Faults:

Nothing at the moment, but I have heard they rust fairly easily.

General Comments:

I love the car, the looks and the way it sounds from the back when left ticking over.

Sporty, sexy, stylish and most electrifying in 3rd gear, I kept up with my brother's Vauxhall Astra 1.8 SRi on the little streets and bends, but on the motorway I was left a little far behind.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

The car is very reliable, starts first time every morning. It has the standard look of a SR, no modifications done as the car looks fine the way it is. The car is rad and has the Nova alloys on it. It is just a dream car to me.

Faults:

Judder off the clutch and the brake calliper pistons seized.

General Comments:

Still looks good as standard but can look brilliant with big wheels and lowered suspension.

Performance is good for the power output and it can keep up with AX GTs. A few modifications can make it very fast and fun.

Standard brakes are crap.

Faults:

Rust, not major, nothing else.

General Comments:

This car is the best I've ever owned, not only is it economical when taking it easy, but put it over 3k rev's and the little baby lights up.

Faults:

Nothing major at all. Replaced the exhaust and that was about it.

General Comments:

Brilliant car, I loved having it.

It was great up hills as it was a 1.4, and would pass anything.

Never once let me down. Even started first time after it had been in the garage for 3 weeks while I was on holiday.

Only downside was it was too small for my growing family and the seats needed to be more supportive.

Faults:

Brakes seized.

New thermostat.

Seized choke.

Heater stopped working.

General Comments:

It is my first car and it is excellent, good performance at low cost, I would recommend it to anyone.

Faults:

Brake calipers seized (about 3 times).

Speedo cable broke (twice).

All 4 wheel bearings replaced.

Faulty thermostat.

Back brake pipes rusted through.

Needed new steering column at 115K miles.

General Comments:

A fine cheap reliable car with excellent performance for a 1.4. Stood up well to 3 years of enthusiastic driving.

Easy to maintain and spare parts are cheap.

I would advise uprating the brakes (as I did) to GSi spec. and also get it alarmed. Also treat the back arches and sills to some underseal to prevent rusting.

Faults:

It is a crapheap!!!!!

General Comments:

Don't buy a Nova SR as they are absolutely pants and they are crap!!!!!!

Faults:

Paintwork started bubbling over rear wheel arch when car was just 2 years old.

General Comments:

Cheap and cheerful runabout, just don't expect any sort of handling or performance!!

Experience of Vauxhall compared with other cars I have owned means I wouldn't buy another.

Faults:

When I fitted a KN air filter in winter I had problems on long distances, once I removed it the problem was gone. I had to grind the arches back to allow for bigger and bettter wheels.

General Comments:

Sporty, my girlfriend loves it.