2008 Vauxhall Astra VXR Nurburgring Edition For UK

General Motors' Vauxhall division is introducing the Astra VXR Nurburgring Edition in UK. The 3door Vauxhall Astra VXR Nurburgring Edition is based on the standard VXR version, but its factory tuned to develop 240 PS. It has a top speed of electronically limited 155 mph (250 km/h) with 60 mph coming in 6.2 seconds.

Sales of the limited edition Astra VXR Nürburgring Edition have begun in the UK. With a price tag of £21,295, each individually numbered Nürburgring edition will come with an exclusive all-white paint finish and lightweight white 18-inch alloy wheels, equipped with bespoke Dunlop tires. Other exterior features include dark tinted windows, carbon fiber effect mirrors and B-Pillars and distinctive chequered flag body graphics, to further emphasise the car’s incredible performance.

Each UK-specification car will also come provided with a Remus Sports Exhaust, developed with Vauxhall’s BTCC race team, Triple-Eight Race Engineering, which provides a power increase of up to 15PS.

Like the standard car, the Nürburgring Edition benefits from a six-speed manual gearbox and lowered, uprated VXR suspension with ESP as standard. But its dynamics are enhanced still further with the wider front and rear tracks and lower un-sprung weight offered by the new alloy wheels. Ventilated 321mm diameter disc brakes at the front and 278mm diameter discs at the back help slow things down, while blue-painted callipers remain a VXR trademark.

The Nürburgring Edition theme continues inside, with carbon fibre detailing on the door trims and fascia, bespoke leather seats with the Nürburgring circuit graphic embossed into the Recaro front seat backrests and an individually numbered plaque showing each car’s build number.

Optional extras include electronic climate control (£275), cruise control (£200), electric foldable door mirrors (£125) and adaptive forward lighting (£750).

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