Wednesday 9th April 2008

Sign Of The Times

Vauxhall reinvents the Griffin badge (a bit)

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Stuck on the noses of everything from a Nova SR to a Monaro VXR, the Vauxhall Griffin badge is a familiar sight.

But now the Griffin has been given a makeover and will make its first appearance on the company’s Vectra replacement, the Insignia.

The car will make its debut at the British International Motor Show in July and the new badge will appear on all new Vauxhall models after that.

And if you were just thinking that the new Griffin is just a badge re-design, you are sadly mistaken.

Bill Parfitt, Vauxhall’s Managing Director, explained: ‘While the new-look Griffin pays homage to our 100 year-plus manufacturing heritage in the UK, it also encapsulates Vauxhall’s fresh design philosophy, first showcased in the current Astra, and set to continue with Insignia.’

I can't help thinking it looks like something the commander of a spaceship might have stuck on his uniform in a sci-fi flick, but I'm guessing that's just me.

Interestingly the ‘first public airing’ of the new badge is not until summer at Vauxhall’s HQ in Luton. We can’t wait…

[sniff petrol]

"A Vectra by any other name..."

[ibiza_warrior]

I think it looks quite good, pleasing to the eye, the other one was a bit too "busy"

[Northern-Loop]

From another site

FireFox:



ThunderCats:


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Edited by Northern-Loop on Wednesday 9th April 10:33

[scubadude]

Hmmm.... "Vauxhall Thudercat" and "Vauxhall Firefox" both sound better than VXR and Insignia!!

(Bet they'd be naughty RWD, tail happy beaties of Australian origin as well!- More hooligan cars please Vauxhall?)

[Oli S]

ThunderCats:




That was it - Thudercats!

[posterboy]

Someone said Vauxhall?

[bob1179]

Do GM/Vauxhall still make cars in the UK or do they now only make engines?

I'm sorry to ask, but I was thinking this the other day and don't really have a clue after all that fiasco at Luton a few years ago.



Edited to add, and what ever happened to Bedford?

Edited by bob1179 on Wednesday 9th April 10:41

[cvegas]

Ellesmere Port manufactures both the Vectra and Astra.

Lutton manufactures commercial vehicles.

[johnaachen]

Now my VX220 Turbo has nothing to fear when it encounters the Lotus badge snobs!!

:-)

[Baffled Spoon]

The design of the badge is becoming more Holden-esque just like the cars, which can only be a good thing imo.

[Frimley111R]

This was in Auto Express a couple of weeks ago. Some of the news on here is getting so olld they'll be announcing that BMW have bought Rover soon!

Come on PH, get your arses moving!!!

Nice Vauxhall badge though.

[bob1179]

cvegas said:

Ellesmere Port manufactures both the Vectra and Astra.

Lutton manufactures commercial vehicles.

Cheers for that cvegas, I though it had all stopped in the UK, I totally forgot about the Ellesmere Port factory.

[chunkymonkey71]

bit of a tenuous link here, but is the new Corsa the same size as the Astra..?

it certainly looks it. its HUGE!

As for the badge... polish... turd...

[Ravell]

Baffled Spoon said:

The design of the badge is becoming more Holden-esque just like the cars, which can only be a good thing imo.

Now just to change the name, the marketing, the design and the management and we might just have a decent car manufacturer. Oh, screw that, I'll jst by a different car!

Edited by Ravell on Wednesday 9th April 11:28

[huge]

Frimley111R said:

........ Some of the news on here is getting so olld they'll be announcing that BMW have bought Rover soon!

Holy st !!!....when did that happen ????

[hirsty27]

I think they should de-invent the badge (a bit)

What was ever wrong with the old one?..

[GAFF1974]

"Vauxhall’s fresh design philosophy"?? Thought everything was designed by Opel.

[stackofire]

All they do in Vauxhall factories is ripping the badges off from Opels and sticking their own on. Why people call Vauxhall a British car manufacturer. There's nothing British about them, they just Opels (or Holdens) with different badge and RHD. And it's so funny when I read that Vauxhall has presented their new car because they dont really designe cars nor engines, it's all done by bigger companies like Opel (in conjunction with GM) and they just stick their badge on it.

Edited by stackofire on Wednesday 9th April 12:20

[paolow]

stackofire said:

All they do in Vauxhall factories is ripping the badges off from Opels and sticking their own on. Why people call Vauxhall a British car manufacturer. There's nothing British about them, they just Opels (or Holdens) with different badge and RHD. And it's so funny when I read that Vauxhall has presented their new car because they dont really designe cars nor engines, it's all done by bigger companies like Opel (in conjunction with GM) and they just stick their badge on it.

Edited by stackofire on Wednesday 9th April 12:20

the opel badge is cooler too.........

[morgrp]

Here's an idea for the new vauxhall badge:

Edited by morgrp on Wednesday 9th April 12:30