▁V aux hall ▁V ect ra ▁as ▁the ▁least ▁satisfying ▁car ▁to ▁own ▁in ▁Britain . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁the ▁V aux hall ▁marque ▁was ▁ranked ▁last ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁magazine ' s ▁customer - s atisf action ▁survey . ▁The ▁V aux hall ▁range ▁received ▁particular ▁criticism ▁for ▁break down s , ▁build - quality ▁problems , ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁mal ad ies , ▁which ▁meant ▁that ▁quality ▁did ▁not ▁reflect ▁sales ▁success . ▁Nevertheless , ▁V aux hall ▁was ▁compet ing ▁strongly ▁in ▁the ▁sales ▁charts , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁was ▁closer ▁to ▁Ford ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁sales ▁figures ▁than ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁years . ▁▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁V aux hall ▁entered ▁the ▁sports ▁car ▁market ▁with ▁the ▁Lot us - based ▁V X 2 2 0 ▁road ster . ▁It ▁re - enter ed ▁the ▁coup é ▁market ▁with ▁the ▁A stra ▁C oup é . ▁The ▁new ▁Ag ila ▁city ▁car ▁and ▁a ▁second - gener ation ▁ ▁C ors a ▁super min i ▁also ▁went ▁on ▁sale . ▁On ▁ 1 2 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁V aux hall ▁announced ▁that ▁car ▁production ▁at ▁its ▁L ut on ▁plant ▁would ▁ce ase ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁with ▁the ▁final ▁vehicle ▁being ▁made ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁following ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁production ▁of ▁the ▁V ect ra ▁B ▁and