New Astra VXR gets 0-62mph time

[LiE]

Looks pretty good. I wonder how cheap these will be going for when they are a couple years old.

 

[Scania]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/vauxhall-astra-vxr-performance-2012-05-10

You'll have to read to find out .

I can't.

Were I to read it, people may think I actually give a ****!

 

[Joe T]

Are we to assume then that Vauxhall gave up making it drive as nicely as a Golf or handle like a Focus and decided to just go POWA!!!"!"!""$$$ instead?

Nope.

 

[NathWraith]

Are we to assume then that Vauxhall gave up making it drive as nicely as a Golf or handle like a Focus and decided to just go POWA!!!"!"!""$$$ instead?

I always get this impression from Vauxhall.

Hot hatches are going to become suddenly rubbish if they power keeps going up and up like this.

People are going to buy proper sport cars rather than 300bhp FWD hatches aren't they?

 

[-Ad-]

Stick to GD.

You've obviously not heard the induction noise which turbos make which isn't all that dissimilar with a jet engine, albeit on a smaller scale.

I like this new Astra. If only for the improved interior. The current one is horrid.

Turbos sound nothing like a jet engine, more like crystal meth addicted hooker slurping Twinings English Breakfast Tea through a straw.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Nope.

Nope.

Because you own one?

 

[Lashout_UK]

I'll be driving it on track and on the road next month so will let you know, unless anyone else gets in there before me!

 

[peterattheboro]

Turbos sound nothing like a jet engine, more like crystal meth addicted hooker slurping Twinings English Breakfast Tea through a straw.

Air being sucked in and blown out tends to have a similar noise

Turns you you can actually make a jet engine from a turbo!

Also.

When it comes on boost, hmmm what does that sound like?

 

[Scottland]

I always get this impression from Vauxhall.

Hot hatches are going to become suddenly rubbish if they power keeps going up and up like this.

People are going to buy proper sport cars rather than 300bhp FWD hatches aren't they?

It seems to me that all the manufacturers are treating it as a ******* contest. I was quite interested to read that the MK7 GTI will only have a small power increase and will be a lot lighter. In principle, that sounds like a much more appealing car.

 

[Johnnytoxic]

They have such a chavvy image though, probably because the wheels look like something from Max Power.

 

[shoes]

Ha!

Heard some clios on track which sounded like jets, I couldn't work out what caused it - there seemed to be no exhaust noise, just 'jet' noise.

That new astra looks great. I will happily admit I dislike vauxhalls in general, the style, the quality, the drive - nothing about them I like. That one looks the business though, and with acceleration to boot.

I wonder what it's like in the corners, and how it copes with weight transition.

 

[ChrisD.]

I wonder if it will have the same comedy understeer and handling as many previous VXR's.

 

[Joe T]

The new HiPer strut (from the Insignia VXR) and mechanical LSD should quell torque steer and make it a good drive.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Take off the Vauxhall badge. Replace it with a BMW one. Fixed.

 

[NathWraith]

Because you own one?

purchase justification coming in 3....2....1

 

[Muffin`]

Take off the Vauxhall badge. Replace it with a BMW one. Fixed.

I still see people de badging their Vauxhalls, maybe they're trying to cover their shame maybe it reduces weight, but trying to fool others into thinking it's a BMW? Come on now, that's a bit far.

 

[Princey]

I like it. I don't like the £27,000 for the basic spec though and £30,000 with options.

 

[Simmz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7tAG8zj219I

 

[Johnnytoxic]

Just shows how good that K20A engine of Honda's is. Naturally aspirated and not far off the acceleration of this forced induction piece.

 

[Simon]

Or the weight of the car ? Plus I'm sure the Astras 0-100 is much quicker