The Vectra vxr is underrated.. I love my 300bhp remapped one.. nope its not a track day motor but its a fecking quick useable and practical everyday barnstormer !
@TomHeathMusic9 жыл бұрын
Don't care what this review says, its personal preference. It may not be as good as the Mondeo, but I prefer the looks and the feel of this car.
@alimosa41657 жыл бұрын
AudiTom ....many says that the vectra perfect car.....just top gear say not
@geeteebloke19794 жыл бұрын
Plus they don't rust like the st220 has done and they are much much quicker !!!
@paulthomson97094 жыл бұрын
Had a mondeo for 3 months , biggest pile of shit I've ever had!!!!!! Focus after it just as bad . Will never own another ford .
@thedrvn4 жыл бұрын
10 years later and the Mazda is still one of the great sleepers of all time
@martytdd16063 жыл бұрын
I love sleepers, I had 2 Mps's, absolutely loved them when they were working properly but the engines were just too soft to handle the performance. Both engines suffered catastrophic failure, its a shame because I love the look of them, they've aged well, they have decent spec and great handling. Would love to find a clean one and put a Nissan GTR engine in it, but prob would need a winning lotto ticket first 😂😂
@RotrexfezST4 ай бұрын
Hardly any left now as they rust so bad lol
@Zolja8510 жыл бұрын
Ty Jeremy i have decided just now that i am going to buy a Mondeo ST.
@sweenay9615 жыл бұрын
I'm no professional racing driver but who goes through a corner especially with traction control turned off flat out. correct me if I'm wrong but you brake before the bend and accelerate out of it not through it especially not flat out. just seems like a deliberate attempt to slate Vauxhall just because Jeremy is a ford fan he did the same with the Astra h vxr
@VEMANIS4 жыл бұрын
Clarkson is an idiot! A funny one, but still an idiot.
@bEEBO1783 жыл бұрын
@@VEMANIS Come on, admit it, it's s*ite.
@Piotrek45003 жыл бұрын
Because they acting that Ford has to be the best... but even then look at the times table, Mondeo 1:34.5 and Vectra 1:35.3 so its not that bad how Clarkson describes, AND im curious how lap time would be with traction control ON
@lartonki2 жыл бұрын
@@Piotrek4500 Why would you ever want to go on race track with these cars with tcs on?
@Piotrek45002 жыл бұрын
@@lartonki every car has TCS on to get the most grip for a best start for example. Do you really think that other cars in top gear 400-600hp Racing with TCS off??
@Scoobydcs8 жыл бұрын
i heard they pulled the fuse for the traction control and that also controls the suspension, hence they fucked the handling up. dont know if thats true or not but they were DEFFINATELY exaggeratting that wheelspin and understeer
@geared4423 Жыл бұрын
I miss these 😢
@RazorRazzer14 жыл бұрын
When I sell my current car, these two are contenders. Mondeo and Mazda. Loving the Looks of the ST220 but the Power of the MPS. Got 244bhp now so I'd hate to drop!
@Scoobydcs7 жыл бұрын
try all 3
@leonandre88585 жыл бұрын
2:50 hilarious
@SultanNizi3000GT3 жыл бұрын
The Mazda looks the best though
@malcolmcowan95542 жыл бұрын
Great car
@MrRohanThomas4 жыл бұрын
Funny part to me is that he makes fun of the lap time of 1.35.3 but the Mondeo which has 'superior handling' did the lap in 1.34.5, that is barely even a difference, the Mazda was like 3 seconds quicker which that is a difference but i'd pick the Veccy over Mondeo anytime
@paulthomson97094 жыл бұрын
Had both , got rid of the mondeo in 3 months, dreadful car , everything broke , wouldn't start , stupid bonnet catch that broke , had a focus after it , exact same problems with that , vauxhall are far better cars , better built , more reliable.
@qasimmir71172 жыл бұрын
0.8 of a second is a massive gap.
@qasimmir71172 жыл бұрын
If you don’t do due diligence and buy cheap then any car will be rubbish.
@zackcody124 Жыл бұрын
almost 1 second difference is huge... clearly the Mazda is the best choice in terms of the speed and handling but the vectra being the fastest in straights but the slowest out of all of them in circuit speaks volumes of how bad the car handles.
@johnny64765 ай бұрын
And isn’t the Mazda 4x4 as well.
@leksasdf6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they bothered to press the OPC button which sets the suspension and the steering. I have the 2.0 turbo running on ethanol 245 hp and when you set the suspension to hard it's very good on twisty roads and doesn't wobble around like that. The OPC should be even better. Something must have been wrong, or stig can't drive fwd. Mocking Vauxhall has always been a Top Gear shtick.
@Nathaniel2256Studios5 жыл бұрын
Its a VXR
@ivanbiota995 жыл бұрын
Opel Vectra opc = Vauxhall vectra vxr
@Nathaniel2256Studios5 жыл бұрын
@@ivanbiota99 I'm saying in the video was a VXR
@ivanbiota995 жыл бұрын
@@Nathaniel2256Studios he should have pressed the "vxr" button then 😂😂
@paulthomson97094 жыл бұрын
Its done for tv to make the vectra look as bad as possible.
@markymark-r4 жыл бұрын
This is crap. I own a Vectra VXR and it’s so clever round the corners and the way it puts its power to the road. For a front wheel drive it’s very very impressive! Top Gear must have pulled fuses out for it to be this bad.
@johnny64764 жыл бұрын
Marky Mark This whole review was shit, They already decided before they drove the Vectra that they were gonna slate it. Vauxhall obviously don’t pay them any money to praise their cars like other manufacturers do.
@ThisIsMyRodrick4 жыл бұрын
@@johnny6476 I wonder why 😂
@bEEBO1784 жыл бұрын
None of you have a clue about performance cars. The vectra is POS. It's just awful. If you've only driven crap cars you have no benchmark. If you really think this is good you need a massive head wobble 😂😂
why people watch these old people? they seem to know nothing about cars. They just make jokes and talk rubish. The Opel Vectra is a beautiful car, both inside and outside, and reliable too.
@bEEBO1785 жыл бұрын
I used to have one. It's shit and the chassis is awful. Don't kid yourself.
@geeteebloke19794 жыл бұрын
@@bEEBO178 Did you really own a Vectra vxr ?? I don't find mine shit nor the chassis bad at all !
@FantasticPyroclastic4 жыл бұрын
three lies in one sentence :D
@bEEBO1783 жыл бұрын
@@FantasticPyroclastic You are in denial lol. It was the worst POS ever. Even the handbrake was annoying. Poor design. Well rid.
@robydany87493 жыл бұрын
@Henry Discipline and a Mondeo from those years was better?
@timjanssen30568 жыл бұрын
Does somebody know which episode this is? And which season?
@camelopc8 жыл бұрын
Season 08 episode 06
@timjanssen30568 жыл бұрын
+camelopc thanks!
@SethKelley928 жыл бұрын
+Tim Janssen NETFLIX fucking dropped practically all of the old episodes pissed me off
@user-xn7ro9lv2n Жыл бұрын
Ford 👍👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪
@juanfenix92915 жыл бұрын
Opel no gira
@imsgaard179410 жыл бұрын
This's not true! I'm better driver than Stig? The OPC is a good car
@deafyboy8610 жыл бұрын
No ... No, it's really not.
@Piotrek45005 жыл бұрын
@@deafyboy86 did you had one ?
@zoranzoran80452 жыл бұрын
Opc is good car but mondeo is beter hehe
@slampro1236 жыл бұрын
I own a vxr vectra this is the biggest load of horse shit i have ever listened too! This has to be fake, my veccy has out paced alot of so called hot hatches round bends its 1 of the safest secure cars i have owned even out of my 3 series and audis i have had
@JD-ux5ft6 жыл бұрын
slampro123 if you look at the time it's as fast as most hot hatches but it's still terrible
@jamesbernstone296110 ай бұрын
Had a vectra sri turbo and a 3.2 gsi as a stop gap and a daily for a while few years ago .. think this was a bit too set up to stunt the vectra or the Stig is just a shit driver 🤷. Its not best handling car by anymeans but you can drive them better than that. The GSi beats a ST220 without much effort so nevermind what a VXR would do 🙄
@StalloneSRB2 жыл бұрын
Mazda was 5 times better looking, running..
@martytdd16062 ай бұрын
Best car to drive Iv'e ever owned, prob best looking too. Soft engines unfortunately. 🤷♂️
@StalloneSRB2 ай бұрын
@@martytdd1606 When you see them you know they are special.. even today :)
@philspaghet5 жыл бұрын
Shave the beard then?
@liamhudspith86914 жыл бұрын
I could get that vxr around there quicker than that plank
@martytdd16063 жыл бұрын
You can out drive Ben Collins? Very impressive
@bEEBO1783 жыл бұрын
Course you could 😂🤣
@user-tt4qq6kl3k2 жыл бұрын
Ford st 220👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪
@matthewking56122 жыл бұрын
Mk3 Mondeo shit driving position.
@qasimmir71172 жыл бұрын
Why?
@comedytown30729 жыл бұрын
my dad owns a mondeo, fusion wher wwe live
@Zolja8510 жыл бұрын
Ty Jeremy i have decided just now that i am going to buy a Mondeo ST.
@paulthomson97093 жыл бұрын
Hope you didn't buy one , piece of shit . Most unreliable car I've ever had .
@Zolja853 жыл бұрын
@@paulthomson9709 lol at the end i bought a Series 5 BMW 525d e60 Touring . And i test drived the ST.... he was fast and all but didnt satisfied my needs for a sport/Family Saloon.
@paulthomson97093 жыл бұрын
@@Zolja85 if you listened closely to mine you could actually hear things falling off of it and breaking
@malcolmcowan95542 жыл бұрын
Buckets of shite now st220
@imsgaard179410 жыл бұрын
This's not true! I'm better driver than Stig? The OPC is a good car