Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR Review

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Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR
4.3 stars
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rick0910's Review of Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR

2nd Feb 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    Not supplied
  • Practicality
    4 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    Not supplied
  • Performance
    4.5 stars
  • Reliability
    5 stars
Good Points

vauxhall 1.4 sr fast easily handled car


Bad Points

mangle easily


General Comments

I have a Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR and the speed and take off were tremendous as standard, I customised mine a bit with boykit under body lights and customized eghaust and bits 4 the engine it goes a lot faster now but it doesen`t take off to quick but once it got going it left a 1.4 corsa,and a xr3 miles behind. I rate the Nova as the best for young drivers for insurance and everything else. Truly a car that will stay around for a lot longer

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  • morts Rank: Sergeant on 2nd Jul 2004

    You seem to forget the part that involves the driver! Trust me if you race a standard XR3i or XR3 against a nova SR around a track with the same driver the nova would not be quicker!

    I saw an article involving a GTti, Nova GTE and an XR2. The XR2 had the lowest top speed and was the slowest to 60 but pulled the best time round the track!!

    The SR is a good car because it is light with a decent suspension setup and has a decent amount of power but racing it against fords that are probably on their last legs with a rubbish driver is not a way to prove your car is faster!

    Christ I can have 2.5 GSI vectras and such with my XR2 with an average driver in them. I know damn well if the driver knew what they were doing I would definitely not beat them on a straight! The determination on their faces they have to be doing something wrong! I've only got 96 bhp tops with my 34DMTR at the flywheel!

    For the record to work out your flywheel figure on a front wheel drive car you take the wheel figure add 10 and divide by 0.9!

    You'll probably find your rolling road dude has been lying to you and your car needs some serious sorting!

    As for speedos ignore them mine is at least 8mph out at 100mph. Use your gear ratios and rev counter to work out your speed. Even thats not that accurate but more so than the speedos that tell people there doing 130!

    I had 121 from my lean burn XR2 on the flat according the clock! yeah right! probably closer to 110 maybe 115 if a gale force wind was behind me!