The Vauxhall Belmont was a saloon car sold in the United Kingdom by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors between 1984 and 1991. It was essentially equivalent to a sedan version of the Opel Kadett E, whose other body styles were marketed in the United Kingdom as Vauxhall Astra. A Toyota Camry, a recognizable sedan The Ford Five Hundred, a medium-sized sedan A sedan car, American English terminology (saloon in British English), is one of the most common body styles of the modern automobile. ... Vauxhall Motors is a UK car company. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automaker Opel between 1937 and 1940, then from 1962 to 1992. ... Vauxhall Astra is a model-name which has been used by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors (GM), on their small family car ranges since 1979. ...

With hatchbacks now firmly established as the preferred bodystyle in small European family cars, there was less demand for saloons. So during the 1980s, many European manufacturers sold saloon versions of their big selling hatchbacks with different nameplates. Ford's saloon version of the Escort hatchback was badged the Orion and Volkswagen's Golf-based saloon was sold as the Jetta, so it seemed inevitable that Vauxhall/Opel would launch a saloon version of the award winning Astra/Kadett which went on sale across Europe in the autumn of 1984. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. ... The Ford Escort was a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ... The Ford Orion is a four-door saloon automobile model introduced by Fords European division on July 22, 1983. ... VW redirects here. ... VW Golf Mk. ... Vauxhall Astra is a model-name which has been used by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors (GM), on their small family car ranges since 1979. ... The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automaker Opel between 1937 and 1940, then from 1962 to 1992. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Vauxhall/Opel's answer to the Ford Orion and Volkswagen Jetta was the Belmont, which wore the Belmont badge in the UK. In the rest of Europe, Opel did not differentiate between the saloon and other models in the Kadett range. (In South Africa, it was called the Monza, not to be confused with the larger model sold in Europe.) Apart from the name it was very much a saloon version of the Astra. The only other major differences were extra rear legroom and a less gloomy interior, but the Belmont was almost as big as a Vauxhall Cavalier. It was mechanically identical to the Astra hatchback, using the same engines, chassis and suspension. The Ford Orion is a four-door saloon automobile model introduced by Fords European division on July 22, 1983. ... The Volkswagen Jetta is the sedan version of the compact car / small family car Volkswagen Golf, manufactured by Volkswagen since 1980. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... This article is about the European car manufacturer. ... The Vauxhall Cavalier was a large family car sold primarily in the UK by Vauxhall Motors, the British subsidiary of General Motors from 1976 to 1995. ...

When Vauxhall/Opel introduced an all-new Astra in the summer of 1991, the Belmont nameplate was shelved, having never being able to match its hatchback twin for sales success. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In late 2004, it was revealed that the Belmont was the most stolen car in the United Kingdom in terms of ratio stolen, with 1,978 vehicles stolen in 2003, which is around 1 out of every 10 Belmonts registered. At this time, an estimated 20,000 Belmonts remained on the road.