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Organic Products at Your Vauxhall Dealer

In this time of motoring crisis, where petroldocking to get in the way of driving. 19 inch
is rocketing in price and environmentalistsalloy wheels adorn the four corners and a
are screaming for us to drive about in whatrear spoiler helps block out the majority of
appear to be battery powered chest freezers,rear visibility. In fact the wheels and
it's clear that car manufacturers need tospoiler look almost too small with the flared
take  note.wheel arches and aggressive front end making
the  car  as  big  and butch as Bruce Willis.
All the big players are either producing
hybrid vehicles or tiny hatchbacks with evenJust like Bruce, the VXR8 has a presence
smaller emissions. Vauxhall are one of thewhether the styling is to your taste or not.
biggest players on the car scene and you'dInside, as you'd expect from a four door
expect them to be the market leader insaloon, room is plentiful, so even a
eco-friendly terms. A trip to your Vauxhallsix-footer like me in the rear still has
dealer however, will show that someone at HQample head and legroom. In the UK the car
didn't get the low emissions memo. Whethercosts a mere £35,000 which for a
it's a Corsa, Vectra or even a Zafira,genuine BMW M5 rival is pocket money. There
Vauxhall offer them all with a 'VXR' badge,are few clues as to where this money has been
which helps turn even the most mild-manneredsaved, although parts of the interior do give
hatchback/saloon/MPV into a raging beast thatthe game away a tad. Some of the plastics do
gorges on the tarmac it rides on top of.feel like Vauxhall had just £100 left
Vauxhall seem to have got the mix right too,to finish the inside. However, it is put
with the Corsa still flying off the shelvestogether well and ultimately its how it
in  standard  or  VXR  guise.drives  that's  the  big  winner.
Despite this clever juggling of whichThere's nothing subtle about how the VXR8
versions will meet with public demand,puts its power down and it sounds fantastic
Vauxhall dealers have a secret hidden away,doing so. Gigantic brakes and suspension help
probably chained up in the attic of theirkeep you on the road and it really can handle
showrooms throughout the world. The secreta corner - as you'd expect from its racing
isn't based on any other Vauxhall model,heritage. The gearbox is slick and helps
isn't available in different trims and inmaintain the car's feel of being raw and
this current economic climate, reallybeing put on this planet for one reason - to
shouldn't be in production at all. Thego  fast.
secret?  The  Vauxhall  VXR8.
Yet despite all this tyre burning and
Perhaps better known as the successor to thepedal-to-the-metal mayhem, the VXR8 has a
Vauxhall Monaro, the VXR8 is Vauxhall's mosttrump card. On the motorway, because the
raucous hotrod ever. Packing a 6.0 litre (yesengine is just so powerful and crucially full
really!) engine under the bonnet, you get theof torque, the 6.0 litre unit barely ticks
impression the word 'hybrid' would be metover, thus returning a heart warming and
with a confused expression from the VXR8. Thewallet smiling 27mpg. Yes, town driving sees
performance figures are astounding too, withthe consumption rocket faster than a space
rear wheel drive helping get 400bhp onto theshuttle launch, but taking the VXR8 into town
road in a 0-60mph time of 4.9 seconds. Topis like shackling a bear in a cage - they'd
speed hasn't been officially recorded,both  be  far  happier  roaming  free.
presumably because Vauxhall fired the
designer that missed the memo. NeverthelessIn summary Vauxhall's latest whiplash inducer
other reviewers have easily hit 170mph+ andsees the driver taken back to a time when
I'm happy to agree. Oh, did I mention it'sdriving was a steering wheel, four tyres and
got  four  doors?a seat. You feel every movement the car makes
and it's a joy to behold in this age when
The VXR8 looks every inch the racing saloon,computers seem to control every bit of
which when you consider its original form isdriving in other sports saloons. Looks like
as a Holden Commodore, mostly seen racing inVauxhall HQ did get the environmental memo.
Australia, this doesn't surprise. EverythingThey've gone organic and grown their own
is big, brash and organic - it really is mandrivers' car.
and machine, with no fancy computers or iPod



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