Anybody remember these? Never seen one before in the flesh but just had one pull into work and its bloody imaculate.all original by the looks of it bar possibly the exhaust? Its got 4 exhaust 2each side if that makes sense.
Cant belive how clean it is tho

 

Yeah, were they based on the super touring's of something?
Not a bad looking car, for a vectra, slow as hell though.

 

they had ap5200 4 pot calipers aswell IIRC

steve

 

They were quite cool cars I reckon, but not really fast enough.

 

Used to work at a vauxhall dealer that looked after 2 of these regularly... They were a fore-runner to the GSi iirc... Some of the ST vectras were nice too
And as Chip quite rightly says they weren't very fast!

 

the white super touring vectras were quite smart when they came out

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-VAUXH...item1c25e4b6e8

 

all gsi vectras are msd,they all start out as sri 170 then sent to msd then sent back to vauxall

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/engin...msd-model.html

 

did you know they made 3 st3000 I never did

 

just read about them very interesting and rare.

 

theres a black msd vectra at the end of my road

 

any sort of copyright or connection with msd blackpool and the msd that vauxhall used?

 

deffo no connection between the two, the MSD used by vauxhaul prepared race and rally cars and went bust a few years ago after prepping hyundai WRC cars IIRC

steve

 

Could be the one weve got at work mate

 

Think my sister in law has one, looks ok, but never been in it to see how slow it is?!

 

all show and no go.

looks cooll tho

 

creator,is it black? the one near my road is

 

The were 2.5 V6 weren't they? Just over 190bhp? About as quick as an ST200 Mondeo, so about right for the competition?

Or am I thinking of something else?

 

Yes 2.5 V6 and slow as fuck.My ST24 was quicker than the Vectra gsi i had a few years later.

It was a nice looking car just slug slow for what it was meant to be.

My mate had one that was chipped and 3.0 cams and whatever else they do to them,it was a different car altogether and the way it should have been from the factory i thought.

 

Thats all vauxhalls are, Ive got a astra h 1.8 sri and its slower than a fiesta 1.25 i should have bought anther ford lol.

 

Everyone will realise one day that fords are a better car lol
I think MSD took the vectra SRi 2.5 V6 and remapped it and changed the cams and some other bits to make it circa 190bhp... The GSi is alot better to drive than the SRi V6, but still not quick by any means, i would think an ST24/ST200 would easily show 1 a clean set of heels.

 

Yes it is mate with private reg on, noble motorsport have bought it in to us.

 

its got to be the same one mate

 

Guy had one ny me
was a nice car in white with all the yellow decals down the side

 

The ST200 already DID have 3.0 cams from the factory (LSD too IIRC)

Made them better, enough to see off an ST24 mondeo I would think although never seen that theory tested, but still not massively quick.

The ST3000 had a modified 3.0 engine and made 230bhp+

 

I thought the MSD vectra was 2.6?

My dads neighbour recently bought one for Ł500. Though he had a bargin however it keeps going into limp mode.

 

Yes but i was talking about the normal GSI as opposed to the ST200.

 

Earlier ones were 2.5 then there was the face lift 2.5 before they became 2.6

 

Yeah the GSi are less power again.

Still a nice car though if you just want a big comfy car and arent too fussed about speed.

 

i remember the top gear episode when Clarkson tested it, he said they were snail pace

 

Oh don't get me wrong,they are nice cars,i would probably have another one if i got a good enough deal.

Just not as quick as they could have been IMO

 

Its clarkson though and at that point he just thought it was really funny to slag vauxhall off all the time, so probably not exactly an unbiased view.

He's entertaining but i wouldnt take too much notice of him personally.

 

IIRC he was complementary to about it until it came to the speed/power - he summed it up by saying it needed more power. To be fair he wasnt wrong.

Agreed though, he reviews cars for entertainment purposes only!

 

Here you go fellas cossie in there aswel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZAPuXbI-bE

 

How bizzarre, V6 Vectras came up on another forum and some lad was making out like they were Ferrari killers, didn't go down well when I said I didn't think they were that quick at all.

Clarkson on the MSD Vectra if of interest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZAPuXbI-bE

 

Beat me to it as I was making coffee

 

pmsl

 

I have a 2.6 V6 SRi as my daily runner and I honestly think it's pretty good for what it is... and nothing else.

I didn't expect it to be a ferrari... I just expected it to be a V6 Vectra.

 

Always loved the vectra gsi and st200 my dad had a black 5dr gsi when it was a year old it used to drink like a fish, fast or not I still think they're a lovely looking car even today.

 

Yeah ive gotta agree there, im not really into many things vauxhall (working there for 3+ yrs put me off most of them) but the Mk1 Vectra Gsi is a nice looker... Its no Lotus Carlton tho - Now you dont see many of them nowadays do you!?

 

All Gsi's where MSD ones....

I had 2 and yes they are really slow....

Had a silver saloon...



which was standard...

and a blue estate...




this wasnt standard but still not fast..