Ojc
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Stu Harris from Vauxhall posted this on VXRonline today, wish they had finished it. Thought it was interesting, I'm sure this will be one of those triva questions people talk about in years to come like the L-reg Nova GSi's and compound charged Vauxhall engines.
No RARB.
But it was an adjustable set up , spring platforms et all from Eibach
Engine std , mechanical LSD (not quaife and tbh we'd never heard of the company) . We were looking at fitting the pulley kit from the VX220 turbo to allow for none A/C but this bit was never finished off.
Ronal alloys but with Dunlop sportmax tyres
We'd of had to sell the car with the regular Recaro seats as the type approval was only done with side airbags. Then as a dealer fit option a set of fixedback Recaros would be available.
Rear was gutted. We sell an Astra Sporthatch panel van and so we'd fitted the rear carpet and covering from that over the back of the car , fitted perfectly. Cage was rear only. In total 75kgs less.
Brakes were the AP kit, foglights removed and duct for cooling.
Some people saw the car on a Nurburgring trip, and its also on some video. It wouldn't have been cheap....in fact the car now sits in a car park in Germany....
Still we've the Corsa to play with now
Stu
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SAL
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explain
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Ben J
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It was Stu that I was talking to at Le Man when he was telling me about the new VXR.
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Ojc
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Vauxhall made a stripped out lightweight version of the VXR to match the Megane R26R but it came about at the start of the recession so it never got finished or went on sale.
A prototype car exists though.
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SAL
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Go on FB ollie and see the vxr I just posted on my wall
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Ojc
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That red one is gorgeous
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whitter45
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havent they released an artic version of the astra VXR limited to 500 and comes witht he paramoic windscreen
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mwg
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I wanted pics
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Ojc
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Pics are somewhere on the net
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3CorsaMeal
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What does Stu Harris have to do with Vauxhall?, he talks like someone in their early 20's on the internet tbh
i think this shows that vauxhalls "racey" department is just ex-halfords employees
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Ojc
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Yes Jim
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Steve
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needs plastic windows and wings to compete, tbh
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3CorsaMeal
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i'm well excited about this
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Steve
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hi
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Ben G
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where are the pics/vids?
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alan-g-w
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Can you buy the VXR-R and S yet?
http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/tuning/Limited_Edition.shtml
[Edited on 21-09-2010 by alan-g-w]
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Fro
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Pretty sure you can as im sure I have seena few about.
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3CorsaMeal
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track based cars seem a really popular thing for manufacturers to produce at the moment as the special editions.
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alan-g-w
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quote: Originally posted by fro-dizzle
Pretty sure you can as im sure I have seena few about.
Only reason I ask is that I've not seen any, was wondering if it just never came to light. That's good though.
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Fro
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Not seen any for a while though mind, always used to see a couple red ones, look quite good.
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N7 THD
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i was gonna say, wouldnt the VXR-R nearly fit into this?!
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Ben J
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quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
What does Stu Harris have to do with Vauxhall?, he talks like someone in their early 20's on the internet tbh
i think this shows that vauxhalls "racey" department is just ex-halfords employees
He's Group Product Manager or something I think?
He's a sound guy too.
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Graham88
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I've seen one VXR-R, and it looked considerably faster than other VXR's, I'd have one. Vauxhall should do an R26R style car, would take Renault down a peg.
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gavin18787
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quote: Originally posted by whitter45
havent they released an artic version of the astra VXR limited to 500 and comes witht he paramoic windscreen
Might be what I saw this morning
60 plate white astra VXR with black wheels and the boot strip was black etc too
Couldnt see the design of the wheels as I was driving parralel to it at 60mph
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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willay
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Make it ollie.
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