Robin
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Yeah, the car he was given was a prototype, he basically said it was that one or not at all 
Vauxhall should have waited TBH, he would have still had it on the show no doubt.
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deano87
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quote: Originally posted by deano87
Jay - what colour was the one you went in? Was it Arden Blue with mahoosive VXR stickers on the side? If so, I saw that in town Friday night.
Read your reply in SC!
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N3CRO
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True.
Ppl wana know what the actual car will do, not some prototype.
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by Necromancer
Whats it got to do with Clarkson?
He has NO taste in cars, period.
Nah Steve, I reckon it'd be better in the Corsa coz its lighter.
[Edited on 12-05-2007 by Necromancer]
do you know what your talking about
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N3CRO
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Not really but I'm sure that the Corsa would be lighter than the Astra.
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Scotty C
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My brother drove one the other day, said it isn't that fast at all
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Robin
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Is he comparing it to a stripped Corsa B with a 150bhp engine?
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ed
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I think any car with 190bhp is going to be fairly brisk.
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Scotty C
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quote: Originally posted by Robin
Is he comparing it to a stripped Corsa B with a 150bhp engine?
175bhp 
I'm not sure, but if hes used to that, I can see where he is coming from.
My mate works at vauxhall and ''borrowed'' one for a few nights, and got hammered by a LET
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Robin
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A LET Corsa?
I'm not surprised, that would weigh less, have more power and have more torque than the VXR...
Compare it to a standard Corsa GSi/1.6 Sport, or 1.8 SRi (which would be it's equivalent) and it's going to be a fair bit quicker....
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Scotty C
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Yeh a LET corsa.
Whats the torque of the VXR?
I'm sure i'd be impressed with one.
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Robin
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191lb/ft
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mav
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Any light weight 3 door hatch with 190 odd BHP is going to be fast'ish, it all depends what you compare it to.
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mav
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quote: Originally posted by mav
Any light weight 3 door hatch with 190 odd BHP is going to be fast'ish, it all depends what you compare it to.
book figures it's slower than my T4 but i bet it feels alot faster...
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Cole
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just send the corsa to vx racing and get thetuning upgrade for £500 220bhp and loads more torque
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street
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the vx corsa has a max torque of 260nm.
my sister has ordered one of these she will be picking it up early september and she alredy has plan to tune it up as soon as she gets it.
shes told me that its costing nearly 18k with the options she wants
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by mav
Any light weight 3 door hatch with 190 odd BHP is going to be fast'ish, it all depends what you compare it to.
corsa vxr isnt lightweight its about 1150-1200kgs
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grimr3ap3r
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the corsa is tunable to 300bhp stage 3 courtney tuning is now availible
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MarkM
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quote: Originally posted by street
shes told me that its costing nearly 18k with the options she wants

Great car yes...but would I fuck stump up that for one...I would go for the Astra VXR over it for that price...more grown up...bigger car etc...
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Lisa
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i'm test driving one next weekend
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MarkM
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It could be an absolutely fantastic drive but I couldnt part with near on 18k for one...
Im getting old
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Corsa_1800_SRi
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Rather have the astra
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Nick-S
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
quote: Originally posted by mav
Any light weight 3 door hatch with 190 odd BHP is going to be fast'ish, it all depends what you compare it to.
corsa vxr isnt lightweight its about 1150-1200kgs
thats hardly heavy tho by todays standards unless your comparing it to your 900 kg 106 gti
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