I had a 2006 sri 150 estate with exterior pack , full leather etc and only criticism was spec was a little poor .. Other than that it was great to drive , 55mpg regular , never had a single issue and sold with 120,000 miles on it . Very fast and smooth and much nicer to drive than the horrendously unreliable mondeo zetec 130 tdci I had before . Load space was enormous as was rear passenger room . Only reason I sold was due to another child so need a 7 seater . Loved the engine so much and would never go back to ford so I bought a zafira with the same 150 engine ...

I bought this car in Nottingham last October, it drives wonderfully. Even my son likes driving it! If your looking to get a car with a good amount of backseat space go for this one and save the months I spent looking for one to take hockey sticks.

I've had mine for 3 years now. Still happy with it and still pulls like a train. Yes, flywheel is on its way out (has been for well over 5k now), and i've done the alternator last year and had a new inlet manifold 2 years ago under warranty. But, if you know what to look out for when buying, and use independant dealers rather than main(quoted £650 for flywheel, slave, clutch and cambelt change), then you encounter no more problems than Mondeo's etc... That said, i'm going to change mine next year.... to a SRI Signum!! :)

Owned a vectra Sri 150 Xpack in flame red, 19inch alloys, stunning car, had no issues unitl trade in at 33k. Decided to change to an estate car when baby number two was due for the extra space. Dual mass fly wheel and clutch was going and needed replacing cost 1300 at vauxhall dealer. This is a common fault with lots of other diesels and not only vauxhall. Had the same thing happen on a peugeot 307 HDI 2.0, again cost over 1300k. These are only good for about 3/4 years of motoring before they a prone to failure. Vauxhall would not cover under warranty either as said they would only cover up to 18500 miles, what a load of tosh the warranty is then! Other than this fault car has been great, loads of power, very economical about 45mpg and handles superb. Very expensive the tyres though on the 19inch low profiles, about £175 each toyo's. Ouch !!!

the car is now 5 years old had no problem with it, except 2 momths ago a deisel return pipe went had this repaired now i have an oil leak happened twice in the last month. this happened on both occasions when weather was very cold and not used the car previous day. any ideas.

Vectra elite diesel 1.9cdti 150 bph55 .6 mpg average over 57,000 miles since bought second hand from Vauxhall motors. 90% of driving on motorway , including some long trips across central europe at higher speeds ( 90 -110 mph).
Alternator went at 67,000 miles and £380 for Vauxhal dealer to replace. That's all so far.
PAID for itself

Bought our black Vectra Estate CDTi SRI 150 from new and has since done 30k miles. It was fitted with a diesel tuning ECU at 5k which pushed the BHP up to 206 with 420lbs of torque, totally awesome performance ! When the front tyres (Goodyear NCT F1 Eagles) wear down the car can heavily under steer and majorly in the wet as no traction control, but this can be overcome once your use to the extra power. It gives around 46 mpg with the heavy foot every now and again and 50+ on the motorway at 80/85 in 6th. I have had nothing but fun in this car, the practicality and cheap running costs for the family makes great sense and the power is simply just awesome with such good mpg.

Overall very happy with this car, it's a good size, seats 5 in comfort. Tows our family caravan with ease and returns reasonable mpg. It's had a few teething troubles with wipers not working and sudden loss of power but on both occasions the dealer fixed the faults under warranty. 6 speed box smooth and cruises along in top gear quietly. Would have another one if the Insignia hadn't replaced the model.