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3CorsaMeal
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I heard the expression the other day "vauxhall do sell good cars, they just don't make them"

so been looking at the lotus factory etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY7t2SV2GE

i always knew the VX220 was made by Lotus and it seems its pretty much a lotus.

Also saw this comment

"The Elise S2 was designed by Lotus to have 16" front wheels and 17" rear wheels. Opel/Vauxhall decided to fit 17" wheels front and rear to the VX220/Speedster for aesthetic reasons, which reduced the handling performance of the car"

Do vauxhall have a say on the Elise then?
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VX220's also have 16's at the front and 17's at the rear
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does the VX220 rust anywhere?
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In Egypt iirc
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
VX220's also have 16's at the front and 17's at the rear


not as standard!

maybe teh vxr model which they only made a limed few!

but part from that no other turbo or na models came with 16s on the front!

people just fit them after to improve the handling!
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yes same chassis, only things that rust are, lower arms and the bolts that hold the body on, thats about it.
i think the vx220 is a better looking elise, obviously not as nice as an exige though

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Originally posted by Tomnova16
yes same chassis, only things that rust are, lower arms and the bolts that hold the body on, thats about it.
i think the vx220 is a better looking elise, obviously not as nice as an exige though


agreed the exige is the best looking! not sure y it looks so much beta then elise i just does!
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the S1 elise had its own chassis, the S2 elise and some exiges share the same chassis as the vx220.

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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
does the VX220 rust anywhere?


Yeah the bits that arent Aluminium, Fibreglass, Plastic, Rubber or Glass.. Of which there are very few.
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this is about as rusty as they get

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nice stone chips in the tread pattern of your tyres

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yea, wanna fix it for me?
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you should fit some halfords clear body protection film
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once its painted i will
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I've been round the lotus factory, its quite weird as everything starts on one production line and then after a certain point they hit a fork - 1 to the vauxhall side 1 to lotus

Thought the only thing vauxhall had a say in was the engine - 2.2 and 2.0 turbo
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and the athetics i believe ie wheels.
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Yeah think vauxhall had a hand in the body work (and royally cocked it up).
John
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vx220 looks nicer than the elise imo.
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Would rather have the elise personally.

Oh and have a look at this and my earlier comment will make a bit more sense.

http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/tuning/vauxhall/vx220/vx220-turbo-aerodynamics.shtml
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i work on these 2 alot as we specialise in them and tvrs , they are simular but the S2 elise is my favourite

i have come to dislike the vx,s tbh they are more of a cunt to work on

we do a conversion to and audi 1.8 turbo lump plus a bit of work they come out at 360ish bhp and are rapid as fuck

the vx was only made becuase lotus owed vauxhaul some money iirc, elises use corsa indicator stalck, side repeters and vaux hubs

[Edited on 15-09-2010 by saxo_tom]
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and that explains why side repeaters for corsas on ebay state lotus as well.
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quote:
Originally posted by saxo_tom
i work on these 2 alot as we specialise in them and tvrs , they are simular but the S2 elise is my favourite

i have come to dislike the vx,s tbh they are more of a cunt to work on

we do a conversion to and audi 1.8 turbo lump plus a bit of work they come out at 360ish bhp and are rapid as fuck

the vx was only made becuase lotus owed vauxhaul some money iirc, elises use corsa indicator stalck, side repeters and vaux hubs

[Edited on 15-09-2010 by saxo_tom]


Guglielmi?

First time i've heard of Lotus using five stud hubs on an Elise if im honest.

Oh and GM partnered Lotus to get them out of the shit with the S1 failing crash tests, without the vx it's widely thought the S2 wouldn't be here. Certainly not in the form it came out in, and you can very much thank vaux QA for getting the S2 build quility up to scratch

PS: Don't believe everything Thorney says, it's mostly sales talk. If you work for Steve Guglielmi ask him how Thorneys stint in the original Elise series went
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules S
quote:
Originally posted by saxo_tom
i work on these 2 alot as we specialise in them and tvrs , they are simular but the S2 elise is my favourite

i have come to dislike the vx,s tbh they are more of a cunt to work on

we do a conversion to and audi 1.8 turbo lump plus a bit of work they come out at 360ish bhp and are rapid as fuck

the vx was only made becuase lotus owed vauxhaul some money iirc, elises use corsa indicator stalck, side repeters and vaux hubs

[Edited on 15-09-2010 by saxo_tom]


Guglielmi?

First time i've heard of Lotus using five stud hubs on an Elise if im honest.

Oh and GM partnered Lotus to get them out of the shit with the S1 failing crash tests, without the vx it's widely thought the S2 wouldn't be here. Certainly not in the form it came out in, and you can very much thank vaux QA for getting the S2 build quility up to scratch

PS: Don't believe everything Thorney says, it's mostly sales talk. If you work for Steve Guglielmi ask him how Thorneys stint in the original Elise series went



yes mate
they use the 4stud hubs from astras ect iirc

that sounds about right,

well steve guglielmi races his elise in time attack, not sure if he ever did the elise series but we get a few cars in that do race there

 
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