Vauxhall VXR | Road Test | Top Gear 

Actually you're wrong there. Vauxhall and Opel started out as two different companies. GM bought both companies in the 1920's and Opel is the brand that traveled around the world, not Vauxhall. Vauxhall has never been sold outside the UK.

I love how people are passing him on the highway.

Finally James met someone who matches his personality

i swear its the most boring video top gear ever made... jeremy should have tested this car

That's exactly what I thought looking at this, they look identical. Not amazingly fast though but they look sporty.

In england they are Vauxhall-branded,just like Daewoos are branded as Chevrolets in Europe & in the US

Interesting history lesson well done Top Gear Uk!

This was hilarious! Nice car too!

First episode of 2010, like just after new years day i think? they had some gag going about how they where filming in 2009 but it was being shown in 2010. Same episode had Richard driving the Lexus LFA and Jezza the BMW X6 if memory serves me right!

What do you mean by that? I mean that if I search for VXR Insignia I get this car as a result...

I wish this car were available in the states.

wOW WELL DONE! You watched the video and stated the obvious, have a medal.

So... in the UK it's a Vauxhall VXR, in Germany it's an Opel Insignia OPC and in the US it's a Buick Regal GS. Now the question is... wich came first?

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nice road test by James May on the Vauxhall insignia Vxr and it's possible for series 23 to have this Vauxhall insignia vxr tested against its American and Canadian version the Buick Regal GS with Chris Evans taking Vauxhall insignia vxr, but Matt LeBlanc on the Buick Regal GS. Regarding signs that Margaret Calvert made she must have copied blue signs on the interstate highway indicate a service area or food and fuel for use as junction signs like the ones on M20 Junction 11a Channel Tunnel folkestone or M1 Junction 19 M6 Birmingham The North West

Actually, the Buick is a rebadged Opel/Vauxhall Insignia. The Regal is now also built by GM Canada, but until 2011 they were imported. The car is designed, engineered and built by Opel in Russelsheim, Germany

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so technically Vauxhall came first to be bought by GM and then named Opel in Europe!? thx gadgetguy. your da bestest!!

That's the best looking Buick I've ever seen. Powerrrrrr

Only in Great Britain. The rest of Europe it's Opel, simply because Brits prefer to buy a British brand. Little do they know, it's actually a rebadged Opel. Since the 1980's, practicly every single car produced by Vauxhall, are enginered by Opel in Russelsheim, Germany.

Opel designes and produces cars for the European market. Opel is a subsidairy of GM since 1929. That didn't stop them from developing their own cars. GM has always let them develop their own cars. From 1980's Vauxhall became part of General Motors and was from now only producing Opel developed cars, with a Vauxhall badge.

can somebody makes these "buick regal" comments away

its also a buick.

Holden is Australian haha but yes all 3 companies I'm pretty sure run under GM (General Motors) where they'll rebadge cars to sell in different countries. Hence why you'll see pretty much the same car with a different badge. The Opel Astra for example, don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure is sold under Vauxhall in the UK and under Holden in Australia for along time (however Opel now sell cars in Australia so it's under Opel here now too.)

fantastek vauxhall and opel GM GERMAN

Great video! More like that please

7:49 "Did you put my seat heater on, for a joke?"

I wouldn't call it "deceiving". Many car companies rebadge cars as different brands for different markets. I'm an Aussie living in the US and here they badge a lot of Hondas as Acuras, their "luxury division". They're not trying to deceive people, it's just brand differentiation. I understand your saying that they are trying to sell Korean crap, and die-hard Holden fans think it's great anyway (which is true) but that's not the fault of the company, it's people who don't research what a car is.

They the same Vaughall is the name that they use in uk and open everywhere else

Why is Opel called Vauxhall in Britain?

Yes.

Incorrect sir. Those are subcompanies that make the models more luxurious. They are not sold only the the US and are not american by any means..

Buick Regal GS... Love it

As a graphic designer, I am elated to hear James use "typeface" and not "font."

I WISH TOP GEAR WOULD REALIZE PUTTING ALL THE BEW EPISODES ON RU-vid WHICH WILL CREAT MORE NEW VIEWERS AND MORE HITS. In other countries its really hard to see top gear and its bullshit. We only get old re runs in canada. STEP INTO THE YEAR 2013 and PUT EVERYTHING ON RU-vid

I have one of these in the same colour.... it is an epic car for the money you can buy them for now... far better than the vectra vxr of which I still own one of them 😊

I love german ingeneering and german cars ^^ opel [vauxhall] 4ever

Opel is the original German company I believe. Vauxhall is owned by general motors and is a British re-badged version of Opel. That's why Vauxhalls aren't in the rest of europe.

OK, so you drive a DAF, oh no, you can't. So you must drive a Spyker, oh wait that's Swedish owned, no Russian, wait they don't appear to be selling more than 2-3 cars, if any AND they moved their production to the UK in 2010... So maybe you drive a Donkervoort, which is a Lotus 7 copy, which is, oh yes, British, so maybe not. What about a Shelter? No they only made seven of them. So you drive a Waaijenberg, a "Car" limited to 45Kph? The Dutch really don't seem to have much on the Brits...

I'm not mocking your country, you just hate to be confronted with FACTS. The British car manufacturers have gone bust or sold their sole because of bad management and bad quality. It's just facts. And stop calling me a German, for fuck sake. I'm Dutch. That's from the Netherlands. You know, the country between Germany and the UK...

different makes only available in certain areas... its region marketing lol nothing more? its better then crylser products... the sebring and intrepid as well as avenger and newish sebring are intirly identical.. and dont get me started on the town and country and the grand caravan... gm is doing region marketing.... chrysler is the one thats rebading cars for no reason

So they tested this "opel insignia" shit back in 2010 and they never tested the new back then Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde with the 235 BHP?? Man, this show has been going downhill since 2008 and it's no secret anymore.

i know right! i drove this car in Russia 2 years before it even came to the US

I have never driven a vauxhall the didn't leave me totally underwhelmed in every way. Crap build quality, fuel economy that keep the oligarchs happy and nowhere near as nice to drive as say a lada

Your right but who cares, if you want to know more about cars you go to fifth gear.Top gear is not only about cars but also a part time comedy show although learning about signs isn't comedy.

Wow makes me want to take my 11 Regal Turbo and go get a GS!

Sorry but you can never de-chav a VXR ! 😉

@Magnus K in singapore it's 100,000 for a second hand golf GTI...

Typical insignia, the car of the divorced dad and so bloody boring that roadsigns are more interesting

Actually... Opel desgined and build Insignia in 2008, Buic Regal is sharing same Epsilon 2 platform and is designed and build in 2009.. GM owns Opel, but Opel still builds it's own cars, Vauxhall is nothing more then Opel resailer in UK.. believe me, I know

Haha, not really. There was Vauxhall in the UK, and there was Opel in Germany. GM acquired both and now Vauxhall is just a name that seems more familiar to the Brits.

I want to get the Buick GS the US version

LOL yes, the Dutch don't have a car history to brag about. What does that have to do with the whole point of this ongoing discussion? The Insignia is designed and engineered by Opel in Russelsheim, Germany. Even though it is owned by General Motors.

I know, but I was just saying to the guy because he was talking about the Buick, not the Opel. But all 3 cars are the same.

i wish we got the vxr in north america. instead we got the buick regal gs which is just a fwd 4cyl turbo overpriced wannabe that isn't selling =(

Vauxhall is the Opel in the UK. Just like Acura are American Hondas, and Lexus are American Toyotas, or like Infinity that are American Nissans.

welcome... to top gear

Opel Insignia.. Called a Vauxhall.. Is actually a Holden..

Or rather they realized their NA branch can't seem to design exciting cars so they went to Europe and brought their things over the pond.

ok...so they call it Vauxhall in the title...so what!? It IS a Vauxhall Insignia o_O So it's not such a sad day after all. Cheer up mate!!

it is all the same car, noone used anyones design, its one car marketed in different regions

When will people understand that GM use brands as they like. So many cars developed by GM hold companys are used in other markets under completly other brands and names. Opel is the best example here. While the Insignia is brought to the American market as a Buick most other models are know as Saturn. Other way around the Chrevrolet Volt was brought to Germany also as the Opel Ampera. GM is all about technologie centers that compete to each other to get more investment for their home company.

They taught us about this in Graphics LOL

Vauxhall was an independent company but were bought by GM and now the brand is being used to make right hand drive Opel

this is so nice, wish it was here in the US. To bad this is a Buick and they only make luxury cars.

All I see is Buick in the styling

I was going to going to agree with you..until you said the commodore is a good car these days. VE-shit. VF-worse.

Because Vauxhall is the British branch of Opel. It are the same cars with the steering wheel on the other side.

this is a holden VF silly people

DaBIONICLEFan where aren't your people wanted to be different you ride on the left and name cars diffrent

Thats not really correct. All of those are sub brands of those companies, and aren't only sold in the USA.

The point wasn't where I'm from. Oh well, if that's all you reply on now, I think I made my point clear.

only James May could makes a road test a boring 8 minutes.... by talking about road signs

This only looks like a Buick this is much better. Wish they produced Vauxhalls in the U.S

A Buick Regal GS in the states

Buicks are just rebranded opels since GM shut down Saturn. Vauxhalls are the same.

Well, I agree with the last sentence, it's what I meant, I'm sorry if you misunderstood me. I don't understand what you mean by "the name Opel comes from Opelisation...". The name Opel comes from Adam Opel who founded Opel in 1860s in Germany. Of course, under GM, both Opel and Vauxhall have borrowed designs from one another and were cars from the same generation were based on the same, well, base. Today, most of the engineering and the design phase take place in Germany...

yeah right it was Holden i knew Opel cars are sold under another name in australia and yes its Opel there now too :) afaik most vauxhall cars are made of opel cars with slight modifications (they do have different spare parts lists) dont know about holden, but i think its the same but ofc vauxhall also builds there own cars but well, i think everyone can just check wikipedia for more info :)

As a Norwegian it's funny to watch TopGear and hearing what "expensive" cars cost in the UK... Here's the numbers in Norway: The Opel Insignia 1,4T costs from 33000 GBP... A wagon with a 2litre 110HP turbodiesel will set you back about 35000 GBP, that's the most popular one here.... And of course there's the 2,8T AWD OPC edition, wich costs from 105000 GBP.... Wich isn't so popular, for obvious reasons.

Holden Commodore in Australia. Whatever, same car different badge.

Buick and Vauxhall are both owned by GM so they basically are the same thing.

I also reckon the poll is bullshit, but have you seen the amount of people who go on little shitty rants on Twitter and Facebook about how they hate living in the UK and they want to move to some sweaty 40 degrees island off the coast of Spain?

No, it always was Opel. The Opel engineers design most of the car gamma of Opel and Vauxhall. General Motors just takes away their blueprints and gives them to other subsidairies. Even Buick has this model. Search for the Buick Regal.

Opel calls these models OPC. That´s for Opel Performance Center.

What? Opel is easy to say, it's called Vauxhall here since they were already a well known brand when GM took over.

Tests this instead of the new HSV Gen-F GTS a.k.a 2014 VXR8 GTS

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No channel puts everything on RU-vid because they loose money. Simple as that. It costs money to make, so they want some in return.

It is, the Vauxhall VXR is just a re-badged Buick Regal GS.

VXR is a brithish equivalent to OPC right ? (sorry for my bad english)

It's the british name for opel cars, opel don't do the vxr ones though.

"A fire breathing monster with a spine of iron" and "without the VXR button on it still goes like stink"...says Captain Slow !

Only in countries that doesn't know the difference (mine included)....

She nailed GM. . .a car designed by committee. Bean counters who just killed the new Caddy, too. So close but they just can't quite ever do it right.

On this weeks show.....James May goes on an awkward date

While captain slow is thoroughly unamusing, you wouldn't catch me dead watching those stupid frat boys on top gear US.. not to mention the Stig?!

I bet at some point they both ordered oatmeal with no syrup or sugar.

GM will brand it based on the market they're in. Vauxhall in UK, Opel in the rest of Europe, Holden in Australia, Buick in North America, etc.

nope vauxhall is just the UK (and australien?) version of opel cars - well most times look up on wikipedia for more - i dont know it exactly

They did not try to make you believe DAF was British. They just lined up stuff that is produced in Britain, regardless of brand origin.