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The cars : Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1

Keith Adams — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:32:00 +0000

The General’s turn-around Vauxhall was in trouble in the early 1970s, and sales were taking a nosedive. The Viva might have been selling reasonably well in HC form, but in the fleet car market where the Ford Cortina Mk3 was king, the FE-Series ‘Transcontinental’ Victor singularly failed to measure up to this – or the [...]

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The cars : Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2

Matthew Hayward — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:23:02 +0000

Vauxhall’s new pragmatism… FEW WOULD have predicted Vauxhall’s stunning turn-around in fortunes during the mid-1980s. A mere dozen years before the launch of the Cavalier Mk2 in August 1981, the UK’s iconic GM division had a shocking reputation in its home market for producing rusting cars that just didn’t stack up against the opposition from [...]

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The cars : Vauxhall Cavalier Mk3

Mike Humble — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:01:10 +0000

The Vauxhall Cavalier Mk3 (or Opel Vectra A for our European readers) was a completely different animal to the popular car that it replaced… well, it was to look at. Mike Humble tells the story of GM’s streamlined Ford Sierra fighter. The streamliner that everybody loved Towards the latter part of the 1980s, the Ford [...]

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Video : Three generations of Vauxhall Cavalier

Keith Adams — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:42:08 +0000

Between 1975 and 1995, the Vauxhall Cavalier was one of the UK’s favourite family cars. Watch three generations of TV advertising to see just how the Cavalier moved with the times. Enjoy the changing styles through 20 years of Vauxhall, and let us know which is your favourite of the three… 1975 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 [...]

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Tested : Cortina vs Solara vs Cavalier

Keith Adams — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:03:14 +0000

Rep race Back in 1980, if you wanted the ultimate business tool on wheels, you (or your company’s fleet manager) bought a Ford Cortina. Vauxhall and Talbot didn’t necessarily agree, offering the Cavalier and Solara as very capable rivals. But which was best then and now, the Ford Cortina 1.6L, Vauxhall Cavalier 1600GL or Talbot [...]

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Why we love the… Vauxhall Cavalier SRi

Mike Humble — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:58:58 +0000

Proof again that great cars are not always super cars. The first in a brand new section of AROnline favourite everyday cars from an era when everything was alright with the world. Mike Humble kicks off with an essay on one his many childhood and adolescent sweethearts… Flying from Luton In the modern world, your [...]

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Drive story : Cavalier – then and now…

Keith Adams — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:35:16 +0000

Keith Adams enjoys a week in Vauxhall’s very own Cavalier Mk1. But it does get him thinking about the past and present. And asking the obvious question. Cavalier progress I’ve already introduced Vauxhall Heritage’s timewarp Cavalier 2000GLS. And you already know just how important this car was to the overall health of the British arm [...]

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Blog : Enjoying a week in a Cavalier!

Keith Adams — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:14:42 +0000

Keith Adams I’ll start this blog by admitting I’m creating it from a completely biased position. My first (legal) car on the road was a Cavalier Mk1, and despite it being ropier than a ropey thing fashioned from hemp, I had a lot of great times in it. Character-building episodes, such as locking my keys [...]

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Advert of the week : Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2

Keith Adams — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:25:47 +0000

Keith Adams Remember when 90bhp was enough? When the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 was launched in August 1981, it really did revolutionise the repmobile market. Yes, as FWD saloons went, it was conventionally engineered, but its solidity and all-round competence did rather a lot of GM’s fortunes. The result: fleet managers quickly switched allegiances from Ford. [...]

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Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 : Videos

Matthew Hayward — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:22:22 +0000

It’s got pulling power… Vauxhall was onto a winner with its Cavalier Mk2, but the switch to FWD was a radical step for the conservative company, and it wasn’t sure that its clientèle would understand the advantages. And this advert was designed to explain at least one of them…

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