Arrived of the transporter at my work today, the NEW VXR Nurburgring edition




To say it was a disappontment was an understatement!

as soon as it rolled off, went to have a butchers, only to find the same brakes, engine, bhp, smaller alloys, not worth it!

At £1100 more than the stock VXR, these come only in white, with white 18'' alloys, remus exhaust (which has to be said does sound good!) checkered decals, dif sideskirts and carbon covers dotted about.

Only 845 (+-) of these being made.

Think il stick to ma fords!

 

I love it!

The Astra VXR's are pretty decent cars and any ltd edition will hold its money well IMO.

 

I was hoping they might have upped the power a bit tho, they are decent for a vauxhall but why go to the expense of a limited edition and not make it worthwhile.....imo

sounds brilliant, backfiring as standard!

 

Overpriced and underspecced, BUT that said, if I was buying a new VXR it would be that one just cause it will hold its money better than the others so it makes it worth the extra grand or so up front

 

i think that looks smart, really like it in white but would be better with wheels like the 888.....

for a hot hatch they do go pretty well...

 

They might as well have called it the M25 edition


Dave

 

maybe it handles better?

 

Waste of time imo !!.. It need to be knockin on for 300 bhp imo, and more lary !

I reckon our Corsa VXR is much better lookin !

 

Am I missing something here? Did you not know the spec of it before you bought it?

 

Shameless...

Only good for sitting in someones garage in 10 years as a 'collectors item'

Probably pissed away any credibility the VXR brand had left.

 

Never bought it mate, came off the transporter at my work, vauxhall dealership.

The suspension is the same as the standard VXR which being a ' nurburgring edition' youd think they might have made it into a track 'weapon'. shame.

 

Ahh makes sense now fella!

 

lol, look on the bright side, lets take a gander at the ford equivelent, oh wait, there isn't one !

 

Trust me it dont need 300 bhp my lodgers running a vxr with 310bhp, its stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it goes really well till u show it any bend or infact in a straght line it Torques steers like fook,

u also have problems with shit turbos that keep blowin seals an manifolds that dont flow properly causin headgasket 2 fail

I was down at vpc the other week lookin at all the Vxr nurburgrings bein delivered n i have 2 say 4 the extra cash dont think its worth it the decals on the bonnet will come off after bout 1000 miles n the carbon looks tacky

 

very true...
i also think the 888 ones look better as someone else said

 

ST500??

Loving the Triple8 astra, we had one in not that long ago, for a new engine, lol, was surprised to see it was a diesel!!! very nice set up tho.

 

wasn't that just a nasty colour interior "upgrade"?

 

Aye true, but only 500 made, only in black. Not any major difference between that and the vxr nurburgring tbh

 

Corsa VXR 888 is way Kooler!!

 

The VXR brand is massively strong at the moment, its got a huge amount of credability still.

 

over priced and they handle like a bag of shit, good friend has 1 that 280bhp and it awful wheels spins, torque steers like hell and then you come to bend and it goes straight on, my 300bhp turbo nova handles far better


As soon as they bring out a White Corsa VXR i'm gonna go place my order on 1

 

God bless the yuppies

 

My friend has ordered one of them, should be arriving soon, not my cup of tea TBH, she sold her 06 VXr to get one of these, pointless i think, but whatever floats your boat.
I'll just wait till the Abarth 500 SS comes out 1.4 180bhp...

 

vauxhalls and corners dont mix, just ask pee vee what happened to the vectra 2.2 sri hire car i had at bruntingthorpe