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Originally posted by 16vmarc
All very well and good, but they need to produce a powerful corsa that can compete with the saxos, clios etc.
yeah they do. that is a massive fall down with vx. they need to produce a good performin 2.0 litre or a good turbo model but this aint happenin till the new corsa d
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Originally posted by 16vmarc
All very well and good, but they need to produce a powerful corsa that can compete with the saxos, clios etc.
this will never happen cus there gits 
i say put a 1.3 rotary engine in them 
hear hear!!!
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Nath
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240bhp going thru the front wheels isnt gonna appeal to many people
Did someone say Integra Type R?? Arent they FWD and around 200bhp? That appeals to pretty much everyone as its the best handling FWD car on the market. I know it may not be 240BHP but its close enough.
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who gives a shit. they are vauxhalls which are crap cars. just deal with it.
oh and PMSL @ "junior hot hatch market currently dominated by Citroen and MG Rover."
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bubble
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Originally posted by vibrio
who gives a shit. they are vauxhalls which are crap cars. just deal with it.
oh and PMSL @ "junior hot hatch market currently dominated by Citroen and MG Rover."
but millions get sold and vauxhall are still in business
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Nath
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Vibs drives a Fiat, arent TVR's more reliable then Fiats?
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bubble
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Vibs drives a Fiat, arent TVR's more reliable then Fiats?
this sounds really dumb but if you take the number of tvr's sold compared them to fiats and then compared no of units sold against numbers repaired u may be surprised.
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Nath
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Yeh i speak the truth  Wasnt a joke.............
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Originally posted by Nath
Yeh i speak the truth Wasnt a joke.............
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Originally posted by kerzo
240bhp going thru the front wheels isnt gonna appeal to many people
Plenty of LET corsas/cavvy's/calibras have it and they seem to be sellin well
the LET never came as fwd standard, even with a good lsd you are gonna struggle for traction due to the huge surge of torque when the turbo spools up, how many times have you heard people say they put a LET into a corsa or nova then say the wheels spin right up to 3rd gear??
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Ian
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200bhp in a front wheel drive car is too much, but the press criticised Ford for addressing the issue by fitment of a LSD the Focus RS.
I don't know if there's any way of developing that much power and not compromising drivability short of defying simply physics.
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Kris TD
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Originally posted by kerzo
240bhp going thru the front wheels isnt gonna appeal to many people
focus rs, volvo t5r, saab 93 aero, mondeo st220
they are all similar powered going through the front wheels only.
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Who cares about the new corsa, they should have just stuck with the corsa B and revised the engine range imo
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Originally posted by Ian
200bhp in a front wheel drive car is too much, but the press criticised Ford for addressing the issue by fitment of a LSD the Focus RS.
I don't know if there's any way of developing that much power and not compromising drivability short of defying simply physics.
disagree, sorry
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Jambo
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yup me too venom, i hear 220bhp is maximum through a FF car?
And im sure even if your power figure is over that, then just get used to driving your car diffrently and stop trying to go round corners with you foot to the floor
FR cars do handle better but cost alot more and they also have their handling woes too.
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Joff
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Originally posted by bubblevaux
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Originally posted by vibrio
who gives a shit. they are vauxhalls which are crap cars. just deal with it.
oh and PMSL @ "junior hot hatch market currently dominated by Citroen and MG Rover."
but millions get sold and vauxhall are still in business
 I was about to quote the same - good job I read through both pages
There's no point in Vauxhall producing a super-hatch version of the Corsa. Yes it will be nice for us lot but will be bought by about 1% of the people on here. Other people buying will be those with too much money that when they buy a runaround for her indoors, they just buy the model with the highest OTR price and tick all the extras.
The market we want them to compete in isn't a money maker. There's no point throwing away money on a class of car that's best suited to short trips to supermarkets. Vauxhall can't make a cost-effective "hot" hatch any more. They'd need to compete with the build quality of Citroen, Renault, etc and they're not likely to lower their standards
Best thing they can do is to concentrate on the Astra platform and maybe keep changing the headlamps in the Corsa every 18 months or so.
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
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Originally posted by Ian
200bhp in a front wheel drive car is too much, but the press criticised Ford for addressing the issue by fitment of a LSD the Focus RS.
I don't know if there's any way of developing that much power and not compromising drivability short of defying simply physics.
disagree, sorry
I agree with Ian.
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Originally posted by Joff
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
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Originally posted by Ian
200bhp in a front wheel drive car is too much, but the press criticised Ford for addressing the issue by fitment of a LSD the Focus RS.
I don't know if there's any way of developing that much power and not compromising drivability short of defying simply physics.
disagree, sorry
I agree with Ian.
I disagree completely, ive got 200+ running through the front wheels on the audi, it copes more than well.
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Joff
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Originally posted by Ian
200bhp in a front wheel drive car is too much, but the press criticised Ford for addressing the issue by fitment of a LSD the Focus RS.
I don't know if there's any way of developing that much power and not compromising drivability short of defying simply physics.
Exactly. Vauxhall need to build a car that will sell on mass-market appeal. Making a car that's twitchy under acceleration isn't the way to do this.
The Focus RS is a lively drive and great for those who constantly drive over 4,000 rpm but a little too much for Mr and Mrs Joe Public.
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Ian
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Drive my Astra, you'll soon agree. It'll spin in the first three gears and shake the crap out of your passengers on anything other than a completely virginal surface.
I needs and LSD at the very least, which compromises drivability anyway. That Corsa GSi feels like it has one in comparison, but it's actually just a good match of engine power to tyre size - it'll pull itself out of a corner without lighting up!
Not as quick on the straights, but a damn sight easier to drive!
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Jambo
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This is true joff, would be great for people to be able to get a car like this from Vaux, but then who would spend like £13k on it? We build our own anyway.
They wouldnt sell enough to make money. If they upped the price who the hell would spend £20k on a corsa
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Ian
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Originally posted by Jambo
who the hell would spend £20k on a corsa
A few of us
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Joff
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Even if they did make a 20k Corsa... we'd still flush the tailgate, fit blue headlamp bulbs and lower the car so the wheels scrubbed on the arches.
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Joff
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Originally posted by Ian
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Originally posted by Jambo
who the hell would spend £20k on a corsa
A few of us
He said spend, not steal.
Once a scally, always a scally...
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