Vauxhall Nova Reviews

I had a Vauxhall Nova for a period of 18 months. I found it to be a very reliable car and very cheap to run and maintain providing up to 40 to the gallon if drove sensibly. These are around to buy pretty cheap i managed to pick mine up with 6 months mot for £120 tax, and insurance will also be on the cheaper side with the little 1.1 ...  Read the complete review

My experience of having a vauxhall nova. Well, it was my second car my first being a fiesta 1.1, i bought this vauxhall nova off ebay for £350 it was a J-reg 1.2i luxe plus. When i got it home it smelt of petrol constantly even after scrubbing it inside out. So when i had it on the drive way i noticed something leaking at the back of ...  Read the complete review

Well what can I say, what a car? I only had this car for about a year, this wasn’t because the car let me down or anything like that but I got a good offer for it off my mate and I was looking for a faster car, seen as I am a self confessed speed addict. This was however my first car, it was a simple Vauxhall nova 1.2i spin. Even this ...  Read the complete review

Fed up of getting the bus to uni everyday with the great unwashed ("Ey! 'Dis bus smells like an ale'ouse la!"), I decided to get myself a cheap car. I ended up with a C Reg Nova 1.2 Merit, which was bought from an old family friend and mechanic! It was in Everton blue! It had 1970's Opel Manta Alloys! It had a full ...  Read the complete review

Ahhh. I like Novas. People always seem to look at me strange when they ask what my next car will be and i reply "a Nova". I'm currently the happy (ish - come on to that later) owner of a 1991 J reg 1.2 Nova Merit, and have been since October 2000. Purchased with about 54k miles on the clock, it's now pushing 91k and so ...  Read the complete review

On passing my driving test, on 30th September 2002, my mum finally let me have her old Vauxhall Nova merit. Its a kinda mint green, 5 door, F reg (1989),1.4 My mum had it due to economy of petrol, cheaper tax, generally cheaper to run. My mum brought the car for £500, and gave it to me for free, fully MOT'd. ...  Read the complete review

My name's Chris. thompson. I first bought a 1ltr Nova in 2000. It was my first car and was a low milage G reg mk 1! I learned to drive in that car and once I had passed my test I started to modify it. The car never faultered once in the 2 years of ownership and made way for a modified Nova GSi! in 2002! I would recomend a Vauxhall Nova to ...  Read the complete review

Question. 1. What was the best thing Vauxhall did? 2. What was the worst thing Vauxhall did? Answers. 1. Introduced the Nova 2. Changed the Nova for the Corsa! Answers that a lot of people would give when asked those 2 questions. And with good reason. Vauxhall’s baby, The Nova. Let lose on the Roads in the ...  Read the complete review

Our 1.3 Nova 5 door was a nightmare, we bought it brand new from our local main Vauxhall dealer and were very disappointed. It wore out brake pads every couple of months, the windscreen wiper link broke, the rear windscreen washer broke, the driver door bent! it developed serious rust problems at the bottom of the doors, around the front ...  Read the complete review

Well it wasn't exactly champagne but I couldn't resist the title! My old, dear, departed Nova was certainly a super car though, lasting well past it's 200,000 mile. I am not one for giving a car a name, but I had my Nova so long that I did get almost affectionate towards it, I said ALMOST! I bought ...  Read the complete review

LATEST: Here are the pics of my Nova after my near death experience...point your browsers to: http://novapics.cjb.net UPDATE: My little Nova is no more - I mis-judged a bad corner at around 50mph last Friday (27th April 2001) morning and it ended up going head-on into a wall. It is now rather crumpled and there isn't much left of it. ...  Read the complete review

I have in the past owned a B plate nova 1.2. When i first got it i liked it but the longer i had it, the more i hated it. Where shall i start, how about the brakes, i have heard countless amounts of people saying that nova brakes could be better, well i think that is an understatement. I found that round about a town the brakes were ...  Read the complete review

I have recently passed my test and bought a vauxhall nova, there are people that think this great little cars are terriable and that they are only for rude boys. I completely dis-agree with this ridiculas opinion because they make great first cars. There is many good points for the nova, as well as bad points. The good points are ...  Read the complete review

Well, this may not be the latest car on the market with the most gadgets but it is a pure beast and a dream machine. This machine is a brilliant car for those pure garage geezas and it is brilliant for playing loud beats in and smoking joints. This is acar for all ghettos to have and it goes well with your medallions and sovereigns. This ...  Read the complete review

I recently passed my driving test, and at the age of 17 I fancied having a car but needed something that would be cheap to buy, run, insure (arrrgggghhh insurance) and Tax, etc. This is where the local paper came in. At the time I had no major preference as to which car I purchased, I just wanted a car to get me to school and keep me dry whilst ...  Read the complete review

I think the vauxhall nova is the best hot hach of all time also the best production boy racers car with tones of mod and loads of street credit making it the ultimate boy racers car. i currenly own a nova 1400SR which iv done up this year ,novadose body kit nissan sunny GTIR bonnet vent and Z3 side vents,cobra alam, mondeo RS roof ...  Read the complete review

Last month I brought myself a new car but I did not want to part with 'old faithful'. She was a dirty brown Vauxhall Nova 1.1. I had her for 2 years and each and every day, when that key was inserted, she would always start. Come rain or shine, she was very reliable. She was old too. Sporting a 'Y' plate ...  Read the complete review

The little car that I have always wanted to drive came to be in my control about 3 months ago after a successfull driving test. The red Nova, (a deteriorated D reg)had been my mums for 6 years and I never thought it would get to be mine. However where there's more rust than metal there is more character than any other car. Yes it is ...  Read the complete review

I have had two experiences with Novas and both have been great, my first a 500 pound 1.2L, great cheap fun car, ideal for beginners, my next a 1,3SR even more fun and still cheap. Look out for rust on older models espeically round the rear arches, and bottom of doors on 3 door versions. The sporty models such as the SR and GTE are now rare for ...  Read the complete review

I have had five Novas and they have all ran well. The may be old but they are not as slow as you make think. the Nova is a brill car for running about in. They are a great car simply because the insurance is fairly cheap on them which is a great advantage, they are cheap to keep on the road and repair - cos they do need a bit of T L C, but what ...  Read the complete review