Vauxhall Corsa & Astra VXR Limited Editions Announced

In these difficult times it's forgivable to find yet another special edition Vauxhall Astra and Corsa that simply provide mostly cosmetics and maybe a few extra horses. In fact, in a competitive market, such special editions may even offer some value for your money and its always nice to see a manufacturer do a little of its own tuning.

Here Vauxhall introduces the Corsa and Astra VX Racing Editions, variants of the VXR version of those models. The special editions are meant to celebrate Vauxhall's victories in BTCC (British Touring Cup Championship) racing last year, where Vauxhall captured all three titles - the manufacturers', drivers' and team championships.

The VX Racing Editions come dressed in the racing team's color scheme of red and black. The fire-engine red VX comes accented with alloy wheels in a glossy-black with 18-inch rims for the Corsa and 19 for the Astra. There's also VX Racing badges on the B-pillars and tread plates. Black highlighting of the VX Racing Editions also includes a tinted rear window, a rear diffuser and side strips and mirrors all in black too.

Inside the cabin are leather Recaro seats and interior décor strips in Piano Black.

The package also includes discounts on Remus exhaust system (which can push power up by about 20 hp) and Vauxhall performance parts and accessories.

The two editions will have a combined limited production of 888 vehicles, in tribute to Triple Eight Engineering who build the VX Racing cars for the Vauxhall team.

Prices for the Corsa and Astra VX Racing Editions, respectively, are £ 17,425 (19,500 euros) and £ 21,445 (24,000 euros).

Press Release

GRAB SOME TEAM SPIRIT WITH VAUXHALL'S NEW VX RACING MODELS

* Limited Edition Corsa & Astra VXRs celebrate Vauxhall's success in BTCC
* Cars' colour schemes replicate those of race team
* VXR Performance Centre parts discount included with every car

Luton - With the 2009 BTCC season almost upon us, Vauxhall has just launched two stunning limited editions based on the Corsa and Astra VXR to celebrate VX Racing's success in the 2008 British Touring Car Championship.

Known as the Corsa and Astra VX Racing Editions, they will have a combined production run of 888 cars. And that number just happens to coincide with the name of Vauxhall's race experts, Triple Eight Engineering, who build and prepare all the VX Racing Cars and contributed so much to Vauxhall's triumph in the BTCC last season when it won the
BTCC's Drivers', Manufacturers' and Team championships.

As well as sharing the VX Racing team colours of red and black, all VX Racing Editions gain full leather Recaro seats as standard. The VX Racing theme continues outside the car with logos on the B-posts and tread plates, too.

And just to make sure that you'd never mistake a VX Racing Edition from an ‘ordinary' Corsa or Astra VXR, tinted rear glass, a black rear diffuser and black side bump strips and door mirror covers are all part of the package. In addition, the Astra version gains Piano Black interior décor strips.

We're also sure that VX Racing's drivers, Giovanardi, Neal and Jordan would appreciate the gloss-black alloy wheels - 18" for Corsa, 19" for Astra - that come as standard on all VX Racing Editions.

Finally, for that authentic VX Racing soundtrack - as well as up to 20PS extra power - all VX Racing Edition buyers will have the option of purchasing a Remus exhaust system at a discounted price. For Astras, that means £720 (saving £275) and for Corsas, £410 (saving £150). Buyers will also benefit from a healthy discount on other Vauxhall Performance Centre parts and accessories.

Corsa and Astra VX Racing Editions are available to order now through all Vauxhall retailers, costing £17,425.00 and £21,445 respectively.

Team spirit never looked so good...