Vauxhall Insignia reviews

I have had this car for 3 years (second hand). It has been trouble free. The economy is not as good as I thought it would be, but the performance is not bad. Discs were replaced about a year or so ago, a little early but this is a problem with modern pads!

Every year despite travelling less than average mileage I am required to top up approximately half a litre of oil around the 10th month following last service and about a quarter litre of coolant during same period. I have never experienced such an oil burner with any previous car. I also had to replace the rear brake discs at 24000 miles due to excessive scoring and despite this being a known fault for Vauxhalls they refused to reimburse me trying to cite my driving manner. I have managed 36,000 miles from my rear tyres and they had 3mm of tread when replaced so I'm hardly a boy-racer. Car is severely under-powered and labours considerably upon even the slightest incline and has a tendency to misfire ( found to be caused by badly corroded spark=plugs) Interior build quality is extremely nice with none of the squeaks I experienced with my last vehicle a Nissan 350z GT. would I buy another Insignia........probably not. Would I buy another Vauxhall........Not unless the offer was too good to refuse!

THE INSIGNIA SRI CDTI 2.0 AUTOMATIC I DRIVE IS FITTED WITH PUSH/PULL HAND CONTROLS. THE INSIGNIA IS VERY RESPONSIVE IN THE STEERING AND IS ALSO QUITE QUICK ON THE THROTTLE AND EXCELLENT ON THE BRAKES. i DRIVE AT 60/66 MPH AND GET AROUND 45/49 MILES TO THE GALLON AND AROUND 42 AROUND TOWN. CRUISING ON THE MOTORWAY CAN TAKE THE CONSUMPTION UP TO LOW 50'S PER GALLON. THE CAR IS ROOMY AND LIGHT . THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FRONT OF THE BONNET. THE CAR IS FITTED WITH PARKING SENSORS WHICH MAKE PARKING EXTREMELY EASY. I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE ANOTHER INSIGNIA SRI FOR MY NEXT CAR.

Good level of refinement. Excellent DAB Radio/CD Player. Good acceleration and comfort, however, not particularly good fuel consumption and expensive tyres (18" Alloys).

Overall the vehicle is exactly what we would expect it to be. We enjoy driving it.

Economical for a large car

poor economy despite careful driving. The Vectra I had previously had much better fuel efficiency

I needed a car with a large boot but don't like estates and this fits the bill I have found it nice to drive and reasonable fuel consumption I purchased it secound hand and felt it was good value for money I would certianly recommend it

Great looking car and performs well generally. Unfortunately I have had a number of problems on this car, namely on my third set of rear brakes at 38000 miles down to electric handbrake design, coolant leak due to faulty Pressure Cap, Coil set and plugs replaced at 40,000 miles, And now temperature and crankshaft sensors replaced at 41,000 miles. What next!!!! I would like to think that my experience was down to a Monday morning or Friday afternoon car.

Great looking car and performs well generally. Unfortunately I have had a number of problems on this car, namely on my third set of rear brakes at 38000 miles down to electric handbrake design, coolant leak due to faulty Pressure Cap, Coil set and plugs replaced at 40,000 miles, And now temperature and crankshaft sensors replaced at 41,000 miles. What next!!!! I would like to think that my experience was down to a Monday morning or Friday afternoon car.

Value for money motoring

Car generally ok but problem with reae brakes binding causing need to replace pads and discs prematurely at 50% worn. vauxhall Customer Care are poorly named and really did not want to know.

Great to drive on long journeys, very reliable and comfortable. Best car I've owned in 44 years of driving.

More than happy with it

very pleased with performance cheaper to run than my Lexus GS300 no problems so far boot space could be larger

a big step forward for vauxhall in terms of interior quality, comfortable & practical car.

vehicle is now four years old .I have owned it for just over twelve months and have found it to be one of the best, if not the best car i have owned.Have had top of the range company cars from all european manufacturers for many years before retiring. Reliable no problems to date, economical for a large car over 40mpg on local running around and 50mpg to 55mpg plus on long runs driving at legal speed limits.performance very good,seating comfortable and plenty of luggage space.

I bought the car because we need to accommodate up to 4 adults, one of whom, aged 92, has limited mobility. In that respect the purchase has been a success, and the enormous boot has been a boon (for example) when attending a wedding in mid-France with lots of fancy clothes or moving daughter to College in Oxford, or for dump trips. However, in the 21,000 miles I have driven it (from about 5000 when purchased to 26000 miles today) I have had to spend £ 200 on a new tonneau cover and £850 on repairs to the engine - the latter unfortunately just after the Vauxhall Warranty ran out. £ 1000 repairs on a car under 26,000 miles is unacceptable. Of more concern, however, is that despite having the engine tuned, despite normally driving with fuel economy in mind, and despite normally walking into town and thus avoiding short trips, it only averages 32-33 mpg.

The only issue I have with my currant car is, the small engine in a quite large family car. I do find that performance around my local area (mostly flat/rolling and on Motorways is very good and I get what I think for a Petrol car is very good fuel use, around 48 to 55 to the gallon. However when I go to the more upland areas of the country, places like the Lake District it does find hill climbing hard so I find myself often crawling up in 2nd gear sometimes even 1st. So the Car I buy will be the same car but a larger engine, as I am very happy with the make and model of car.

Generally happy with car does what I wanted for problem with heated seat took many attempts to rectify upgrade of ecu software caused the door mirror tilt function to be lost vauxhall uk stated they cannot restore this had to accept free service voucher