an absoulute nightmare, what a waste of money. in the sort 12 months of ownership ive had to spend over 3k on repairs for parts that should have double the life span. At 40k miles the clutch mass flywheel and release bearings went, 50k miles shockers, bearings, bushes, alternator, track-rod-ends and strutes just to name but a few. on contacting vauxhalls help and customer satisfaction team the help i recieved was as much use as the car none" "DONT EVER BUY ONE YOU MAY AS WELL PUT A MATCH TO YOUR MONEY"

Comfortable, practical, not bad to drive and has enough go when you need it on the motorway and for over-taking. I'm quite tall and still have pleanty of room. I use it as my daily run around and occasionally to carry equipment to smaller gigs when I can't really justify running my 3.5 ton van (I'm a sound engineer).

Had one problem. The egr valve failed in the open position which resulted in the air intake becoming clogged up, which in turn caused a gradual but severe loss of power and an expensive (£800) trip to my local garage (much cheaper than taking it to Vauxhall). Although it is 5 years old and I would expect things to start going wrong with it, I've marked it down for reliability as apparently this is a common problem.

I bought it 2nd hand 2 years ago (05 plate) with approx 50 000 miles on the clock. It now has just under 70 000 and this is the only problem I've had in the time that I've owned it.

All in all not a bad car to live with despite the bad reviews. I've had worse over the years.

The long and short of it is that I would recommend it to a friend if asked.

Ok, so I have only had my Vectra a year but I have no complaints whats so ever. Its very economical, extremely comfortable and has never let me dowm. It also rides and handles well and has plenty of over taking power.

Personally, I highly reccomend it.

I think the vauxhall vectra 1.9 cdti is a good car coz packed full of gadgets smooth ride it hust goes to show not all vauxhall vectras are bad !!!! Buyin it forget the bad reviews buy it
!!!! Vauxhall vectras aren't as bad as ppl make them out to be bad had 1 for 13 yrs nd neva had a prob always past mot nd made long travels without havin a prob its a good car

My Vauxhall Vectra develops faults with control panel on steering wheel including horn. Another fault is the floating flywheel. If I could have test driven this car for twenty four hours I would never have bought it.