Advantages: Reliable, Large square loadspace Disadvantages: Expensive genuine parts
My girlfriend works in a florist’s and I regularly get roped in to help out with the deliveries whenever I’m available. The van they have for the task is a red, T registration Vauxhall Combo van. So because of my experience I have decided to write an opinion on it, and also I haven’t written one on a car for a while.
The cab is based on the ever-popular Corsa that unfortunately is immediately apparent as soon as you see them. As with many small vans on the market at the moment the van looks like it has had a square metal box bolted onto the back of it, much like the Fiesta based Courier.
The Combo is powered by the 1.9 Vauxhall diesel engine, although some of the earlier models may have the Isuzu power plant under the bonnet. The performance is more than adequate pulling well through all the gears ...
jmorley99 27.04.2002
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Vauxhall Combo
Advantages: Very versatile, easy to use, space saving Disadvantages: not the best playback quality I've seen
Ray Playback : No
Blu Ray Recording: No
Compact Flash Card: No
DTS Decoder: No
DVB-C: No
DVB-S: No
DVB-T: No
DVD Audio Playback: No
DVD Player / Recorder: DVD Recorder
DVD+R Playback: Yes
DVD+R Recording: No
DVD+RW Playback: Yes
DVD+RW Recording: No
DVD-R Playback: Yes
DVD-R Recording: Yes
DVD-RAM Playback: No
DVD-RAM Recording: No
DVD-RW Playback: Yes
DVD-RW Recording: Yes
DVI Interface: No
Digital Tuner: No
DivX Playback: Yes
Double Layer Recording: No
Electronic Program Guide (EPG): No
Ethernet: No
Firewire IEEE-1394 Interface: No
HD ready: No
HD-DVD Playback: No
HD-DVD Recording: No
HDMI Interface: No
HDTV: No
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television): No
Integrated VCR: DVD + VHS
MP3 Recording: No
MPEG4 Recording: No
Memory Stick: No
Multimedia Card: No
Number of Scart Interfaces: unknown
PCMCIA ...
Advantages: Cheap, Fast, Good quality, Good handling... Disadvantages: Can be prone to rust, like all other MK3's
In the 90's, "hot hatches" were all the rage, and a leading manufacturer, along with Renault and Peugeot, were Ford. The Fiesta has always been seen as one of the best selling and practical cars in its usual guise. Every so often however, car manufacturers suddenly have a "boy racer" streak and produce small, nippy little cars, capable of carrying its young passengers very simply, and very quickly into very big trouble!
The most popular models of the Fiesta range in the early to mid 90's were the RS Turbo's and XR2i's, with high power to weight ratios that made them all too popular with rebellious youths. With this in mind, insurance companies began to make these cars uninsurable to those under 21 years old, so a new spec model needed to be produced to please the younger, speed-obsessed market. This spec was called the Si.
The car ...
