RE: Vauxhall Vectra VXR estate | The Brave Pill

[AJB88]

blade7 said:

After the next VED rise these will be £600 a year. For £6k you could probably buy the same age A4 2.0tfsi Avant quattro, that with a remap would have similar output. And cost half as much to tax, plus leave the Vectra for dead in the wet. Admittedly the Vauxhall has more space, but I'd probably pick a Volvo for that.

I've had plenty of 2.0 TSI/TFSI VAG cars, last one running 420PS, When I bought my SAAB with the same engine as this VXR I bought it because I wanted a 6 cylinder and not a dull sounding (I've had milltek non res etc before) 4 cylinder.

Yeh the tax is steep but sounds good.

[blade7]

AJB88 said:

blade7 said:

After the next VED rise these will be £600 a year. For £6k you could probably buy the same age A4 2.0tfsi Avant quattro, that with a remap would have similar output. And cost half as much to tax, plus leave the Vectra for dead in the wet. Admittedly the Vauxhall has more space, but I'd probably pick a Volvo for that.

I've had plenty of 2.0 TSI/TFSI VAG cars, last one running 420PS, When I bought my SAAB with the same engine as this VXR I bought it because I wanted a 6 cylinder and not a dull sounding (I've had milltek non res etc before) 4 cylinder.

Yeh the tax is steep but sounds good.

Did any of those plenty have quattro though? For my estate car, I'd always favor traction above scrabble and noise.