Vauxhall Ampera review

Vauxhall Ampera review - What Car?

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14 жыл бұрын

Read the What Car? Vauxhall Ampera review bit.ly/yeYoQD
The Vauxhall Ampera is a brilliant solution to eco-friendly motoring. It's amazingly efficient, it completely eliminates range anxiety, and it's comfortable and relaxing to drive.
It's far from cheap to buy, and there's huge uncertainty over its residual values. The cabin plastics aren't particularly appealing and rear visibility is rubbish
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@norwegianzound 5 жыл бұрын

Servicing costs are INSANE. Can only be serviced by select dealers and they have you by the short and curlies. They sure know how to charge,

@niceboy60 12 жыл бұрын

The Ampera is completely different from a normal electri vehicle because the 1.4L engine is not connected to the wheels is Only function is to work as Generator to produce Electricity to the Electric Engine = 238 mpg . the car can go from 0 to 100 mph maintaining Exactly the same Engine RPM because the 1.4 L petrol engine is basically a Electricity Generator (if needed)

@edvauxhall 12 жыл бұрын

saw one of these cars at my local dealer at the weekend i was very impressed! well done GM

@skipskops 12 жыл бұрын

@MarcelZager Vauxhall was an independent manufacturer, In 1925, the company was purchased by GM. Opel was GMs German subsidiary and in the early 80s, The Vauxhall brand was dropped in Ireland in 1982 and other countries, however due to the vauxhall brand being so strong in the UK it didn't favour GM to change to name.

@jaka24993 12 жыл бұрын

@Charliedog214 Just a thougth: It might be because both Opel an Chevy are GM brands and the Volt/Ampera is developed by them TOGETHER! The electric motor and e-Rev drivingsystem is a GM developed system!

@ra5928 12 жыл бұрын

The actual answer is ... the generator requires premium because the generator then provides 7% more spark, thus more charge to the battery. The loss in price of gas is made up by the more efficient spark. Diesel has no spark plugs, (it is combusted by compression) and can't give enough spark to make the car run as efficiently. It's all about mpg with the Volt. The Ampera took 1st place in the Monte Carlo Alternative Fuel Rally (4 in top 10).

@dick117 13 жыл бұрын

I wish it could sell in Europe for the same price as the Volt. Looks like it's about $9k over the volt's price. That way if the Volt doesn't survive in the states, it may still gain popularity elsewhere.

@Zlin0035 12 жыл бұрын

Good point, also you would have thought it would charge the batteries. but it doesn't.

@virtuallyourzz 12 жыл бұрын

did he say 175 mpg ?

@PistonAvatarGuy 12 жыл бұрын

@iwo2024 Actually, diesel electric locomotives don't have a traction battery at all. The diesel engine powers the motors directly.

@JohnSmith-ot9gp 11 жыл бұрын

My dad is borrowing a black version of this car cuz we were planning on getting a new one but dad crashed the other one so we need one very soon

@jaffacake1578 11 жыл бұрын

It's a plug in hybrid, not an all electric vehicle. It's like a Hybrid, but you have to plug it in to charge the battery.

@iwo2024 12 жыл бұрын

This is how train locomotive engines work. It always runs on electric, you can hear the diesel engines charging the battery when the train pulls away. This principle has been running for decades now. Car manufacturers I'm sure were aware of this, only because the world is moving onto electric powered vehicles (thanks to smaller manufacturers) the 'big boys' don't want to miss out on the lucrative profits they can make.

@janrdoh 12 жыл бұрын

Actually the Chevy Volt is an Ampera.GM has been taking Opel design and tech and using in their chevy cars for a while now all be it with slight mods to make it look like it was their idea.

@tirins 12 жыл бұрын

what is the bg music?

@jaffacake1578 10 жыл бұрын

In future, yes..., but that's if the product stays the same... which it won't. Nice mention of the 747 though, glad someone still sees its significance and isn't wrapped up in A380 infatuation.

@Muzimate 13 жыл бұрын

This is an OPEL Ampera right ?

@Peoplestariff 5 жыл бұрын

£8 k used buy in 2018 :)

@0Ekitela0 12 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what you are replying to? I was commenting on how in the video it was said that it is not an electric vehicle and then in the very next sentence it says that it is an electric vehicle. Whether the car is actually considered "fully electric" or not is irrelevant to the point being made.

@ra5928 12 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it can be used as an electric vehicle by folks who need a city driver only. I have used only 8 gallons of gas since October 6, just over 5,000 miles. When comparing ranges, there really is no advantage when your comute is under 40 miles. Most don't know that you are supposed to plug in at all times. You don't wait until the battery is depleted. So 80 miles range is not an advantage in that instance. Why buy a Volt? I own 1 car. Leaf owners need 2.

@shafro1 14 жыл бұрын

brilliant! the next step will be this type of car but with a gas turbine powering the generator, then you will be able to use many types of fuel.

@TangoR34 12 жыл бұрын

@MarcelZager Same reason why it is called Chevrolet in South America. Badge Engineering at its best.

@ildsc 13 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the volt

@Mike_Martian 12 жыл бұрын

@GretchenLikesToEat that's what i mean.

@rhodrijm 12 жыл бұрын

To make it quieter i'd imagine

@quackcement 12 жыл бұрын

looked so much better with chevy badge, because that was the original.

@Adendri38 14 жыл бұрын

i think a little contradiction is at workhere it's not a hybrid or an electric vehicle its an EREV , extended range ELECTRIC VEHICLE, also not a hybrid, like a prius though, petrol and electric, the prius is a hybrid, same technology but different name?????

@preenoychar 12 жыл бұрын

Its the Chevy Volt but I get why they lock the same

@felneymike 12 жыл бұрын

Of course Top Gear built a car like this first XD. My total commute is 50 miles, if this is as good as the reviews say I'd only be using "10 miles worth" of petrol a day, I bet the road tax is sod all too, and no congestion charge either, because all cities in Britain will have it eventually. Though how a same-sized but eco friendly vehicle makes 'less congestion' is anybodys guess...

@AirForce5 12 жыл бұрын

@Charliedog214 NEWS FLASH: Vauxhall and Chevrolet are owned by the same company.

@preenoychar 12 жыл бұрын

I know, I meant to say look the same because its rebadged.

@niceboy60 12 жыл бұрын

you are trying to Explain something that you also fail to understand . Lets compare this car with Prius a prius has 2 engines which are both connected to the wheels , it runs on Electric below certain speeds above this speeds the petrol engine kicks in and the Prius run as normal petrol engine = 74 mpg . The Ampera is completely different because the 1.4L engine is not connected to the wheels is Only function is work as Generator to produce Electricity to the Electric Engine = 238 mpg

@PS3CRAZY96 12 жыл бұрын

Pretty much made by the same people Chevrolet give the car to Vauxhall, Vauxhall change it arouind a little bit and sell it in the UK.

@preenoychar 12 жыл бұрын

look*

@MyRandomReviews 12 жыл бұрын

Yet once it runs out of battery power you get just under 50mpg. Amazing.

@poolking7862000 12 жыл бұрын

This looks like cross between Honda civic or Honda insight hybrid

@vaiserious 12 жыл бұрын

@christholst13 lol i made the same comment on an other vid of this car.

@thomaspowell3739 4 жыл бұрын

No fast charging ability? And it’s incompatible with uk charging networks? So it’s more I.C.E than electric ⚡️

@Mladjasmilic 12 жыл бұрын

This Vauxhkahaullol has steering wheel at wrong side for Brits . But if you glue on it Z marks all around , it becomes normal Opel .

@TravisKPHall 13 жыл бұрын

this car is still a left hand drive lets see a right hand drive car for the uk

@akashp5 12 жыл бұрын

Why does it look exactly like the Chevy VOLT?

@christholst13 11 жыл бұрын

630.000 DANISH KRONER or 115.000 US$

@Mike_Martian 12 жыл бұрын

chevy should sue. this is an exact replica, but with some ugly black fog lamp guides to the headlamps on the front fascia, of the volt! for some reason it actually makes me mad...

@BritishRailways60163 13 жыл бұрын

My car... definatly, my car. Really want to be fuel efficent!

@christholst13 12 жыл бұрын

In $ this car would still cost 630.000 Danish Kroner or $ 115.000. For the same money in Denmark, you can have an Audi A6 3.0 V6 and others in the same class. A different nose, does not make any difference. It is still to expensive!

@bign3ck 12 жыл бұрын

turning petrol energy into electric is actually very economical.

@Knight766 12 жыл бұрын

@Shomyboy992 Try saying that to someone in Chernobyl smartass.

@daizmiester 12 жыл бұрын

an electric car that still burns fuel is not considered fully electric anymore....that's pretty obvious

@britishtuna 12 жыл бұрын

The first 40 miles is battery powered and the rest is ran on petrol so what's the point? If it's not costing me fuel money my electricity bill is going up. What a stupid idea. This is 1 step backwards not forwards.

@0Ekitela0 12 жыл бұрын

"...it's not an electric vehicle it's an EREV. An Extended Range Electric Vehicle." Pardon? That sounds like an electric vehicle to me.

@flyingphantom1988 12 жыл бұрын

it looks a bit like a souped up hatchback honda accord

@christholst13 12 жыл бұрын

That car cost 70-71.000 £ in Denmark, were I live... that is ridiculous! for the same money you can buy an Audi A8 4.2 V8 (petroel) i the UK! This car will never win anyone over - especially not in my country! Lets talk, when it come down to half that...

@fj9fl61 12 жыл бұрын

@omgitshardtofindID they'll find some way to get their fingers in the pie.

@Shomyboy992 12 жыл бұрын

and laundry softeners will bancrot. Do you think that's logical? Same thing here. They got tehnology to make cars which will move by power of the Sun? Why not? Because they can sell oil, and fuel first, then they will make hybrid, to sell oil and fuel with electricity also. Then they will make full electricity car, to sell el. power, then they will make half sun-half el, then for like 100 years of taking our money, they will make full sun powered car. Homework to think about it.