What’s hot?

• Design. The Vauxhall Cascada is a big car with a sleek and unique style that’s been garnering rave reviews. It’s a genuinely beautiful machine that looks like nothing else on the road.
• Full four-seat luxury convertible configuration – a bold modern-day first for Vauxhall.
• Multi-layered fabric roof opens in 17 seconds, operated via the key fob or interior switch.
  

  

• Despite its near 4.7-metre length, the Cascada has  more compact-sector positioning giving it a strong price advantage compared with established rivals such as the BMW 3-Series Convertible and Audi A5 Cabriolet.
• The Vauxhall  2.0-litre CDTI engine provides an effective blend of power, torque, refinement and economy. And sub 140g/km CO2 emissions.
• Effortless cruising in long-legged top gear (with 6-speed manual box).
• On the motorway, through town or the twisties, the specially re-inforced Vauxhall Cascada body feels impressively taut, top up or down. Factor in  FlexRide, Vauxhall’s adaptive damping system, fitted as a £790 option to our test car, and the car’s trick HiPerStrut suspension.
• High quality interior features four extremely comfortable, good looking seats. Rear-seats electrically split-fold 50:50.
• Standard kit (with the Vauxhall Cascada Elite) includes 18-inch alloys, dual zone climate control (ECC), heated front sports seats with leather facings, Active rollover protection system, DMB digital radio and cruise control.

What’s not?

• For such a big car, boot space is not vast. Volume is 380 litres with roof up but just 280 litres with roof down. Access to the boot becomes narrow and quite restricted with the roof stowed.
• Rear visibility compromised by the folding roof’s narrow rear screen.
• The Cascada has plenty of clever tech – FlexRide damping, front parking sensors, rear view camera, advanced park assist, side blind spot alert, lane departure warning – and more, but they are all options.
• It’s a relaxing, satisfying drive, but not quite as sporting or as nimble as a BMW 3-Series