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Vauxhall Astra VXR Nürburgring Edition
Vauxhall has confirmed that the Astra VXR Nürburgring Edition is on sale now and according to the maker this car is when even an Astra VXR isn’t VXR enough…
The Griffin badged marque has pulled the wraps off the Nürburgring edition, named after the car’s spiritual home, where much of its pre-production development was carried out.
Vauxhall's VXR Nürburgring Edition is based on the standard Astra VXR and is priced at £21,295, each individually numbered Nürburgring edition will come with an exclusive all-white paint finish and lightweight white 18-inch alloy wheels, equipped with bespoke Dunlop tyres, are also specified. Other exterior features include dark tinted windows, carbon fibre effect mirrors and B-Pillars and distinctive chequered flag body graphics, to further emphasise the car’s incredible performance.
The Nürburgring Edition produces 240PS in factory tune, giving it the ability to accelerate from 0-60mph in 6.2 seconds and on to an electronically-limited top speed of 155mph. Each UK-specification car will also come provided with a Remus Sports Exhaust, developed with Vauxhall’s BTCC race team, Triple-Eight Race Engineering, which provides a power increase of up to 15PS.
Just like the standard car, the Nürburgring Edition has a six-speed manual gearbox and lowered, uprated VXR suspension with ESP as standard. It's also got wider front and rear tracks and lower un-sprung weight offered by the new alloy wheels...and to help you get stopped there's ventilated 321mm diameter disc brakes at the front and 278mm diameter discs at the back.
The Nürburgring Edition theme continues inside, with carbon fibre detailing on the door trims and fascia, bespoke leather seats with the Nürburgring circuit graphic embossed into the Recaro front seat backrests and an individually numbered plaque showing each car’s build number.
Optional extras include electronic climate control (£275), cruise control (£200), electric foldable door mirrors (£125) and adaptive forward lighting (£750).
Simon McBride
