RE: Vauxhall hots up the Adam
Discussion
militantmandy said:
Has anyone driven a Corsa VXR? Is it just like a Corsa, only fast? Or is it actually a reasonable thing to drive?
I've driven the Nurburgring edition VXRI thought it handled very well
Much better than a standard 1.2 which my Mum had
The traction was also extremely good with the diff ( which is obviously peculiar to the Nurburgring edition ( or whatever it's called now - Clubsport?))
I hope that I'd recognise a reasonable handling hot hatch having had a 309 GTI/Saxo VTS/Cooper S in the past
150bhp and 8.5 secs, really? The new MINI Cooper, 1.5 litres, 3 cylinders manages the same sprint in 7.9 seconds, despite a 16bhp deficit and weighing around the same. Strange. Even my old N/A 1.6 Fiesta Metal with 134PS managed 0-62 in around the same time, and that was a fair bit heavier.
0llie said:
150bhp and 8.5 secs, really? The new MINI Cooper, 1.5 litres, 3 cylinders manages the same sprint in 7.9 seconds, despite a 16bhp deficit and weighing around the same. Strange. Even my old N/A 1.6 Fiesta Metal with 134PS managed 0-62 in around the same time, and that was a fair bit heavier.
Be interesting to see what figures the road testers get - I never pay much attention to 'factory quoted' performance or weight figures - usually off one way or another HereBeMonsters said:
Mr SFJ said:
smaybury said:
HereBeMonsters said:
He's had it about 3 months so far, and it's still there. Bizarre.
Well, it's not like it's gonna get nicked, is it?oh noes a car manufacturer didn't make a white "look at me" euro blob, can't possibly have that can we.
sh33n said:
It was a laugh I'll admit, but definitely not a car you'd want to live with every day, we were looking at them as a purchase from my wife (ended up with an MX5) and drove a normal one and one of the special editions (may be an SS, definitely had the rock hard Koni suspension). It just felt like a toy car, the plastics and quality of it was ridiculous. The salesman convinced us to go out in the Punto Abarth and that felt light years ahead in terms of being a car that you could drive fast and use daily.
Not driven a recent Corsa or indeed an Adam however.
There is no "SS" Corsa and none have Koni suspension, so no idea what you were driving.Not driven a recent Corsa or indeed an Adam however.
Crafty_ said:
oh noes a car manufacturer didn't make a white "look at me" euro blob, can't possibly have that can we.
I think it was the Abarth/Fiat 500 that he mentioned that he didn't enjoy rather a particular model of Adamsh33n said:
It was a laugh I'll admit, but definitely not a car you'd want to live with every day, we were looking at them as a purchase from my wife (ended up with an MX5) and drove a normal one and one of the special editions (may be an SS, definitely had the rock hard Koni suspension). It just felt like a toy car, the plastics and quality of it was ridiculous. The salesman convinced us to go out in the Punto Abarth and that felt light years ahead in terms of being a car that you could drive fast and use daily.
Not driven a recent Corsa or indeed an Adam however.
There is no "SS" Corsa and none have Koni suspension, so no idea what you were driving.Not driven a recent Corsa or indeed an Adam however.
athol said:
Oh come on.
I've said it before but how the F*** did that name get past the board? Idiotic to say the least.
They have alienated 50% of the market with a stupid error.
Completely agree, it's just such a stupid "we just can't be bothered to think of something remotely clever" name, they may as well have called it Cedric... no wait...I've said it before but how the F*** did that name get past the board? Idiotic to say the least.
They have alienated 50% of the market with a stupid error.
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