Vauxhall Ampera (Team Review) - Fifth Gear
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2016
- The team test out the hybrid Vauxhall Ampera.
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A freakin 6 for driving it stupidly fast like no one in this world would do (certainly the intended market wont). Thats a solid 2 for the journalism sir.
the Volt should've looked like this.
agreed
Yeah!
Buick should have gotten the Ampera for the US market.
That's the Saturn flexstream with Saturn having been shut down its got a vauxhall/Opel badge
2003SaturnFan
Not really. At this time Saturn did not have any money or budget to make an original concept. But Opel did Look up "Opel Ampera". The Saturn version was to give Saturn something to make it worth something again.
I really like the idea of range-extended electric vehicles, seems like you get all that's good in a traditional electric car, without the range anxiety.
Also they were very expensive new, but they're more reasonably priced in the used market
Six years later, and this is the car I think I'll get next when they get down to £5K
It's currently £6.5K or so. The Hyundai Kona is about the same price this was, six years ago on the used market. That's really the better car but I'm not going to spend £16K on a car tbh
I never realized that Vauxhall sold a re-branded Volt. That front end- it's like they shipped over a Volt, picked on it, and told it "We're calling you an Ampera, and we don't care if you like it", which made it cry and made it's eyeliner run.
you know the ampere was released just before the volt XD
Ben Landvatter it isn't a Volt. It is basically a rebadged Opel Ampera for the UK market.
and europ :P
@Phulax: Yes it is, both the Vauxhall & Opel (& Holden) are rebadged/rebranded Chevy Volt's for the UK/European/Australian markets.
@@Henry0870 from what I've read it's more than rebadged; they also made changes to the powertrain for the European market, like the ICE is different from the USDM models.
Testing a hybrid on a race track and complains that he can't power out of corners😂
Well you can power out of corners in the Ampera, it's got a lot of low down torque like most electric cars. You can't if you've already ran the battery down though, which by the time Tiff got his turn they had done.
Dave Fish and put the drive mode on sport mode then you can go through speed🍺😁❗️
Unusually high score and Jonny was so impressed he bought one :)
Really? I didn't know that.
So first you empty the battery and THEN you try to race the thing around the track? great plan!
These car show are all presenter arent they, and so ignorant of the technology involved.
The point is that it shows how stupid it is to combine electric and petrol !!
@@nasen2727 This is the only EV that makes sense until the infrastructure catches up.
@@phillipjones3439 Or that you clearly don't understand how this car works.
OH YM GOSH, is THAT really Johnny from FullyCharged??? :D What an utter surprise!
I may not be a fan of EV, but Extended Range EV is definitely the one I'll choose instead of a standalone battery power.
Now I can afford one (and have bought one) I see quite how dumb Tiff’s review is. Under any normal spirited use, including full throttle acceleration from a series of roundabouts, the car maintains the battery level using regen and increased engine power once at speed, even if ev mode battery is depleted. This works as long as you aren’t accelerating all the time and also better off you brake more gently. If you want to be an imbecile, hold or mountain mode would prioritise charging the battery more on the straights so would maintain power better. Context: my other car is an Elise; I don’t hang about, and this car is great.
Hey look it the Chevy Volt!! Oh, I, I mean it's a Vauxhall Ampera.
Before, all I thought was this is a rebadged Chevy Volt. After I watched this video, I wished they sold the Chevy Volt exactly like this.
if you're planning on a track day ... keep it in hold or mountain mode to preserve the charge. It is a good idea to occasionally draw down the power to "propulsion power reduced" to help balance the battery cells - but for 99% of your driving - you can use the mixed driving modes to prevent the car from reaching that point unless you just don't understand how it was meant to work.
I like the baby Fisker! It’s a nice car!
A 6 really ?
just bought one of these, for less then £9000, free road tax, not bought any petrol as the tank is half full and only there if i need it. drives great and packs a punch with the 150bhp electric motors and if and when on petrol there is still no sound as the engine runs on tick over as that generates enough power to cruise at town speeds. My Bmw was costing me £90 a month in running costs fuel and tax. Amazing car and now affordable. go find one a take a test drive. They only sold in the uk for 3 years 2012-2015
In the United States we just go the next gen. It's based off of the Chevrolet Volt. I own a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ. When I bought my new truck the dealership or garage as you guys like to call it had one in stock, I really liked the look of the new one's.
So whats the furthest you've driven it on a single run. I do quite alot of trips that are 270 miles. Would it be able to do that?
330 mile range
jesters600 so is that range just the battery? And can u just fill the fuel tank and carry on or would you have to charge the batteries?
jesters600 ..i bought a brand new one for six years.. It is a Very solid car and driving very frugal.
In the us, you can see on RUclips they are driving 500,000 miles or more. No problems. My average is 1 liter at 100 km‼️ (lifetime) and driven 86000 km ... So very good
I never thought to look up the Ampera, it looks so much better than the Volt
It looks like something trying to be modern from 10 years ago. And £34,000 even with discount!
Exactly. Reminded me of the 1st gen Prius which came out almost 20 years ago!
£34k in 2012 yes. They don't make them any more so you can't buy a new one, but you can pick up a used one with not many miles on it for about £12k these days. Amazing value *if* you can find one.
I bought mine 2 years ago.
14 plate Positive, 33,000 miles, FSH, £12,500 from a Vauxhall dealer.
Best car I’ve ever had. Absolutely love it.
Simon Henley You were robbed.
April 2017, on Autotrader with about 100,000 miles on them they're around £10k...
I’ve only seen his car on the road about 2 or 3 times. Most the time I’ve seen this car is on the Internet. 😂
Looks like the Chevy Volt here in the states. I swear those are the exact rims on the Focus ST here lol
That's not surprising since Vauxhall is owned by GM
I'm pretty sure it is a Volt, just with some small differences. There both made by GM.
It is a volt underneath. it shares the same batteries,motor,etc
Yep. It's the same Volt that was released in 2011.
Same car. Different nose and badges.
This is what we have it’s fantastic
Funny that this tech has been around since the 1950's in diesel electric locomotives.
I would be nice to see in description when it was filmed/aired. Otherwise it's always confusing.
I watched this in late 2011.
Yeah werd they are uploading this in 2016 with no context??
They stopped selling new Amperas 2 years ago so you can't even buy one.
The Ampera is like a replica or the Chevy Volt in like 2014
I love Tiff. Drive stupid, and the Ampera lets you have it. Finally a car that puts Tiff in the naughty spot. LOL.
So are 5th gear RUclips only now?
do a review on a tesla model s
so the question is would they give the Chevy the same scores? my guess is no even though it's the same car but it doesn't have a Euro badge on it.
it is the chevrolet volt - vauxhall is own by general motors
Prettier than any Prius, promising technology - seems the business model to succeed is simply not there which is scary if I was a shareholder.
Was this made before or after the Chevrolet Volt, because it looks like a rebadged Chevy volt. with a body kit.
Made around the same time, and it looks like the volt because it basically is. GM owns Opel who own Vauxhall
It's no longer made, GM stopped making RHD Amperas 2 years ago and LHD ones last year. But when it was being made they used to make UK Amperas, EU Amperas and Volts all on the same production line in Detroit. The only thing different between them all are the wheels, the front bumper and the grille.
its way better looking and will retain its looks over the years compared to any gen of the crappy prius
Should have put it in Mountain mode!
Naa, call it the Killer-Watt
New Ampera is great
Life pre-Tesla.... How far EVs/hybrids have come (Jan 2021)
Tiff is the best, silly funny
almost 10 years old..
You fuck... you ain't lying! The concept is 9 years old, the first pre-production was seen in 2009.
+Simon Liu january 2017 new model..better looks
the number plate says L8 VXL = late vauxhall. Which is what will happen to you if you drive this car.
ampera? from palembang, indonesia
It is a exact copy of the chevorlet volt
AKA Chevy Valt.
It´s not even available at my country, and in here you have to pay a diesel tax for every car which runs on anything else than petrol, so to owning that car would cost me and lot. And diesel tax for average car like Mercedes E-class/BMW 5-series is like 600€/year. And that´s probably the reason why Opel has not bring that in here.
At that price.....I'm going to go for a civic R-type or a 2 Chevrolet cruze or 2 Honda Accord :))........It's so unfunctional that I've seen one/two in my whole county :))
Only ever saw two, a bit of a flop really, bit like the MG6 which bombed too...!
78.75%. 78.75%!!!!
2 of them an 8 Johnny a 9.5,Tiff.......a 6.a little difference of opinion here?cant understand it.maybe a 7 Tiff?
it's Chevy volt with Toyota/lexus cosmetics
It's beyond me why this car and concept isn't being built any more by Vauxhall/Opel. Tiff is so silly, it isn't a race care !!!!!
My brother recently got this. He drives to work 23 miles and 23 miles back and uses zero petrol. He does close to 20,000 miles a year and uses very little petrol and is able to charge on 5p/KWh night time electric which means 1p a mile for electricity rather than 10p a mile for petrol
I really think they had a great idea with this car. 50 mile electric range is really good for 95% of people 95% of the time!
wtf are they on about, the most good looking vauwhall. in a while? wtf they havent made, an cars that dont look like shit. since the astra h
total flop! pretty sure its discontinued now here in the uk. not surprised at that price no one bought it, half the price people bought a prius
It's a relaxed car not a race car. Buy a sport car if you want to power out corners....
50 mile range? Why bother putting it on the market. Does it charge other than via the petrol genny?
i think it runs for 50 miles and then it's charged via the petrol engine meaning it probably achieves some massive MPG (apparently well over 100), oh and yeah there's a charging cable
During the period it's recharging from the petrol generator there's limited performance though? I'm keen for electric vehicles but they have to be functional in the same way as what we currently have.
It has no performance limitation on any mode. It runs on fully electric mode for about 50 miles which in my case (and in most people's) is enough for my day to day driving. I go months without using a drop of petrol. Then, whenever you need to do long distance trips, you can do so without any limitation. I bought mine in the Netherlands and drove it to Portugal (1500 miles) without stopping for a charge. In this "test" they managed to fully deplete the battery and then proceeded to completely trash the car. Obviously it went into a limited power mode. It was never designed to be trashed around a track for God knows how long... Even so, had they used the 'Mountain' mode, the car would most likely have been able to cope with the trashing about.
If you are interested in picking up a used one, now is the right time to do so, as many are coming of leases and as such you can easily find a properly maintained one.
So there is a limited power mode that is tripped by some depleted battery parameter. Not enough range for here in Australia. For me, anyway. How did you do 1500 miles if they couldn't last a day?
You just fill up the (small 35 litre/ 9,24 US gal) gas tank every 500 to 600 km/ 310 mlie to 372 mile. Average is about 42 mpg.
I own an Ampera for 18 months now, never ever had the limited power message, but then again, I don't race with it on a track at high speeds.....
BTW, this is an old video, from 2012, This model Ampera (and 1st gen Volt) are no longer in production.
"I bought a Ampera", said NO ONE EVER !
The Chevy Volt is actually fairly popular here, in the States. I'd take a Volt over a Prius anyday. 'Murica.
ThatOneGuy I've yet to see a single one of these on UK roads
+KEYZER SOZE The production company for that movie, "The World's End," must have bought them all.
I bought an Ampera (used - they're a bargain now)
I've seen a couple. But they only sold 1,200 Amperas here in the UK during the entire 4 years they were on sale. Probably the biggest flop Vauxhall ever sold.
tiff's just mad cuz his power got cut
Blame the overzealous laws that states that all shipped goods with Lithium batteries must not have a charge over 20%
its actualy a chevrolate volt
Vauxhall: cars for people who neither know about cars nor care about them.
I think the Ampera is the exception. Yeah your average Astra is pretty yawn inducing, but even as a car enthusiast I am seriously considering one of these as my next daily driver.
I never saw any Ampera
this must be old. it totally failed over here and they're not importing the new one
The Prius in 25k
As we see when Tiff got the Wheel this Car is NOT a sporty thing, it’s a cruiser, max distance for minimum outlay, but, it’s as interesting as Grass.
I wish they would stop calling it an electric car. it is actually a plug in hybrid.
It's a range extender!
+Ben Which is called a plug in hybrid like the Mitsubishi Outlander
+JustAnotherBigAl a plug in hybrid propels the car with the engine whereas a range extender uses the engine to generate electricity to drive the motors.
Here's a hint. Go to Wikipedia and type in 'plug-in hybrid' and read the definition. Here's a quote "The Chevrolet Volt is the world's all-time top selling plug-in hybrid"
Sorry, I have to re-educate you (again). There are many types of hybrid systems. The two main ones are 'parallel' and 'series' hybrid systems. A parallel hybrid system has and internal combustion engine (ICE) and an electric motor which can be used together or independently to power the wheels. A series hybrid uses an electric motor to power the wheels while the ICE regenerates the battery. Check the Wikipedia page on 'hybrid vehicles'. Here's a quote; "Chevrolet Volt, a series hybrid plug-in hybrid, also called extended range electric vehicle (EREV)." Case closed, unless you again 'believe' that Wikipedia is 'wrong'
It's a mobile generator.
It’s a Chevy Bolt.
Volt
Put a Vauxhaull badge on it and suddenly everyone wants to buy a Chevy Volt
Not exactly, no. It's off the market now in UK And EU due to poor sales numbers.
In the 4 years they were on sale in the UK I think Vauxhall sold around 1,300 Amperas total.
Under the Opel badge in the EU they sold around 10k cars in the 5 years they were on sale.
Sadly sales were poor because Vauxhall never really advertised them and until last week I thought they were purely electric so far less practical for folks like me who have no off-street parking to allow home charging, nor anywhere at work to juice up. That makes the otherwise ideal Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe impractical for me as once a month I have a 150 mile round trip so they lack the range to do it without stopping for a few hours at a charging point and hoping I find a vacant one.
Only a few selected Vauxhall dealers were able to sell and maintain them, and I happen to live near what was likely the most important one, Vauxhall Wimbledon. But even their dealer displays as drove past thousands of times didn't make any reference to the range extender. Had I known I might have bought one, parked there for their free charging, and then pulled a folding bicycle out for the last mile to and from work.
they sold well didnt they pmsl
39k(-5k) for a vauxhall?... Never gonna happen. even with the discount it's a vauxhall for BMW 3 series money. only the most ardent tree-huggers out there are stupid enough to pay 34/39k for a vauxhall.
this is 5 years old...
Worse! so factor in inflation and it's even more expensive now.
p.s Published on 8 Sep 2016
You can't compare this concept to a usual 3 Series lool
FewFwe
It's a vauxhall. They are all shit.
DAGATHire BMW = Big money waste. Their quality is average at best.. Vauxhall already got them look up JD Report 2017 of German cars ;)
It's a Chevy Volt
Chevy volt
So basicaly its a hybrid
Servicing costs are INSANE. Can only be serviced by select dealers and they have you by the short and curlies.
Servicing costs normal price. I’m assuming you don’t own one or you would know this.
If it has an engine aswell as an electric motor its a plug in hybrid. Not pure electric.
Now test a Tesla Tiff. Mind blowing performance.
It's German so it want you to listen to it's orders
When you realise it's not from vauxhall and is a rebadged Chevy volt
It looks like a better looking Chevrolet Volt
It's just a A copy of The Volt (chevy)
6? really? lol
I was watching this video as I intended to see the review of the new Vauxhall Ampera that has approximately 300 miles purely electric. As I understand from the comment section on this video, this was originally filmed back in 2011 or something. Disliked.
its opel
Oh man, waaaaaaaaay better than the Volt. The Chevy looks like a dog!
Rebadged Chevrolet Volt.
Other way around
It's a glorified Chevy Volt.
Other way around?
What a crap review. What about space!!!!
Hideous.
Too expensive
Why do electric cars need to look ugly? Looks like a Prius!
It’s stupid and you can get an a class with that much money
But can your A-class do 6,100 miles to 1.0 mpg? I bought mine 2 years ago for 12,500 and because I can charge up at home and work, I use hardly any fuel which has saved me a fortune in fuel. Possibly up to £1,200 saved.
Electric cars are POINTLESS
Doesn't address 'climate issues' even remotely, more a politically motivated agenda in collaboration with automotive manufacturers
Where does electricity come from?
Answer = fossil fuel burning power stations hence more electric cars on the roads = higher demand on fossil fuel burning power stations
So how has this helped the environment?
Lol yeahhhh. I've owned a lot of cars and trust me electric is better in every way. Go test drive a Tesla and tell me you would want to drive anything else ever.
@@CousinSteve
A moronic comment by a brain dead fool. I never said electric cars were rubbish to drive, I said electric cars are POINTLESS when it comes to helping the environment because the pollution causing fossil fuel burning issue still exists!
These cars still need to be charged so where is the electricity coming from?????
From fossil fuel burning power stations
Helping the environment - my ass
I work in the department of 'political economy' in a prestigious London University, trust me, I know what I talking about buddy, this enormous push to go electric is a political agenda in tandem with auto manufacturers and absolutely fuck all to do with helping the environment
That is why I don't embrace battery-powered EVs.
A lot of power stations don’t burn fossil fuels anymore or will stop in the next five years or so.
@@Simon-wn2id
And an awful lot still do, Nuclear being a fossil fuel too and a very dangerous one at that.
Alternative green energy production technologies exist today and have done for decades but the oil production industry doesn't want to progress along those lines as it'll hit profits and the oil industry runs the world
Unless there are leaps in advancement in battery development, an electric car will remain pointless and NOT practical due to range
There are other much more significant issues with electric cars but that's another debate
I would have given it 0 and it was a flop
Chevy volt