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Ford Focus ST Versus Vauxhall Astra VXR – Track Battle

September 10, 2012 by Mr Butterscotch 1 Comment

The 2012 Ford Focus ST has a rival in the form of the 2012 Vauxhall Astra VXR. EVO takes both to the track in order to compare and contrast lap times. Who do you think the winner will be? Both are front wheel drive and have very similar 0-60 times. There have never been more […]

Filed Under: New Cars, Videos Tagged With: Car videos, EVO, ford focus ST, Hot hatchbacks, hot hatches, Performance cars, Track racing, vauxhall astra VXR, Videos

The VXR Official Race Briefing From Vauxhall

August 11, 2008 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The logo of the event.

Well, as I’ve documented all progress and information received so far, here’s the official race briefing.  I was glad to receive it and find out I had a later race (I’m quite a way from Scotland so an early race would have been terrible) but now that I have the actual briefing I’m a little […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: dunlop sport maxx 2009, go karts, vauxhall astra VXR, vauxhall vxr, vxr racing

The New Vauxhall Astra VXR

June 28, 2008 by Mr Butterscotch 5 Comments

Vauxhall Astra VXR

If you’re desperate for a lovely hot hatch in the form of a Vauxhall Astra VXR, it might be worth waiting just a little bit longer (either for a new or used one). The reason for that is there’s a new model coming our way, due in 2010. Naturally, it’ll offer improvements over the last, […]

Filed Under: New Cars Tagged With: 2010, delta platform, hot hatch, vauxhall astra VXR

A Scary Volvo

June 19, 2008 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

The Volvo C30 T5 Heico

No, you’re right, there’s no such thing.  Volvo is, well, Volvo.  The name brings up thoughts of lights that come on far too early by themselves, big estates and cars that are safe and frankly extremely dull.  This makes the new R-Design vehicles and the C30 T5 quite an interesting proposition.  Unfortunately however they don’t […]

Filed Under: New Cars Tagged With: heico, hot hatches, vauxhall astra VXR, volvo c30 t5

Do You Want To Be A Racing Driver?

May 25, 2008 by Mr Butterscotch 21 Comments

The Vauxhall VXR8

Racing drivers have some very particular attributes, one of which is obviously the ability to drive at considerable speed without crashing – as well as avoiding being overtaken by people with similar levels of skill.  Here in the UK, there are a lot of people who think that they can drive – an even greater […]

Filed Under: Competitions Tagged With: being a racing driver, racing licenses, vauxhall astra VXR, vxr driver of the year 2008

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