New Q Car

[lornemalvo]

Narcisus said:

Yup you don’t even have to remove the badges and no one would be any the wiser !

I'd agree, except Superbs have Kessy, which makes it far too easy for the pond life to steal them, and some Superbs have been nicked.

[blearyeyedboy]

Ron99 said:

I suggest read the definition of a Q-ship then consider what a Q-car would be. Could a Q-ship be expected to sink Bismarck, or even Scharnhorst, or even Prinz Eugen?

I would say a Q-car is as much about surprise as it is outright performance. A normal looking Astra that can reach 60 in 6.6s would come as a surprise most people.

Meets my definition. Good shout.
The modern Astra's not as ste as the previous generations either...

[Narcisus]

lornemalvo said:

I'd agree, except Superbs have Kessy, which makes it far too easy for the pond life to steal them, and some Superbs have been nicked.

Not all of them.

[Toyoda]

Ron99 said:

Not a six or eight cylinder but another one to make the badge snobs squirm and the car thieves overlook it:

Vauxhall Astra (K) Elite
1.6T, 200PS, 0-60 = 6.6s, 146mph.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Dubious 0-60 time on these. Even autotrader list it as 7.4 on the same spec engine.

[Ron99]

Toyoda said:

Ron99 said:

Not a six or eight cylinder but another one to make the badge snobs squirm and the car thieves overlook it:

Vauxhall Astra (K) Elite
1.6T, 200PS, 0-60 = 6.6s, 146mph.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Dubious 0-60 time on these. Even autotrader list it as 7.4 on the same spec engine.

I agree the 0-60 time sounds a bit quick but that's the figure published by Vauxhall for the first year or two, although in the last year sometimes it is being reported as 7.2s, 7.3s or 7.4s (estates being slightly slower).
The power-to-weight is about 140hp/ton.

The previous Astra (J) GTC three-door variant had a 1.6T (200PS direct injected) available from 2014 and its 0-60 was reported by Vauxhall to be 7.3s which sounds about right.