All Vauxhall Agila reviews

"Just about the most fun it's possible to cram into 350 centimetres ?."

Let's get it out in the open to spike the guns of those bar room 'experts'. Yes, the Vauxhall Agila is based on a Suzuki Wagon R+. Note the word 'based', for the Agila isn't merely a badge-engineered version of Suzuki's phenomenally successful city runabout, but instead a model in its own right. What's more it was revised a while back to offer a little more sophistication to those who could never quite square the co...

"Just about the most fun it's possible to cram into 350 centimetres"

We get a lot of very desirable vehicles through the road test department. Porsches, Maseratis, Ferraris and the like come and go yet there's always an unseemly scramble for the keys whenever a Vauxhall Agila arrives. At first it seems ridiculous. What could a cheap car that looks like a shoebox possibly offer a bunch of motoring hacks weaned on some of the finest cars money can buy? In short, fun and lots of it. Wherea...

The Agila marked Vauxhall's first foray into the citycar market, and although it was a new venture for the British company, it was far from a brand new model, being in effect a rebadged Suzuki Wagon R+ albeit with a pair of engines not shared with its Japanese counterpart. In many ways the Agila legitimised the boxy tall citycar, as examples had been offered here for some years by manufacturers such as Daihatsu and Suzuki but had been viewed with suspicion. The Agila has sold in reasonable nu...

The Agila marked Vauxhall's first foray into the citycar market, and although it was a new venture for the British company, it was far from a brand new model, being in effect a rebadged Suzuki Wagon R+ albeit with a pair of engines not shared with its Japanese counterpart. In many ways the Agila legitimised the boxy tall citycar, as examples had been offered here for some years by manufacturers such as Daihatsu and Suzuki but had been viewed with suspicion. The Agila has sold in reasonable nu...

Vauxhall Is In The City Car Business With Help From The Japanese. June Neary Tries One For Size...

People are taller and larger than they were just a few decades ago and, it seems our cars have followed suit. Certainly, today's Corsa seems a lot larger than its Nova predecessor or, come to that, Vauxhall's original 1960s Viva which, of course, I'm too young to remember. Increasing Western influence means the Japanese are getting bigger, too. Yet their crowded cities and draconian parkin...