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Pocket Rocket Power For Cheap Money — great starting point for modifying, ease of parts, but finding a good one nowadays is rare. seriously fun in standard form but to get the full potential from this car spend money and get the 2 litre 16 valve engine

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

Pros: speed, looks, power

Cons: build quality

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Vauxhall Nova Sting — Handled exceptionally well, very light-weight but felt like sitting in a tin can. The fact that it was a sports edition probably helped. Build quatlity not excellent, but fine for the type of car. Reasonably cheap to run around town, not so good on long journeys. Parts very cheap - biggest bill less than £300.

Pros: Small, light, cheap

Cons: Bad reputation

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My First Motor — Can't knock it, got me mobile and never let me down, plenty of fond memories of my boy racer car :-)

Pros: Fun for a teenager

Cons: Unrefined (but it was a Nova, who cares)

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The First Car I Ever Bought. Loved It Then, Wish I Still Had It. — Bit of a Max Power chav stigma attached to the Nova SR now, but in its day. Great car for not much money.

Pros: Huge fun

Cons: Had to sell it for Marriage!!!

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Great First Car Totally Relible Can Take Punnishment — 1.2 diamond sr extras sunroof, electric windows, numerous amount of alloys, sr steering wheel, slammed on coil overs, k&n filter. 2 years of servere punnishment love it!

Pros: indistructable

Cons: only 1.2 engine

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Reviews From Other Years

1993 Vauxhall Nova Reviews

Nova Gte By Christian

acceleration abit slow but not bad for a small engine handling is ok but if its droped 60 mm than it is so much better but the gte is a better all round car an not alot of diffenents to gsi nova. Read More

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1992 Vauxhall Nova Reviews

i love it <3 and it was bare cheep its a 1.2 so its quite nippy for a little car and it will look sick wen its slamed 60mm just perfect for townie laps =] peace out my car friends x Read More

Vauxhall Nova By Kyle

I Think there brilliant little cars. There built to last and if you look after them properly, will go on for years. Performance aint too bad, with the SRi good for about 120mph, I had the 1.2i Luxe Pl... Read More

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1991 Vauxhall Nova Reviews

1991 Vauxhaul Nova 1.2 By Jill

Performance - not much horsepower and would shake quite a lot if you tried to go faster than 85mph. Build - not very protective in a crash (not that I would try). Apperance - was white and I actually... Read More

Good Cheap Motoring By Scott

nice little neally first motor cheap to run repair and insure cant fault it really Read More

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1990 Vauxhall Nova Reviews

Cracking Little Car By Andrew

top car 4 ragging about in. performance good down hill or once 30mins has passed on a straight flat road, build quality not too bad, interia, normally dirty but really good fun to drive, 1.2l 3 door 4... Read More

Iconic 80's Supermini By Craig3405

I hate the sunroof squeak, it makes the build quality seem worse than a Saxo. The heating is poor. My final drive in the gearbox is too high, making motorways a chore. I actually find it hard to pa... Read More

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1988 Vauxhall Nova Reviews

Nova's Taking Over By Gary

I like my car cos its sweet and nice size. I'm going to change the engine from 1.2 ltr to 2.0 ltr. It's joy ride. I'm going to convert the body look to the one of the GTE and re-spray it. Read More

Nove 1.3 Sr, It Great Beginner. By Gareth

The Nova was the wifes first car. Although it was quite old it still ran great. A little underpowered compared to what we have owned but never the less it was a great first car. Read More

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