Everyone's reading the Belmont Express

[Zantimisfit]

As part of our current  house decontenting process (anyone want anything that you might find in a house that is of zero value and should have been chucked out 20 years ago, let me know....its yours!), I came across this 'newspaper' celebrating the launch of Vauxhalls ungainly new Belmont. Its an 8 page broadsheet full of compelling reasons to acquire Vauxhalls latest wondercar although its noticable that it doesn't contain any photos of the opposition, for reasons I can't comprehend.

 

 

 

Someone on here must have a Vauxhall Belmont, the  car that introduced a whole new genre between the 'saloon' and the 'hatchback'......the 'hunchback'. If you want it let me know, otherwise I'll send it to the National Archives in Kew (via the bin!)

[Austin-Rover]

Ooh, that's great! Can I have it, please?

[D Spares & Tyres]

I met one recently

 

I had the misfortune to be behind it travelling at 25mph in a 60 recently

 

Managed to over take him then got a load of flashy light abuse off the old codger!

[Zantimisfit]

Ooh, that's great! Can I have it, please?

 

Of course. Message me your address and I'll stick it in the post

 

Do you "have a friend" who has a Belmont??

[Dirk Diggler]

More Belmonts than Astras here; but, of course, we don't drive that Vauxhall rubitch

 

Obviously far classier Kadettes and Kadette saloons; mostly in fire breathing 1.2 flavour

[MrDuke]

There's a mint-looking Mk3 Belmont (were they still a badged 'thing' then?) up for £450 in the next village. Tenuous link, sorry.

 

Back on topic, I love the luggage shot in that promo - I have honestly never seen suitcases that small, ever.

[New POD]

And yet the Mk3 Saloon was so much nicer

 

 

http://www.carmag.co.za/road_test/from-the-archives-ope-kadett-200-ts/

[Asimo]

I remember those Belmonts as courtesy cars, I thought they were bloody good, and the boot really was huge.

 

But I like saloons. Hatchbacks are too compromised for me.

[New POD]

I remember those Belmonts as courtesy cars, I thought they were bloody good, and the boot really was huge.

 

But I like saloons. Hatchbacks are too practical compromised for me.

 

EFA 

 

Yesterday I needed to take an old gas cooker to the tip.  I had the choice of 3 cars.  Mx5 - strange but boot is too small. Omega Saloon - Should have bough the "Caravan" or lastly Bini - It Just fitted.

[HMC]

I've always wanted one of these in CD trim. Velour and pinstripe coach lines, what's not to like?

[Dave_Q]

That's ace, cheers for the scan. 

 

Sadly I probably wouldn't have bought a Belmont based on this info alone - it simply doesn't mention the class leading aerodynamics or the drag co-efficient of 0.32 quite enough times to win me over.

[Pillock]

I was lent a Mk3 Saloon in 2.0 CD spec when my 1973 Beetle was in the garage to have a few more month of life teased out of it.

 

I took it down to London to go to a punk festival (dead punk me, turning up in a car with faux wood door cappings and velour trim). Every time I hit 90mph the EML came on. I phoned the garage when I got there and he said "that only comes on when you're going too fast. Stop going so fast".

 

It was lovely though. I did Nottingham to Cambridge to London to Cambridge to Nottingham, and it just lapped it up. Quick, comfy and quite nice to nap in on the A14 when I realised exactly how tired I was.

[r.welfare]

I bought a Belmont 1.8 GLSi about 10 years ago for £51. It was metallic brown, and went like a cut snake. Interstellar gearing too, indicated 90mph in 5th was 3500rpm.

 

The boot was big all right, but nothing like the cavern fitted to the Mk2 VW Jetta.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

After looking at a Belmont SRI, my father decided he'd prefer a Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia, and duly took delivery of one as his company car. Headroom in the back was one of the factors, iirc.

That was in 1987.

[Guest Hooli]

I took it down to London to go to a punk festival (dead punk me, turning up in a car with faux wood door cappings and velour trim). Every time I hit 90mph the EML came on. I phoned the garage when I got there and he said "that only comes on when you're going too fast. Stop going so fast".

 

 

Laugh.

[sierraman]

The Belmont had the dubious honour of britains most stolen car at one point.