Vauxhall Cavalier

The Vauxhall Cavalier is a 2-door coupé / 2-door saloon / 4-door saloon / 3-door hatchback from Vauxhall, built from 1975 to 1995, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Under the bonnet: 1256&nbsp.

The story

The Vauxhall Cavalier is a large family car that was sold primarily in the United Kingdom by Vauxhall from 1975 to 1995. It was based on a succession of Opel designs throughout its production life, during which it was built in three incarnations. The first generation of Cavalier, launched in 1975 and produced until 1981, was Vauxhall's version of the General Motors 'U-Car' — essentially an Opel Ascona B/Opel Manta with a few minor visual differences.

The second generation of Cavalier, launched in 1981 and produced until 1988, was launched simultaneously with the identical new generation of Opel Ascona, which was sold across the world in various guises on the GM "J-Body platform". The third and final generation of Cavalier, launched in 1988 and produced until 1995, was a rebadged Opel Vectra A with the same production span. Cavaliers for the UK market were predominantly built at Vauxhall's Luton plant, but were also built alongside their Ascona/Vectra sister models at Opel plants in Continental Europe.

What is underneath

Power comes from 1256  other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 4-speed manual / 3-speed automatic. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Its place in the line

Its family tree is legible: its successor was the Vauxhall Vectra; assembly was at Luton, United Kingdom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Volkswagen Polo, the BMW 3 Series, the Hyundai Pony — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Vauxhall catalogue sit the Vauxhall 10-4 and the Vauxhall 30/98.

What it costs now

MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Vauxhall Cavalier has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.