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Originally Posted by Ssom
ZC's aren't that bad, hardly Honda-quality, but improved on the JS at least. Fords quality improvements (Reliability of the Focus and post '00 Mondeo has been more or less Japanese levels) that began with the Focus in 1999 have forced Opel/Vauxhall to lift their game, in the same way GM in the States had to.
The quality yardstick for the Insignia would be the AH Astra rather than the ZC Vectra. I recall you saying somewhere that you dealt with warranty claims for Holden, but I don't know of any serious ZC issues outside of dirty oil clogging the lubrication jet in 2.2's (And snapping cam-chain) and the infamous parking brake debacle on the manuals, perhaps you could enlighten me as to the rest.
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Hmmm....how do I put this? Our techs usually do a quick paper / rock / scissors when one gets towed in (esp an import).
Do some checking on Auto gearbox issues and also troublesome modules / software updates. If I were offered a ZC for $15k and a Epica for $15k I would go for the Epica.
Don't get me wrong, the Vectra CDXi V6 Manual was a vey cool, fast car but to own one out of warranty could get quite expensive quickly
I find it hard to believe that the TS / AH Astra, which were /are very reliable, and the ZC Vectra could come from the same manufacturer.