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The Astra VXR is mad. Officially mad. Certifiably mad. Take it too fast around a corner and it will happily show you what ‘tree' tastes like.
This chap took his 240bhp Astra VXR ‘Nurburgring Edition' to its namesake track and - after admitting driving too fast into the corner - promptly stacked his pride and joy into the safety barriers.
Needless to say the VXR was a write off. Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. But let this be a lesson dear readers: VXRs are mad, and the ‘Ring is a cruel mistress...
'Ring: 1, VXR: 0
'Ring takes another scalp as ambitious Astra driver finally understands the meaning of ‘understeer’.
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ComptonBG commented on this article
at 02:21 pm on 19 May 2010
FWD = understeering
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I know believe Vauxhall hates you!
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LastOnSunday commented on this article
at 02:48 pm on 19 May 2010
Having a 240bhp fwd car with the tag ?Nurburgring Edition' at it's spiritual birth place probably gave the driver an over inflated sense of his own driving skills . I don't think that it was the car to blame as it's been proven to lap the ring quite well in the right hands.
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at 03:01 pm on 19 May 2010
helicopter landing on track, that's awesome
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lost_britain commented on this article
at 03:43 pm on 19 May 2010
I'm curious to know what the bill will be for his overexuberant track day. Besides the car, of course.
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