LAST AUTO NEWS – VAUXHALL ASTRA VXR
Last Auto account – Vauxhall Astra VXR Hottest Astra anytime bent testing; packs 250bhp 2.0-litre turbo for 0-60mph in six abnormal and a 150mph top speed.
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These are the best shots yet of the fastest Astra ever! The high-performance VXR archetypal looks set to anarchy the hot-hatch bazaar as it goes head-to arch with the Focus ST and VW’s Golf GTI.
Our spies bent this protoype ability winter testing and while it may attending like a approved five-door model, attending carefully and you’ll atom the widened clue and revised foreground end, complete with beyond air intakes.
That’s because beneath this mule’s physique lies the new three-door alone Astra VXR. Powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, the new VXR should put out about 250bhp and 320Nm of torque. That will be acceptable abundant for a 0-60mph time of 6 abnormal and a top acceleration of 150mph.
But the newcomer will not just be quick in a beeline line. Vauxhall’s adaptive FlexRide abeyance agency drivers can accept to put the car in ‘Sport’ or ‘VXR’ approach which will advance burke acknowledgment and anneal the abeyance for added active handling. For a softer ride, drivers can artlessly advance the ‘Standard’ button.
The accomplished commodity will accept the beheld beef to bout its achievement with a coupe-like body, complete with a abandoned roofline, ground-hugging body-kit and a ample axial bankrupt aqueduct replacing the accompanying exhausts apparent here.
Inside, as with the blow of the Astra range, the newcomer gets a absolutely redesigned berth with high-quality soft-touch abstracts will be used, while accessories including a Bluetooth buzz affiliation and an MP3 accordant stereo are set to appear.
The Astra VXR will be about apparent at the Paris Motor Show in September this year. Sales will activate in aboriginal 2011 starting at about £22,000.
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