Sentences with phrase «astra militarum»

The Corsa and Astra VX Racing Editions cost # 17,425 and # 21,445 respectively, with orders starting now.

Fresh enough, in fact, to finish last month's group test ahead of the new kid on the block, the Civic Type - R, while also earning an extra half - star for the Astra VXR's evo rating.

The Astra and the Corsa in particular, flawed though they are (especially from an evo perspective) have consistently been in the top ten best - sellers charts for many years.

Based on the European Opel Astra, the Verano's debut engine is a 2.4 - liter four - cylinder good for 177 hp and 31 mpg on the highway.

The Astra wasn't very quick — though on a long, downhill autobahn run I could get the car up to 120 mph.

The new Astra feels like a smaller car than some of its rivals and that is a good thing down a B - road.

Vauxhall Astra 2000 model,,,, So I went to start the car everything came on but no sound or clicking, left it for husband to try and it clicked then turned over, went to Walsall was revering and it cut out so tried to restart it and nothing again.

More closely matched to the Focus is the Vauxhall Astra.

Secondly, as the registration - number anoraks amongst you will have spotted, it was KE55 OFA that represented the Astra VXR in last month's Civic Type - R group test.

In no particular order, the average magazine group test could have included Far - Eastern offerings in the form of the Toyota Celica, Honda Prelude, Mitsubishi FTO, Nissan 200SX and Hyundai Coupe, Ford's Probe and then Cougar, the Vauxhall Calibra and later Astra Coupe, BMW's stalward 3 - series, and even coupes from Rover and Volvo.

JAKARTA The future of automaker PT Astra International is back to square one after exclusivity status with a U.S. investment group lapsed without a deal by the Jan. 31 deadline.

Morgan will be launching a new and improved Plus 8 as well as its new Aero coupe, and Vauxhall will be pulling the wraps off its new Astra VXR.

Targeting the Ford Focus, VW Golf and Vauxhall Astra, the new Pulsar shares its underpinnings with Nissan's Qashqai and X-Trail crossovers, sharing the wheelbase of the latter but sitting below the former in the Japanese carmaker's range.

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In the case of my Astra, the ECU would need to be reflashed by the manufacturer to ignore the EGR not being in place (for me that's a P0400).

We also still wonder if GM, spurned by its disastrous experiment with the Saturn Astra, wouldn't have been better off adapting the handsome Corsa for our market as Ford has done so successfully with the Fiesta.

The Astra will face stiff competition - also at Geneva 2012 is the all - new Ford Focus ST and Citroen's 256bhp DS4 Racing.

Rachmat is a former chief executive of Astra and also serves on Indonesian President Abdurrahman...

E.g. in my 2002 Opel Astra, I can enable / disable any of the air channels on climate control independently from others:

Prior to installing the 1.6 CDTi in the Opel / Vauxhall Astra, GM launched the new diesel in the 2015 Opel / Vauxhall Zafira compact people - mover and ’15 Mokka (Chevy Trax / Buick Encore), so it will come to the U.S. market having been vetted for more than two years in Europe.

The Astra also seems to have very interesting headlight clusters with a jewelled arrangement at the top of the housing.

For starters, an # 850 Remus exhaust offers a rawer sound and a 20bhp - boost in power, while the ECU can be adapted to free an extra 48bhp from the Astra's 2 - litre engine.

There's also a BiTurbo Whisper Diesel in performance Opel / Vauxhall Astra models rated 158 horsepower, certain to spark speculation of a Cruze SS CDTi.

[Vauxhall's specifications for the 134 - hp Astra Whisper Diesel lists a respectable 0 - 60 mph time of 9.0 - seconds flat.]

To make matters worse for our Astra, the tread blocks on the original Contis are almost down to the wear indicators, and as we've already discovered, once the tread depth on the front tyres drops below the 4 mm mark, tramlining becomes a real problem on less - than - perfect tarmac.

My problem is that sometimes when my Astra G tdi 1.7 2002 is idling (is not in gear) the RPM will go to 5000 - 6000 with out me stepping on the gas pedal.

The Astra VXR is the latest in a long line of fast Vauxhalls.

It's a stunning display of what the Astra VXR can do.

The new 276bhp Vauxhall Astra VXR has all the ingredients to be one of the best hot hatches ever made, but any weaknesses will be exposed by two greats — Renaultsport's Mégane 265 Cup and Ford's Focus

Superchips has tuned the Vauxhall Astra VXR hot hatchback.

The mk2 Vauxhall Astra VXR gets a brawny 276bhp turbo engine and lots of impressive technology.

This is particularly the case in the Astra, whose compact form makes it feel more edgy here than both the bigger Vectra (which remains well composed even when really pushed) and the mighty Monaro (which feels surprisingly relaxed thanks to its long stride).

Vauxhall was calling this stunning three - door hatchback a «concept» at the Paris show, but with a few detail changes it's actually the new Astra VXR, set to do battle with the likes of

As the Astra's tyre noise falls silent and those in the back seat suddenly find themselves at a noticeably higher altitude than those in the front, there's just one thought in my mind: can we really get away with this?

There's a motorsport - derived Drexler limited - slip diff operating on the front axle, and unlike its hot hatch rivals, the Astra's is a proper mechanical plate differential, rather than an electronic item.

If you aren't swayed by badge power, then this is a credible rival to the class standard (Golf, Focus, Astra, Megane).

We'll find out what the all - new Vauxhall Astra VXR is like to drive in June.

It's the combination of Astra and Hill Route that results in a real revelation for me, as repeated lapping exposes a flaw in my cornering technique: although I'm easing the power in gently while unwinding lock on the exit, I'm getting on the gas just a fraction too early, introducing a touch of unnecessary understeer.

Despite the extra power all needing to go through the Astra's front wheels, its standard Drexler mechanical limited - slip differential should ensure such exuberant outputs are kept largely in check.

Interestingly, and much as I've found out on the road, there's no need to engage the Astra's stiffer Sport mode, while its admirably aloof traction control and ESP systems are given no reason to intervene.

Ian Eveleigh is gutted that the Vauxhall Astra VXR's going back soon, just when the weather's starting to turn...

Interestingly, a drive in Thurlby Motors» 888 Astra CDTi (click here to read our review) revealed that a hot Astra need not be afflicted with this characteristic, although to be fair to the VXR, the 888 does have a significantly stiffer set - up.

Today, as leader of Millbrook's Motoring Journalist Driver Training Course, he's working with some slightly more humble machinery, and as this event has been generously laid - on by Vauxhall, that means an Astra, a Vectra and a Monaro, each in its VXR form.

Vauxhall has firmed up the specs and details of its new Astra VXR, as well as releasing a promotional video.

It's been one long long - term test, but even after 15 months and 37,000 miles, Ian Eveleigh will still miss his Astra VXR

Not so the Astra, which features a standard gearbox, soft brakes and no diff.

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006 - 2011 Saab 9 - 3 vehicles manufactured May 31, 2002, to February 15, 2011, 2006 - 2009 Saab 9 - 5 vehicles manufactured June 7, 2005, to May 28, 2009, and 2008 - 2009 Saturn Astra vehicles manufactured April 11, 2007, to July 24, 2008.

According to a provisional punters poll, the blown - up Benz ranks at the very bottom of the street cred charts, somewhere between wheelie - Marco's naked Yamaha 500 and burnout - Yüksel's heavily tuned Opel Astra.

When we tested the FN2 in March 2007 (evo 102), we pitched it against the five - cylinder Ford Focus ST, Renault's finally - there Megane R26, the SEAT Leon FR, Astra VXR and Golf GTI Mk5.

A 911 driver would never say that to a 986 driver, but an Astra driver would.