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Vectra

Category: Vehicle Model
Wikipedia: Opel Vectra
Description: A car produced by General Motors and sold as an Opel, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, or Holden depending on the market.
Page Sections: History · Photographs

History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Opel Vectra page on 8 February 2026, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The Opel Vectra is a mid-size car (large family car) that was engineered and produced by the German automaker Opel from 1988 until 2010. Available in saloon, hatchback and estate (from model year 1997 onwards) body styles, the Vectra was also sold by the Vauxhall marque in the United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Cavalier from 1988 to 1995 and then as the Vauxhall Vectra from 1995 to 2008, and it was also sold by Holden in Australia as the Holden Vectra, by Chevrolet in Latin America as the Chevrolet Vectra.

The Vectra was introduced in October 1988 as a replacement for the Opel Ascona, and was itself replaced in November 2008 by the new Opel Insignia, the nameplate spanning three generations and almost twenty-one years.


Photographs

Vauxhall Vectra in a scrapyard in 2013 Subject:  Vauxhall Vectra in a scrapyard in 2013
Photographer/Source:  Matt Hubbard/Speedmonkey
Location:   United Kingdom
Article:  How To Save A Fortune By Getting Car Parts From A Scrapyard
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