. But being honest without thought for the feelings of others isn't. And considering Vauxhall were doing him a favour by giving him a car to review (and therefore keeping him in a job), his excessive honesty is pretty rude.
@z00h8 жыл бұрын
leopold Emergency? Hi, I've got a bad case of politically correct brainwashed social justice warrior, can you send a coroner over please. Thanks and you're welcome... world.
@z00h8 жыл бұрын
***** Lefties achieved one thing for sure, they killed what we used to call sarcasm. Now being sarcastic = being rude. GTFO.
@gwasgray93098 жыл бұрын
+leopold This can't have been the first time he was ever rude about a car.
@vgames15434 жыл бұрын
I have one. Awful rust damage to internal support parts, but I love and keep it. My silver arrow will get a full restoration somewhen, once I have the budget and time. My opel Vectra is great!
@BronchoGillespie4 ай бұрын
It’s aged far better than Clarkson.
@justsumguy2u8 жыл бұрын
The Vectra was designed for people that aren't into cars....they just want something that is comfortable, and will get them from point A to point B with little fuss or drama.
@georgejacob31628 жыл бұрын
Funny you should say that as Clarkson himself once said that he always thought that the Vectra was designed in a coffee break by someone who wasn't interested in cars! So, there you have it! It was designed by someone who wasn't interested in cars FOR people who weren't interested in cars!
@aaryeshg.65264 жыл бұрын
@@georgejacob3162 he said that for a 160 mph Vectra though. 🤣 It's a fwd muscle car.
@simonhunter45759 жыл бұрын
Great cars my grandad had one from new put it twice around the clock never any trouble because he looked after it h
@the.internet4 жыл бұрын
Wait, we've got to the point where people's Grandads had Vectras and they're old enough to talk about it on the internet? And this comment was from 4 years ago? Where in the name of all that is holy has the time gone?
@30isurfer4 жыл бұрын
The Internet Crazy isn’t it!
@30isurfer4 жыл бұрын
The Internet The time has been eaten to death. 😂
@stitcha1238 жыл бұрын
this is so famous - killed the vectra's sales
@rafaelramosmelim7354 жыл бұрын
A lot of them were bought by the police. As a police car they were great. Loads of space in the trunk for equipment and performance was not bad. The handling on the other hand before 1999 was quite bad. I have a 1998 model and it handles like a couch. The car has to much body roll and it understears like mad and even worse if you hit the brakes in mid corner the rear slides out. I also have a 1996 astra caravan and it has a better handling than the vectra
@budasardi47014 жыл бұрын
Nope.
@jimtaylor2944 жыл бұрын
It really didn't effect sales. Vauxhall just got pissy for someone telling it like it was, that Opel had lumped Vauxhall with something as interesting as a bucket of wallpaper paste.
@budasardi47014 жыл бұрын
A box on wheels?The Vectra B have shapes and curves.
@mikeandhisdogs3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is the review that caused GM to pretty much sever relations with Jeremy Clarkson.
@ImmortanDan2 жыл бұрын
And then they gave him the VX220 and suddenly all was right in the world
@markodaewoo82164 жыл бұрын
Had one when i was 19 great car loved it
@lucylocket47404 жыл бұрын
I love how they used Alright by Supergrass in this review, which came out around the same time!
@greathey12348 жыл бұрын
Not everything in life has to be exciting, women, cars, vacations ... etc etc. Sometimes, I just want something nice and reliable.
@bunkaaa87268 жыл бұрын
+greathey1234 Yeah, well they arent even reliable.
@tomforrest78148 жыл бұрын
+Bunka Fas they are lol had one for over 15 years with no problems what so ever
@stitcha1238 жыл бұрын
+greathey1234 vector's are notorious for being unreliable.
@stitcha1238 жыл бұрын
+Tom Forrest well if yours lasted i guess we're all wrong.
@bunkaaa87268 жыл бұрын
stitcha123 Hahaha, exactly !
@simoncutler55426 жыл бұрын
Had nothing but trouble with my 96 1.8 ecotec vectra camshaft sensor, crankshaft, sensor, airflow sensor spent more time in the garage then on the road
@Gavotoole4 жыл бұрын
I served my time on Opel in Ireland in the late 90s early 00s I remember them braking timing belts and doing head gaskets All the time but thay were very easy car's to work on
@jonathanquinn91783 жыл бұрын
Yes the 36k timing belt replacement interval was a little long! Between my own cars and a friends we had a number of 1.6 16v Astra’s from that era. My friends belt snapped at 36k the week it was booked in to be replaced.
@Ashas804 жыл бұрын
I always liked the Vectra, had a 51 reg which was 8 months old at the time, pretty much a brand new car and it felt amazing driving it back in 2002, had presence on the road. Rarely see them now. The CD model was nice and comfy, they had something modern day Vauxhall lack, even though i now have a Insignia and it is a good car, it does just feel like a car and I think ill have more nostalgia for my old Vectra in years to come.
@the.internet4 жыл бұрын
Got to be said - you still see Vectras (and would see more if it wasn't for the scrappage scheme). When was the last time you saw a Laguna outside of this video and old touring car highlights?
@JamesGore15475 ай бұрын
" It's just a box on wheels. "
@Sparks952 ай бұрын
people in the 90s didnt know how good they had it. indicators? controls? its 2024!
@ryosuke.takahashi_35 Жыл бұрын
For a beginner, this car is good . After a few years you look for more performance
@rchatte1002 жыл бұрын
The review that wrecked vauxhall... and deservedly too.
@ydin98 жыл бұрын
Never understood why exactly he held the Vectra grudge even years after this, going as far as saying he'd rather have some sort of plague than drive it. Besides being a boring car, it was a decently reliable one. Bought a Vectra 1.6 for 380 pounds worth . The clock never worked but besides that the thing ran 3 years without any major fixes or basically any maintenance.
@jakamneziak8 жыл бұрын
+ydin9 he held a grude against the vectra for a similar reaosn that he hated the nissan Sunny and the totyoa corolla. Not bad cars, any of them but nor crucially are they godo cars. They are average cars, average in every aspect they do. All the traits he hates in people. Average, reasonable, nice, satisfactory.......(se ehis nissan sunny review on his worst cars video for reference points.
@ydin98 жыл бұрын
Certainly not anyones dream cars, that's for sure.
@ilcool908 жыл бұрын
+ydin9 How on earth did you came to a decision to buy a Vectra ?
@ydin98 жыл бұрын
ilcool90 What's so weird about it? Needed a cheap used car. Volvo we originally had in mind had expensive looking issues with steering and suspension on test drive. The Vectra sat on the same lot, same price range. less mileage , better service history and everything worked besides the dash screen/clock,
@georgejacob31628 жыл бұрын
He once said he felt that the Vectra was designed in a coffee break by someone who had no interest in cars. He also said that this was the hardest thing that he did on the old Top Gear as he felt that the Vectra didn't warrant 6 seconds of attention nevermind 6 minutes of it!
@MatejVelican7 жыл бұрын
Never have I ever seen Vectra B with working computer. :D
@michaelrawson62614 жыл бұрын
You haven't been about much then, have you...
@joonassummanen61303 жыл бұрын
My dad used to own one and it was boring, but the seats where some of the most comfortable i have ever come across in an Opel.
@nk53nxg5 жыл бұрын
Mondeo was a better handling and riding car than the Vectra. Vectra had a better interior though, apart from its crappy rock hard seats like sitting on a wooden church bench. Vectra saloon was better looking than the mondeo though. Clarkson hated Rover and Vauxhall with a passion, but bummed up Alfa Romeo who built totally unreliable rebadged Fiat junk. He also loved Range Rovers, now that puts a dent in his credibility. Range Rover on the 90s were total garbage, air suspension failures, trim falling apart, dodgy electrics etc. The Vectra was not perfecr but nowhere near as bad as the other shit boxes he bummed up at the time.
@martinlagrange88217 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia alleges that Jeremy Clarkson never drove one....perhaps it would be more accurate to say he drove one with TREMENDOUS Protest all the way...
@Thebigdog_19844 жыл бұрын
The Silver one N667 DUR No tax data available no Mot etails held by the DVLA it's last MOT was May 2008 127,549 Miles passed with 3 advisories Offside Front Tyre worn to the limit brake disc slightly pitted All exhaust corroded The red one N684 DUR Untaxed since 27th November 2009 No MOT Expired 8th Feb 2008 passed its last MOT with 123,285 Miles on the clock Basically they're both dead
@trevorpalin47312 ай бұрын
Best in V6 but not Vauxhalls finest moment
@Fresh4220 Жыл бұрын
Now you know why this is the family car of the Dursleys in Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone.
@chrispbacon30424 жыл бұрын
I don’t how well these cars aged in Britain for long term ownership. But here in a Australia sold under the Holden name they fell apart and melted like an ice cream on a hot summer’s day.
@mahcooharper9577 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I worked in Holden service and all the Vectras were absolute dogs. I'm amazed at all these Brits saying they got a good run out of them. They were bloody awful.
@zarrow50 Жыл бұрын
This was when Top gear became more about the Presenter than the car
@chitpaul8 жыл бұрын
He single handedly effected Vauxhall sales figures and they hated him for it. the best thing they could have done is take his opinions on board and used them to make a better car...win win situation. He would have made a mint out of them they would have an even stupider car that people would buy and sell well...
@georgejacob31628 жыл бұрын
They blamed him but he was right! They should have looked at their own product and said "You know what? He's right!"
@louiemalvessi Жыл бұрын
The saloon looks bad ass.
@arkadiusztrzesniewski42373 жыл бұрын
This car was so boring and mundane that Opel/Vauxhall board of ceos decided to discard Vectra name and replace this car with almost equally boring and mundane Insignia car.
@sukakozel7345 ай бұрын
Opel or Vauxhall Calibra was still the best of their creations.
@danbruno59454 жыл бұрын
1995 Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 16v any day of the week
@CynicalBastard5114 жыл бұрын
First off, the Cavalier was a Vectra. Second, 1995 has the Ecotec engine, so forget about it.
@danbruno59454 жыл бұрын
@@CynicalBastard511 yea but come on have you seen a mint vauxhall cavalier SRI in black they had WAY more charm and head turning power,also a RARE car If you saw a mint black Cavalier SRI at a petrol station you watch the people stop and stare💯👌
@CynicalBastard5114 жыл бұрын
@@danbruno5945 Fair enough, but I would go for the CDX V6.
@bronzeshield63825 ай бұрын
Quality car
@normasnokas4 жыл бұрын
I bought a Vectra 5 years ago to keep the commuter miles off my BMW 535d. It had 88k miles on it when I got it and it now has 160k miles. It is a bit boring but I am amazed that it just keeps chugging along reliably. The clock - when I first got it I thought the previous owner must have been a bit anal because the clock was always spot on. Now I know why. I have grown to really like it.
@fabianmarcoschau4 жыл бұрын
The succsessor looked so much better. Yet the racecar looked fire
@nikc8883 жыл бұрын
my god where did twenty five years go.
@WeweGT4048 жыл бұрын
IMO his finest hour. Just enough tongue in cheek to avoid being completely unsufferable. Unfortunately, like children picking on a chosen kid at school, once he had set the precedent, the Vectra, and eventually Vauxhall, ended up with an embarrassing image, and being tacitly avoided by those doing the choosing. As a result I daresay there are those in Luton who would genuinely have him lynched were he to set foot there for the harm he did to peoples' livelihoods in the area. . He may have had a point that the Vectra was unexciting, but his ire could have just as easily been directed at any of the others in the segment, these were bread and butter cars. And thus Top Gear ceased to become a motoring magazine show and became the very popular farce it remains.
@ThePwaro7 жыл бұрын
I think he's 100% right. Those cars are not worth reviewing because they get you from a to b without fuss nor emotion. They aren't bad cars, they are quite OK cars actually (I've got a mondeo mk2 and I sort of like the old thing) but they're boring like unsalted bread. I'm not interested at all in a review about something that has nothing special to it - no real flaws, no real perks. Would you like to review, or watch reviews about, I don't know, a range of teaspoons? Top Gear has always been a very informative motoring show, if you know how to listen. Anyway, now that Peugeot bought Opel I think Clarkson would love spewing even more acid at them than ever. :D
@9890jsp8 жыл бұрын
This was a Saturn L300 in America. We either had a 140hp 2.2 4 cylinder, or the 3.0 V6 carried over from the Vectra. It was a popular car when introduced, but reliability problems plauged it. Only sold from 1999-2005 and they killed it for the Aura, also based on your Vectra. We used a 252hp 3.6 V6 with 6 speed auto. It was fast. Alas, Saturn died in 2008. Americans no longer receive Vauxhall rebrands.
@woodrow_mayes7 жыл бұрын
9890jsp Buicks are now vauxhalls
@oyku.akbulut4 жыл бұрын
Buick still sells Opels. By the way, Vauxhalls are rebadged Opels. So what you are buying are essentially Opels. Probably the shittest cars made in Germany.
@30aloysious4 жыл бұрын
The problem was that the cavalier pissed all over it, the mk 2 was a fantastic car and the mk 3 very good, the vectra a boring comparison, its all going that way though to a degree.
@charliechaz19824 жыл бұрын
The cavalier was a great success and my family had 3 or 4 of them over the years mk2/3's. Never had any issues with any.
@CynicalBastard5114 жыл бұрын
The problem is that GM screwed Opel with ridiculous cost cutting measures. The Vectra was initially launched without an adjustable steering column and the driving position was diabolical. GM's argument was that they couldn't fit airbag and steering adjustment, which was just plain BS, because in America you could buy any Chevrolet, Buick or Cadillac that had a driver's side airbag and adjustable steering. Ford launched the Mondeo with a driver's side airbag and telescopic steering two years before the Vectra was launched FFS!
@Si1983h7 жыл бұрын
What was the guy at 4.20 on about? How does it look in any way like a BMW?
@jayal66983 жыл бұрын
I had the 2.2 turbo diesel. To this day.... Still the best car I ever had. Brilliant to drive, reliable as hell. Mine had spoiler, nice lights and tints. Was mint
@oddities-whatnot7 жыл бұрын
Toyota, Subaru or Lexus if you want a car to last many years. Buy a good one, look after it, keep it. People waste too much money trading cars in all their lives for newer models, when there is probably nothing wrong with the one they already have.
@franzchong58896 жыл бұрын
funny enough it's replacement the opel insignia also sold as a vauxhall in england is the new holden commodore in australia with the chevrolet sourced malibu sitting below it.holden were idiots they went from audi rivals with the very last of the vectras to what was at the time daewoo sourced crap.
@G-ra-ha-m4 жыл бұрын
Clarkson just didn't review the right cars, we had a fleet of Vectras when they first came out at our company and they all had a problem of randomly stalling. This made them very interesting indeed, especially at roundabouts and running bump starts became the thing to do. They had strong engine mounts though.
@FMFGUFАй бұрын
Me too, with a 1994 Cavalier CDX, with the 2.0-litre Ecotec engine. It would tend to cut out abruptly at the most annoying/dangerous time, such as going around a fast bend or across a railway crossing! I could never get to the bottom of it and when the head gasket blew, I scrapped it.
@QuantumS1ngularity7 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't any1 who had bought a Vectra. i've tried my best to find someone who i can talk to and ask him why he bought it. Turnes out everyone i met driving a Vectra drove someone else's car that had been given to them. Few of my freinds where on that verge of buying it, but at the last minute got their hands on a Jetta or Vento. And it's the same with the Insignia nowdays - everyone i ask tell me it's their company car. As for the "resolved" problems with rust - down the street there is a 5 year old Insignia and it's already rusting underneath with a 2cm hole in the floor; WTF ?!
@mopetenstaub5 жыл бұрын
The red one was my very first car. Bought it from an old man and it had pretty much every extra, you could have back then. Was a 1.8l with 115bhp. I loved that car. The Mirrors where amazing and the silhouette was very beautiful. Not to mention the kickass-sound the hole in the rusty exhaust made... xD xD xD
@gabrielmillien74399 жыл бұрын
Top Gear is a great show.
@Sionnach16018 жыл бұрын
+Gabriel Millien I would have said 'was' a great show....when Clarkson had got some the night before