I had about 10 mk3 Cavaliers, including the 1.7 Isuzu td Loved them all, probably my favourite car of all time

I've got a mk3 1.8 M reg, got it in 2008 and it was still i really good nick and had only 40k on it, tried to keep it good, the bodywork is getting beyond it now, but I'm starting to fix it up, and all the welding that needed done is done. Before that I had the 2.0 earlier mk3, which went like stink but the body underneath was past it so stripped it and kept the parts for new one. A few years ago I also found a one elderly owner K plate diplomat with 70k on it (which was almost about to be scrapped), every single piece of paperwork even the original bill of sale, and the most immaculate preserved leather interior I've ever seen. That's in my garage getting the bits of bodywork it needed done, thankfully pretty solid in the places that matter, floors/inner sills etc just scabby bits needing fixed, and everything like suspension bushes replaced and axles cleaned up. Such good cars in their time and I still feel now they can easily keep up with modern traffic.

2.0 8 valve was a bulletproof engine.

I wish GM kept the Cavalier in production for longer and not bothered with the succeeding Vectra.

When the MK3 Vauxhall Cavalier got a driver's airbag, it lost the fully adjustable reach and rake steering wheel facility. This feature was useful as it allowed you to find your ideal driving position to suit your needs and not everybody is the same in height and length as a person.

Great cars ...had 2 turbo diesels and a 2.0 16v sri...loved them

I did always wonder why they didn't make an estate version

First car I ever drove, L 2.0i automatic when I was 16. Grandfather pulled over and said "Your Turn" Covered a few miles in the Brecon twisties

My dad had 2 cavaliers, a 1992 SRI 2.0 and a 1995 SRi 2.0 Both excellent cars.

I had a weird cavalier..it was a mk3 2.0i 8v L model but was fitted with the gsi 4x4 system.....brilliant car...insurance was a nightmare ,they could never find it on their system but it was all genuine from the factory!

Miss the Calibra turbo and Lotus Charlton And the Astra GSI 16v and before the GTE 16v SRI 16v red tops they were the boys back in the day

This is what happens when you go on three training courses: 1) How to power dress. 2) Choose your words c.arefully 3) BONUS: Emphatically use your hands and other body language cues to make you look sincere.

This guy reminds me of David Cameron.

This was probably one of Vauxhall Opel's finest cars. Sadly when the Vectra appeared in '95 it was far too little and far too late.

Had a car crash in one of these in the 90's. Saved my life!!

A great all rounder for the time period! Fast forward 10 years and they were all being sold cheaply and run into the ground! Fast forward 26 years and these cars are very rare, potential future classic!

My brother owned a 93 Cavalier SRi and to be fair up to 2001 was the best car I'd ever driven

My first car in uk was a 2.0 cavalier G reg. It was damn reliable .

My father had a Ford Orion which he would use as a Minicab. He got in a car accident and the cab company rented him the Cavalier. I remember the feeling very well. I felt we had finally stepped into modernity. I felt we were less poor now. The curved lines, inside and out in those days of 1993 etc were radical and futuristic.

Had loads of cavaliers,solid build great ride loads of room,most where ex company cars with 100 k plus on the clock,Cdx model had a great spec and a 2.0 16v but my l reg 2.0 Sri seemed a better drive and loads of grunt.Great cars back in the day,I may get another as a weekend toy.

Saw one of these go by me the other day, took me quite by surprise! Was an M reg.

I came here for the Alan Partridge comparisons. I wasn't disappointed

Love his hand movements

I've always been a Ford man, but the Mk3 Cavalier was a great car made even better by this facelift. Nice work having William Woollard present the review; bit of a shame about the guy at the start, mind you.

Good looking cars. Still look good today.

Far better and polished than the rushed Vectra mess that appeared such a short time later. The largest problem for Vauxhall though was the Mondeo, they were constantly playing catch up to the new technology blue oval flagship

Great days when new registration for cars was once a year 1st of August. Spot the new reg.

I had one, a 1.6. My friend had a 2 litre. Both amazing.

His hand movements make it look like he's conducting an orchestra :-D The Cavalier design was quite slick for the time. More futuristic than most rivals - though mechanically it was utterly conventional. Vauxhall have badly lost their way since GM sold them off IMO. Not a single car in the lineup that I would even consider now.

This was the first Vauxhall that truly didn’t rust away after the first rainfall. They may not have been exciting cars - thus being aimed at fleet managers - but these were generally solid, well-built cars. For a 25 year old car, still looked pretty good (when new).

I’ve got the Vauxhall mareva design automatic and manual 1.6 year 2008 and it’s been voted best mini mpv

great car had loads my best ones 2.0 sri and 2.5 v6 i wish i had kept them now

last good car thay ever made, went down the pan after this. cavy was way better than anything ford or the others came up with at this time.

Good looking cars these were even today they look pretty good

"Power steering across the range so the wife can give up those weight training courses" lol

In the early 90s in Australia we had the holden comodore part of General motors you had a an option of the 3.8 litre v6 or 5.0 litre v8

I Myself had had numerous cars and makes. Citroen Saxo Vts was my first legal! car. After that I got a MGZR 160 VVC then got a Civic Type R cheap which gave me nothing but problems due to worn cam pulleys and the chain kept slipping. I got a normal Astra for a runabout and it was the most reliable car I've ever owned. Ran it every day,took it to Belguim and all it needed was a coil pack. Nowadays i was so impressed with Vauxhall so i bought a Zafira GSI stage 1 map, Scorpion straight through decat and goes like the wind. Needed 7 seats but something with abit of power so its ideal. Still got it today...APRIL 2019.

best car ever made

Company cars / Fleet cars - Great fun, had several - Nothing needs cleaning less or goes faster in reverse than a fleet vehicle.

The early SRI 8 Valve was 130 BHP SEH Engine code. The One to have was the Red top 150 BHP. Later downgraded to 136 BHP in Ecotec form. In 1992 when Cats came into being standard the 8 Valve became 115 BHP with 2.0 CNE Engine code.

Lovely cars them Cavaliers. "There ain't no way you are gonna pass me in a base".

Loved these. 2 0 8v was great. Had several CDI's. Later had the 16v ecotec but was not as good.

one of the few almost 30 years old cars that look not old today...I also see them sometimes, not as oldtimers but as daily drivers. No passats or mondeo from that time anymore.

Cracking cars had 3 Cavs best one was a GLS .skipped the doppy vectra now back in love with my insignia long live the mighty Griffin ❤👍👤

Even in 1993 "power steering, so the wife can give up those weight-training courses". We now imagine that those were 70s attitudes, but that sort of slimy, patronising misogyny lived much longer... Indeed, it lives still.

It was the car i past my driving test in . I owned three Cavaliers and i loved every one of them , i then went onto the vectra tourer . I am now on my third vectra C .

I had a new Astra in 1992 that kept breaking down. Local dealer couldn't diagnose the cause so I ended up selling it back to them at a loss......I swore I'd never buy a Vauxhall again.

Good old days when vauxhall had great cars back then and with good engines alot better then now, now days their cars are not that great they come with so many problems and just ugly designs, were are these cars gone I mean I still used to see these in early 2000s even in 2005 there alot but today we don't see any of these at all. I would say I don't see any cars from 90s today on roads which is sad and it's not because they broke down it's actually because car manufacture kept making more cars and people just buy them because of fianance which is just making people buy new cars and not keep older ones. Back then people had kept cars for 10 years then sold them to get a different model but now people sell new cars just after 2 to 4 years max and then sell hence older cars are gone. Sad sad sad just sad thing to see these lovely older cars gone.

i had one, couldnt fault it....

Love the sax outro

it was smart to have a bumper the same colour wow progress

The "if you can't beat 'em join 'em" approach re. the Sierra styling ;-)

K781 PRY - Katie Perry's Cavalier!

William Woollard!

I had a MK3, the 2.0iL It was very spartan, hand-raulic windows and no rev counter. Went like stink though, not a bad car for a 20 year old back in the early 90's. ☺️👍🏻

Maybe not quite as pretty as the MK2 Cavalier, but a much safer and more modern affair. Still suffered from hideous rust problems though.

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I had a 1.4 and it was fun

He done just said "the grill is one of the most important parts of a car". What about brakes and tyres and preventing the rear wheel arches from rusting pretty much straight out of the factory...

A number of those with registrations ending RY are Leicester registered. Strange given they were in Luton.

Pretty sure the GM guy at the beginning is a robot. This was the first generation of Cavalier that didn’t rot away at the first mention of rain. Vauxhall finally got serious about rust prevention with this car, although I’m sure they still rotted eventually.

That wooden bloke at the beginning had huge hands.

I had almost all the cavalier engine sizes and specs the nicest car was the GSI 2 wheel drive like shit of the shovel. I'm pretty sure there was a rare 1.4 engine too.

Front lamp wipers! How often do you see that now?

Id say the top line engine was the 2.0 litre turbo not the V6 2.5

I had a late 92 1.8 gl pre facelift that just missed the CAT deadline and each mot was pain as tested had a head scratch about it not having a cat 😮

That guy went to the same hand gesture school as Tony Blair

The presenter looks like he was given hands about five minutes before the video and was trying to figure out how they worked. Should have left it to a professional. I had a 2.0 CDi. Apart from being passed or passing 10 identical cars every minute, it was a great car. The 5th gear was super tall and so great for eating up motorway miles. I would have it at an indicated 90 doing about 3,500 revs. It was a hatch as well so just a great vehicle all around. Never gave me any bother and was just a nice solid drive.

One of my favourite cars of all time and the calibra

It has similar looks to my 2015 Astra I have the1.6 diesel with a 6 gears it is no very quiet best over all no road tax to pay and average 56 mpg

Chevrolet Vectra A 1993 - 1996 Here in Brazil.

Loved the mk2 cavs and these mk3s looked nice too especially GL and above but on the revamps I never saw the point of the 2.5 V6.....the 2 litre engines gave a good choice of power levels especially in 16v 136bhp form and above. The V6 only gave another 10-20bhp but was probably a heavier unit.

The Mondeo pissed on their fire.

The last GM that was any good, Vauxhall of 2019 is horrendous

These are all on the scrapheap now

7:50 bet Mike Gunnell is a laugh at parties.

Yep 🎉 , God only nowz wot the Mk4 wud hav been like 👍 , well the old Mk4 woz just basically the Vectra basically 😂

Evolution not revolution. Tony Hayers

The guy at the starts Presenting skills were.... interesting.

So that's what happened to David Cameron...

Evolution not revolution, classic Partridge

wow

K544 XNK ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 31 May 2002

If MR Woollard got behind the cav me being a ford man should have too ,,,,,

vehicle enquiry shows it was last on the road 2006 first cdi model

. . . . And there now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of the cavalier party. . . . 😙

Wonder how much it would cost to insure as a first car.

8.26 vauxhall calibra

blokey at the beginning had obviously only recently come off his public speaking course. Told to make lots of hand gestures on the course to emphasise his points, he does so like one of his robots on the assembly line. comes across as terribly fake.

As a 30,000+ miles per year rep in the early 90s, I drove Cavaliers, Sierras and Mondeos. For a high mileage, long distance driver, the Fords beat the Cavalier hands down. The Cavalier had a very small and cramped cabin, and overall felt equivalent to the Escort rather than the much more spacious Sierra/Mondeo. Of the 3, my personal preference was for the Sierra.

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In the days before every rep had a German motor parked on the drive.

Then the Vectra came along......

opel vectra

Shut up and take my money.

I swore by these cars the 2.0 was surprisingly quick too, I got my mum the 1.8 it took her a year to work out how to turn on the interior light, lmao true story.

I will lay my cards down from the start and say that I am a Ford guy. There were plusses and minuses to this car; it was nice enough to sit in but the driving experience was shocking. I learned to drive in a Fiesta and had a gap between learning to drive and getting out on the road. My Dad let me use a Cavalier that was going through defleet from his company and my lasting memory was the God awful gearbox; you could never tell if it had gone into 3rd and only the howl from the gearbox would let you know when you had got it wrong. The Ford had a positive gearbox action. That bloody Vauxhall made me feel like I couldn't drive. It also had ventilation problems which kept trying to gas me.

Can't say I miss them , had 2 of these, nice looking cars but terrible things to drive, the 1.6 was very sluggish & the ecotec was a nightmare... traded them both in after several headaches with engine management lights & electrical faults constantly going wrong... everybody slags the vectra down but God compared to these I can honestly say they were far more reliable & more fun to be in , I owned 7 vectras & never once did they break down, not start or give me any problems apart from the usual wear & tear as you would expect with any cars

Vauxhall - Fitted with Rust as standard.

4:32 - OMG, it sounds terrible. Not as bad as the Quad-4 engines many US GM cars of that era had, but eeesh...