Hello peeps what are the corsa vxr like are they any good realy like the look of them some people say they dont feel like 192 bhp for standard car. What are your views opions.

 

I think the focus st is a great car owning one my self.. especially with a couple mods its a wicked all around car, best thing about it is the blue ford badge on the front

have no idea about the corsa maybe your best looking on vaxuall site or corsa owners etc

 

i can remember being told they melt pistons over 240 bhp or near that

 

I think they look the bollox i really like these in white

 

yer mate they do look the bollox i been in to fords long time i like the focus st but with petrol going up all time thought stick with the 1.6 turbo u know .

 

a corsa vxr won't be much more 'economical' than an st

they drop to bits, buy sumat else

 

Nah i like the look of them and engine bhp to match

 

Before we had a baby I had an ST and when I bought it I had a look round the vauxhalls and the golfs etc. Sitting in a VXR after an ST they felt flimsy and cheap. I know the vauxhalls have a lot of trouble with pistons and bottom ends which put me off a bit.

Nice cars and they go well, which ever you prefer really...

 

there not a super mini any more. they weigh over 1200kg and being short narrow and tall i would imagin that the limits of its handling arnt great. as above, i cant imagin them being much better on fuel either.....

 

 

My mate had one. Never bettered 20 Mpg, blew 2 turbos, was always in limp home mode, and wasnt as fast as you'd like to think it would be with nearly 200 bhp.

Deffo put me of. Pretty tho.

 

My mate had one and it was very dissapointing performance wise,it was remapped too,couldnt get past my 24v xr4i.

 

I thought these would be a quick car.I hate the look of them tbh.

 

i remember 5th gear racing a clio 197 against the corsa and the corsa had its ass handed to him altho i do prefer the look of the corsa and them seats look the nuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjL_AyuhJnc

 

my work mate had one, a red 08 plate with 13,000+ on the clock, he's just traded it in recently (main dealer) for a new white astra 1.4, he said the vxr was drinking petrol, i don't know what he's doing, he only live's 3 miles from work

my local vauxhall dealer now wants Ł11,595 for this vxr

 

When I was Vauxhall used to get lots of them coming in for headsgaskets, some for new engines, due to the bottom end going

Look nice, sound nice. But end up falling apart.

The Astra vxr tend to last much longer.

 

one of the girls that works at my old work just got rid of hers due to the headgasket going two times and having coil pack no 3 replaced about five times and a new turbo after 10,000 miles she traded it in and got a new impreza

 

My mate had one, Most unreliable car I have ever heard of...

Not exactly that fast due to weight either!

 

gearboxes are a big weak spot.

 

I know this is a ford site but i didnt think vaxhauls was people cup tea like but i did not think they were that crap sounds like lots of problems with the corsa vxr are then .

 

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lol i had to

 

A lot of very unreliable and downright incorrect information on this thread mate.

I suggest you do your Corsa Vxr homework elsewhere! Possibly vxronline.co.uk

Btw, I own a Corsa VXR Arctic (the white and black one)

 

Gearboxes are weak
Rear wheel bearings are weak
Radiators are crap and leak alot
Had a few with wiring rubbing through behind the dash as its routed badly from factory
Heater motors can be crap(80% of time crap connection on plug)
Air con pipes have also been known to break.

 

Cracking little cars but dont really have the tuning potential of an ST focus, so it depends what you are after.

Most reliability problems are caused by thrashing and a lack of maintainance, althoguh they arent exactly Audis for build quality either realistically.

Go and test drive one and make your own mind up mate

Just remember they are the weight of a 3 door nearly, and a little less power, so basically performance is the same as a standard 3 door, ie not good if you are used to modified turbo cars like most of them people on this forum.
So dont expect it to go like a 200bhp 800kg nova does!

To the normal man in the street though they are a little rocket ship.

Need a diff really though, same as the ST does!

 

'piston 4' problem anyone?

 

Not sure they use the same steering setup as the rest of the Corsa range but have base models as our fleet cars and they are absolutely HORRIBLE to drive. The electric power steering is so sensitive to tiny inputs (the sort of minor steering corrections you make driving alon g a road) and yet it's so vague as you have no idea what the front wheels are actually doing in a corner.

Horrible little things - wrong badge as well.

 

Think i test drive one and then i can make my mind up.

 

Judgeing by Vauxhalls build quality it should be poor, however if I was in the market for that sort of car I think I would rather have one of them opposted to the Fiesta ST, sadly Ford no longer offer anything like they used to (I.E for those in the FI market) and missing out on a huge gap imo! Doubt there as fast as a Cosworth, they have slower 0-60 and top speed to start with plus they don't have near the torque of one, only similarity I should think is the power!

Martin

 

That's everyones war cry when Corsa vxrs are mentioned!

Thorney Motorsport have explained this in depth and it's nothing to do with vauxhall!

"Over the last 6 months we personally have inspected 9 Corsa VXR engines with engine failure and on every single one the failure was on the number 4 piston. On every single failure the car had been remapped by a particular tuning company or via one of this company's hand held ECU remapping devices."

It was down to a certain tuner not mapping them correctly. It's quite an interesting read actually:

http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/t...ing_News.shtml

 

Who is the company in question that isn't mapping them correctly?

 

Really? I know of one that's been at a vauxhall dealer more times than it's been on the road, bit replaced, even big bits like the turbo, then it was diagnosed with the 'piston 4' problem. Once it'd been fixed he sold it, due to no wanting the hassle, and bought a focus st...

p.s, it was totally standard too..

 

[QUOTE=P_is_for_Paul;5375729]A lot of very unreliable and downright incorrect information on this thread mate.

I suggest you do your Corsa Vxr homework elsewhere! Possibly vxronline.co.uk

Btw, I own a Corsa VXR Arctic (the white and black one)

Yeah good idea, go onto a forum where every body loves them, Youre going to get some fantastic information about reliability on there

 

I would guess one that might be based towards the or on the South coast of the country as i believe they also sell a hand held remapping device that uses the same maps.

 

[QUOTE=Ebonycossie4x4;5377097]You'd be surprised! There's a lot of people going on about reliability issues on there. Its not just a Corsa Vxr forum, it's for all vxr's. This is a ford forum but not everyone loves fiesta ST's

 

I agree with paul, just a quick google brings up grumbles on vxronline about them.

(p.s I'm also a fiesta fan that dislikes st's )

 

After watching that video against the clio you would be mad to buy a corsa instead of a clio imo

 

My nieghbour opposite has one in Black with Black wheels, the seats broken already it won't recline back and it struggles to start from cold

She has only had it around 7 months and she's already wanting rid, it's a 10 plate and she said petrol was shocking

 

Not got a lumpy idle and down on power aswell has it?

 

Forgot to say the exhaust is also blowing!

Just looking at it is enough to put me off having one with it's problems and I liked the look of them as well.

I know she waited 6 months for it and ordered it with Black wheels, the order was delayed 3 months and when it came it had Silver wheels on and she had to wait even longer

deffo not good customer service

 

I would rather shit into my hands and clap than drive one of those. Even the base model ones are ugly as fuck so a shitty body kit and stupid fucking wheels just makes it 100 times worse.

Awesome car if you are a chav though!