Vauxhall Astra VXR Extreme first look
It isn't subtle, that's for sure!
"Not on our watch" is the apparent response from Vauxhall with the Astra VXR Extreme. This being a concept from Vauxhall's performance brand, it isn't shy by any stretch. There's only one image so far but it reveals four ruddy great exhaust pipes, a spoiler that towers over the rear screen and enough visual aggression to make the standard car look a almost diffident.
The Extreme has been derived from the Astra Cup racer and is pitched as the 'street-legal race sibling' to the regular VXR. The Cup car makes 300hp and 295lb ft, the same amount of torque but 20hp more than the VXR; we'd expect the Extreme to match that output.
According to Vauxhall there is 'liberal use of high-quality carbon components'; those unique wheels appear to have the familiar weave, as does a lot of the bodykit. It's been suggested that bigger panels such the doors and the bonnet could be carbon too.
2014 marks the tenth anniversary of VXR and a production version of the Extreme would surely be the most appropriate way to celebrate. Loud in every sense and very fast with it, what better way to mark a decade of VXR? We should find out more at Geneva.
[Source: Autocar]
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I don't think i could ever buy a Ford or Vauxhall (must watch too much of Clarkson), but i certainly wouldn't accuse an Astra VXR owner of making a poor decision.
I don't think i could ever buy a Ford or Vauxhall (must watch too much of Clarkson), but i certainly wouldn't accuse an Astra VXR owner of making a poor decision.
t? 4 bloody exhaust pipes!!!!!!!!
Does each cylinder of a 2 lt engine really need its own 3in exhaust pipe, of course it doesnt, is this a pimped max-power effort, nope it is attempting to be a performance car, sort it out Vauxhall!
The EU should make a useful law (for once) to stop over-exhausting cars!
Does each cylinder of a 2 lt engine really need its own 3in exhaust pipe, of course it doesnt, is this a pimped max-power effort, nope it is attempting to be a performance car, sort it out Vauxhall!
The EU should make a useful law (for once) to stop over-exhausting cars!
Come on it doesn't look that bad (neither does yours).
Who am i kidding, both cars boil down to the same dull family car but with go faster trinkets on, just mine has a lot less of them.
Nicely put!I don't think i could ever buy a Ford or Vauxhall (must watch too much of Clarkson), but i certainly wouldn't accuse an Astra VXR owner of making a poor decision.
Does each cylinder of a 2 lt engine really need its own 3in exhaust pipe, of course it doesnt, is this a pimped max-power effort, nope it is attempting to be a performance car, sort it out Vauxhall!
The EU should make a useful law (for once) to stop over-exhausting cars!
Does each cylinder of a 2 lt engine really need its own 3in exhaust pipe, of course it doesnt, is this a pimped max-power effort, nope it is attempting to be a performance car, sort it out Vauxhall!
The EU should make a useful law (for once) to stop over-exhausting cars!
While we're at it, who needs 4 wheels, 3 would work perfectly well.
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