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    pricey!
    *BTM* Opel Astra SRi 2.2L

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by sooty Click here to enlarge
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    Not a bad price though when compared to the Elite SRi that i mentioned.
    Agree, as I've quoted too already even at 80k it's not a bad price comparatively speaking...

    A range topping MR Evo 10 will cost you over 70k, Sti around 65k, basic TTS around 90k, S3 around 70k+ and so on, that's just comparing some other hi po AWD vehicles in sedan, hatch and coupe layouts...even the FWD RS Focus if brought over here would land at around 60k or over, so the Insignia seems priced accordingly, but would only attract a niche/small market and sell in small volumes at that price IMO.
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by Nurb608 Click here to enlarge

    PRICING and ORDERING

    Please find the pricing details for the new Insignia VXR. Key competitors for this car are the Audi S4 at £34,260 BMW 335M Sport saloon £34,840 and VM Passat R36 £31,825

    VXR Saloon/ Hatch £30,995 OTR

    VXR NAV Saloon/Hatch £31,810 OTR

    VXR Sports Tourer £32,320 OTR
    VXR NAV Sports Tourer £33,135 OTR

    Hmmm ok well......

    Audi S4 $118,900
    BMW 335i sedan $107,300
    VW Passat R36 $65,990

    just for comparison to what the VXR may be priced at (i'd say closer to the Passat pricewise)!!

    By god us Aussies are getting ripped off for Bimmer's and Audi's!!!! Click here to enlarge
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by xplosv57 Click here to enlarge

    By god us Aussies are getting ripped off for Bimmer's and Audi's!!!! Click here to enlarge
    Ain't that a fact !!! Click here to enlarge

    Don't forget all the other prestige/luxo brands as well, same story for all of them...

    And then there's the more humble brands too, eg. Nissan GT-R a measly 78k $AUD in Japan, enough to make you wanna Click here to enlarge
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    HOLDEN Special Vehicle’s aspirations to add the latest hot European contender to its Australian range alongside its locally-made V8 E Series models have been clouded by the imminent sale of GM Europe.

    The Melbourne-based, Tom Walkinshaw-owned company is awaiting the outcome of talks between General Motors and potential suitors – led by parts-maker Magna International and Chinese car company Beijing Auto – for the sale of GM’s European operations before looking to lock in a business case to import the just-released mid-sized all-wheel drive turbo V6 Insignia VXR.

    HSV hopes to be in a position to announce its European import plans at the media launch for its locally made E Series 2 midlife facelift in early September, by which time the GM Europe ownership issue should be well settled.

    HSV’s group manager, external affairs Simon Frost told GoAuto: “We hope to say a bit more about those products at that time, but our plans going forward are clouded a bit by the ownership issue.

    “I don’t think any final decisions have been made yet. Things are still being worked through with various contacts we have at Vauxhall.

    “But if it ends up that they are not part of our world, it makes it very difficult to go down that path.”

    From top: Vauxhall Insignia VXR sedan, VXR wagon and Vauxhall Astra.

    HSV’s big sister, GM Holden, is also looking to import the Insignia as a premium mid-sizer – a move that would make it easier for HSV to bring in the VXR variant, as the two companies could tag team on Australian Design Rule certification and shipping and parts arrangements for their combined volumes.

    The Insignia VXR – the performance flagship of the mid-size replacement for the Vectra in Europe – went on sale this week in the UK and Europe after making its public debut at England’s Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend.

    Known as the Insignia OPC in continental Europe, the hottest Insignia packs 239kW of power and 435Nm of torque from its Holden-made 2.8-litre V6, which is boosted by a twin-scroll turbocharger. This powerplant is essentially the same engine that Saab uses in its V6 models.

    Available in both sedan and wagon guises, the Insignia VXR can race from zero to 100km/h in six seconds and has an electronically limited top speed of 250km/h.

    In the Vauxhall range, it is only out-performed by the HSV-made 6.2-litre V8 Vauxhall VXR8. Insignia prices start at £30,995 ($A63,417), slipping under the VXR8’s £35,275 ($A72,175) entry pricetag by £4280 ($A8757).

    If it makes it to Australia, the German-built Insignia VXR will line up beside the European-built, Astra-based 177kW/320Nm 2.0-litre turbo HSV VRX, which is due to be superseded in Europe in 2011 – up to two years after the new sixth-generation Astra cooking model goes on sale this year in the UK and Europe.

    The future of the HSV’s Astra VXR also may depend on the outcome of the GM Europe sale, not to mention Holden’s possible axing of Astra to concentrate its small-car marketing efforts on its Korean-built Cruze and, from next year, locally made small car.

    Without a Holden base model, supported by Holden’s large-volume import operation, it might get all too hard for the small numbers required by HSV.

    Instead, a turbo variant of the Holden-built small car might be an attractive alternative.

    In Europe, the new Astra VXR again will be based on the yet-to-released three-door Astra Sport Hatch, with a lower roofline and what UK’s Autocar describes as “a far more outlandish shape” than the current three-door model.

    Despite the ownership conundrum, Vauxhall/Opel are forging ahead with the production launch of the mainstream Astra this year, announcing that the right-hand-drive five-door hatch for the UK will be built at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant in northern England.

    Canadian-owned Magna remains the favourite to take over GM Europe, which runs both Opel and Vauxhall.

    GM has set a deadline of July 15 for final bids, and a decision is expected to be made quickly after that.

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    So if I read rj's post correctly, it's not a twin turbo set up on the V6 but a single 'twin scroll' turbo set up ??

    And again more confirmation on the price point, looks like you'll defenitely need the better part of 70-80k...
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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by Wraith Click here to enlarge
    So if I read rj's post correctly, it's not a twin turbo set up on the V6 but a single 'twin scroll' turbo set up ??

    And again more confirmation on the price point, looks like you'll defenitely need the better part of 70-80k...
    Yes... exxy

    Does anyone realise that new the Skoda Superb 3.6L 4x4 is essentially the engine and chassis of the Passat R36. That comes in at around 60K on road.

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    Click here to enlarge Originally Posted by rjastra Click here to enlarge
    Yes... exxy

    Does anyone realise that new the Skoda Superb 3.6L 4x4 is essentially the engine and chassis of the Passat R36. That comes in at around 60K on road.
    Yep, but arn't most recent Skodas VW's in drag...a bit like some Audis, but without the high tech body and better interiors...
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    A couple of vids, not sure what they show as I cant access them at work so someone tell me, lol.

    Black at the ring

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMa2xMMn5Gs

    White promo vid

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJRufobzo00

    Interior

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZIQ_XB9hxg
    Track Times: Phillip Island - 1:59.4027, Calder Park - 1:08.8142, Winton 3km - 1:40.7810, Sandown - 1:29.6000, Haunted Hills - 62.55, 1/4 Mile - 13.736

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