Vauxhall Corsa VXR
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It's all about figures and not what you can do with it! Folk can then brag they have so many horse power but, like my friend, can't do anything with it. Shame he sold it, could have been one less ginger in the world... 
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Originally Posted by LTB' date='Jan 2 2009, 11:11 AM
I give anything with a Vauxhall badge a wide berth when on the roads.
You'd have to be a complete knob to drive one and this is generally reflected in the standard of driving you see from them.
VX220 excluded, but that's not really a Vauxhall is it.
You'd have to be a complete knob to drive one and this is generally reflected in the standard of driving you see from them.
VX220 excluded, but that's not really a Vauxhall is it.
If you're unfortunate enought to have to buy the type of car that Vauxhall offer, there's always a far more credible alternative. In the case of the fast Corsa, I'd much rather have a comparable Clio. For the Astra, there's the Golf or the Focus, and for the Vectra there's the Mondeo, 3-series and suicide.
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Yeah, I drove one recently for a few weeks and it wasn't a bad car at all. But if it was my money I'd want to be proud to be driving it or at least made to feel alive when doing so. The Vectra did neither.
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Originally Posted by Hypersonik' date='Jan 1 2009, 03:53 PM
But thats the thing, the advert with daddy cool shows him dropping off his ONE child driving through 30 zones.
Why on earth do you need a 200bhp people carrier for that?
Why on earth do you need a 200bhp people carrier for that?
I think with that one advert, they trashed the Vauxhall brand overnight into perpetuity.
They tried once before with the old Vectra; it just beat a Goliath GD750 three-wheel lorry through a slalom of cones. TFR about VX handling!
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Bit unfair Pap/Gaz.
These cars serve a good purpose, getting from A to B reasonably cheaply.
It's all the froth that's the problem and is one reason why these manufacturers have/will struggle against new breed Asia. This goes back to Kellogg economics indoctrinated by US corps.
These cars serve a good purpose, getting from A to B reasonably cheaply.
It's all the froth that's the problem and is one reason why these manufacturers have/will struggle against new breed Asia. This goes back to Kellogg economics indoctrinated by US corps.
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Originally Posted by Moggy' date='Jan 2 2009, 01:12 PM
Bit unfair Pap/Gaz.
These cars serve a good purpose, getting from A to B reasonably cheaply.
It's all the froth that's the problem and is one reason why these manufacturers have/will struggle against new breed Asia. This goes back to Kellogg economics indoctrinated by US corps.
These cars serve a good purpose, getting from A to B reasonably cheaply.
It's all the froth that's the problem and is one reason why these manufacturers have/will struggle against new breed Asia. This goes back to Kellogg economics indoctrinated by US corps.
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I've driven Corsa VXRs for hundreds of miles, and the 888 version.
Very good, very underrated, and IMO better than the Astra. Driven most modern performance cars, and its about my fave current hot hatch.
Took a few hundred miles to really warm to it, didnt get it at first, but they are fantastic cars with great and fun handling (miles better than the Astra IMO), and serious performance too.
The 888 version sorts out things even more so by a much lower ride height (they too tall looking as standard), a very cool sounding exhaust (inc rapidfire pops n bangs on gearchanges), and much more power.
Both the VXR and 888 versions top out at the same speed (as both can pretty much hit the limiter in 6th), but the acceleration on the 888 is miles ahead, though they both fast.
Very good, very underrated, and IMO better than the Astra. Driven most modern performance cars, and its about my fave current hot hatch.
Took a few hundred miles to really warm to it, didnt get it at first, but they are fantastic cars with great and fun handling (miles better than the Astra IMO), and serious performance too.
The 888 version sorts out things even more so by a much lower ride height (they too tall looking as standard), a very cool sounding exhaust (inc rapidfire pops n bangs on gearchanges), and much more power.
Both the VXR and 888 versions top out at the same speed (as both can pretty much hit the limiter in 6th), but the acceleration on the 888 is miles ahead, though they both fast.