Tag: Vauxhall

Car Shows

Classic Cars at Clarabridge 2024

Clarabridge never fails to please classic car enthusiasts. This year appears to have been a bumper year as far as the number of entrants was cocnerned. A second field could easily have been occupied as a swell of tractors and cars filled the customary areas. It was a good day […]

Rolls Royce Turbo
Car Shows

Grace Hall Lurgan August 2023

With an abundance of weather warnings relating to heavy rain the day before. The  possibility of the Lurgan show being cancelled felt uncertain. However, as things turned out the weather did not turn seriously wet until the early evening. The show was without doubt a success with so many classics […]

Vauxhall Vectra
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Vauxhall Vectra (2002-2010)

The Vauxhall Vectra never achieved best selling model status over its arch rival the Ford Mondeo. Between 2002 and 2010 the Vectra C, a sharper style of saloon and estate took the Vectra forward. Reasons given why the Vectra did not better the Ford fell mostly around it being unentertaining to […]

Modified Motors

Vauxhall Vectra

This is a stunning example of a modified Vauxhall Vectra. Modifications did not end with the engine and running gear. Modifications made to the interior are too many to list here, suffice it to say modifications have been extensive. The paintwork is professionally carried out. You either love it or […]

1990 Vauxhal Carlton 3.0GSi 24v (Still Motoring)
Memory Lane

Vauxhall Carlton 3.0 GSi 24v

I bought this Carlton in 1996 and still have it.  Originally manufactured in Germany in 1989 as an Opel Omega the Carlton was in 1990 sent to Luton UK to be rebadged as a Vauxhall and converted to right hand drive. In 1996 I spotted it for sale on a […]