Vauxhall Vectra - Pictures

With its purposeful side skirts and spoilers, plus bulging wheelarches, latest top-of-the-range load-lugging Vectra has immense road presence

Recaro seats are very supportive

six-speed sequential box standard

Vauxhall still has space to match its pace, with huge, practical load area

Despite big alloys, ride is smooth

New ECU part of upgrades to boost V6's performance

Twin tailpipes hint at increased pace on offer