Old car forum posts (merged)

[Péter Bártfai]

Don't really like Peugeot front ends:/ It looks like it's going to eat me

 

[Philip Grimm]

yes you can select english on the other side of the page!

:sidefrown: LOL that woulda saved some time. Don't know why I didn't see that.

 

[William Yunck]

Vivid Racing's 300hp Audi A3

It looks great from the front.

 

[William Yunck]

Volvo S40 T5 AWD

It looks awesome in all black, I couldn't find the performance specs though. I know Volvo isn't usually thought of as Sporty and high performance, but I like them anyway.

 

[Eric Nelson]

phillip we are english readers. we always start top left. then we work down. its unnatural to look over there >>>>>> for what ya need. um umless it has :tits::thanks:

 

[Ariff Roose]

Don't really like Peugeot front ends:/ It looks like it's going to eat me

and they say its to keep the people whom you hit safe from injury.!
ill give it a -1. it doesnt look nice and i hope it would do better in everything else.!:cat:

 

[Ben Tusting]

-1 ugly

 

[Andrew Evans]

just lol

 

[Michael Herrmann]

if thats the future of cars its better we move back to horses

 

[Andrew Evans]

if thats the future of cars its better we move back to horses

QOTD!
QFT!
DOTCOM!

 

[William Yunck]

It isn't very pretty. I think a -1

I would much rather drive this, although if I were going to buy a porsche this wouldn't be it.

 

[Kyle Evers]

-1, simple as that.

 

[Ryan Callan]

Can i say -3. Phugly!

 

[Kyle Evers]

Suzuki Escudo ftw!

 

[Wido Rossen]

Opel/Vauxall Insignia VXR-Audi S4 killer ?

Vauxhall’s VXR range has swelled with the addition of a heated-up Insignia. It’s set to directly replace the Vectra VXR – a very likeable sports saloon – and comes with a potent 2.8-litre V6 engine.

Thanks to a twin-scroll turbocharger it produces 321bhp and is good for 0-60mph in 5.8sec, with a limited 155mph top speed. It’s a 45bhp improvement over its Vectra predecessor, although that car enjoyed an unlimited top speed of 161mph. Without electronic interference the Insignia would no doubt top that.

Rather than being a warmed over repmobile, the VXR gets a bespoke four-wheel-drive chassis, which like most performance cars these days, comes ‘Nurburgring-proven’. It rides 10mm lower than an Insignia SRi and boasts an electronic limited-slip diff and High Performance Strut (or ‘HiPerStrut’) front suspension. The latter is unique to the car and has two purposes – cutting torque steer, and maintaining negative camber during cornering to boost grip levels.

There’s also revised dampers as well as Brembo brakes with vented and cross-drilled discs. They come wrapped in 19in alloys, with 20in lightweight forged wheels on the options list. Styling tweaks are broadly quite subtle, with new bumpers, twin mesh grilles and a rear spoiler joined by the usual VXR colour choices.

However, the aim was not to make the Insignia a ballsy, OTT VXR in the vein of its VXR8 big brother. ‘The Insignia VXR is not just about absolute power, but a combination of usable performance and chassis sophistication which is the match of premium rivals, such as Audi’s new S4,’ says Andy Gilson, Vauxhall’s Marketing Director.

There’ll be a five-door hatch and estate and a four-door saloon, with prices set to kick off around £27K – a rise of ten per cent over the outgoing Vectra VXR, but £8K less than its S4 rival


( source www.evo.co.uk )

 

[Trebor901]

as long as they've sorted the collosal understeer problem that the Vectra suffered from then i guess it'll be rather descent

 

[Wido Rossen]

But it looks great do......

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Now wouldn't that look excellent as a WTCC car... :eat:

 

[Trebor901]

cant, its too long, thats why Vauxhall couldnt use it in BTCC this year.

 

[Cristian Haba]

FWD? then no thanks, very good looking car though and yes the understeer should be fixed lol.