Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Vauxhall VXR8: test Autocar

The British have Autocar road test the new Vauxhall VXR8. The British sports sedan, which was received at the time of generational change is closely derived from the Australian Holden Commodore GTS, has in common with its cousin the powerful 431 bhp 6.2 V8 Chevrolet. The most important news on the second generation model, which will be available in three body styles, sedan, station and pick-up from 49,995 pounds.

For this price, you get exclusive interiors, magnetorheological dampers, launch control, limited slip rear and a 0-100 from 5 seconds flat and a top speed of 250 km / h. Another interesting aspect of the new VXR8 is the brand new EDI, multimedia system-a bit 'à la GT-R-tells you word for word for everything that's going to self: lap times, power and torque moment by moment, steering angle, rate of intervention of the ESP, front and lateral accelerations.

Far more important however is to find out that the handling of the car with the new suspension has improved dramatically from previous: stiffer springs and lower body movements make it much more effective in driving involved, and also the grip is now greater. All the great then, but not until you go to read the price tag, "you can not remove the feeling that it is not a vehicle to 50,000 pounds," says the author of the service.

"Four years ago it cost 35,000 and the old was a different story. With little more than £ 50,000 you can buy a Mercedes C 63 AMG, which is much faster than that much more desirable. "

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