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Astra VXR (2005–2011) The original hot hatch Astra VXR was announced in January 2005, and went on sale in the summer of 2005. [7] Based on the Vauxhall Astra Mark 5, it was fitted with a 2.0i turbo 16V engine (Z20LEH) producing 236 bhp (176 kW). It could accelerate 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 6.2 seconds and reach a top speed of 152 mph (245 km/h).
The Vauxhall Astra is a compact car/small family car ... The Vauxhall Astra VXR won the Best Sporting Car from the Scottish Car of the Year 2012 held at Glasgow on 14 ...
The Vauxhall VXR8 is a performance car marketed by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom between 2007 and 2017, based on two different models produced by Holden Special Vehicles: the HSV Clubsport (2007–2009) and HSV GTS (2010–2017). The VXR8 is the successor to both the Vauxhall Monaro VXR and the Vauxhall Omega/Carlton. Initially powered by a ...
The Astra nameplate originates from Vauxhall, which had manufactured and marketed earlier generations of the Opel Kadett (the Kadett D and Kadett E) as the Vauxhall Astra since March 1980. Subsequent GM Europe policy standardised model nomenclature in the early 1990s, whereby model names were the same in all markets regardless of the marque ...
HSV VXR Turbo. The Opel Astra OPC (with Vauxhall's V-grille and VXR badge) was marketed in Australia as the HSV VXR Turbo by Holden Special Vehicles from 2006 to 2009, fitted with the 177 kW [18] (236 hp) Z20LEH engine. In July 2008, HSV released a "Nürburgring" special edition.
The VXR Nürburgring Edition is a rebadged special variant of the Vauxhall Astra VXR, produced in a limited run of 835 units worldwide. This specific number was chosen to commemorate the car's Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 8 minutes and 35 seconds, achieved in 2005.
The Vauxhall Astra and Opel Kadett, for example, were both called Astra from 1991 onwards and the Vauxhall Nova (Opel Corsa A) assumed the Corsa name for its next generation in 1993. The change was completed in 1995 when the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk 3 (Opel Vectra A) was replaced by the Opel Vectra B, called Vauxhall Vectra. Apart from the VX220 ...
Hammond and May spend an evening doing "Road Test Russian Roulette", by volunteering to drive drunk people home in their own cars. Meanwhile, Clarkson reviews the BMW M5 and three hatchbacks - the VW Golf GTI, the RenaultSport Mégane, and the Vauxhall Astra VXR - while there is an attempt set a world record for sideway rolls made by a Ford Sierra.