Going back to a hot hatch again, and these are the three which I like,

Have owned a Type R before, can get 15% off the VXR and have no expirience with the ST, Fords didnt even have one to look at yesterday


Will be coming from a bug WRX


Any views on which would be best, and any background on ANY of the three would be great



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be different get one of these little monsters
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/09032006/45...istic-117.html

 

I still think the Type R is hard to beat. Ford and Vauxhall may be newer but for performance and handling ther CTR would have the edge. Buy second hand (up to a year old) and you will lose very little

 

still 3 - 4 month wait on any ordered focus ST you might get lucky if you ring around a few dealers and find a cancelled order, so if you need one quick that will be your best bet. but dont expect much if any discount.

VXR faster has the performance edge but is not meant to be as good as an all round car.

No experience of Type R here, as i like my turbo cars too much.

Mark

 

I am swaying toward the VXR, I do like the looks of them

 

you do know the new type r is going on sale in a couple months.

 

what about integra?

 

VXR is quite heavy ay 1705kgs

 

Jan 07 apparently and you can put deposits down at Honda dealers now.

 

Knock about 300kg off that

Tony

 

If it loks anything like the other new Civics about then no thanks, they are horrid

 

stock ctr ways in at just 1204 without driver ive had one for about 3 months now and still haveing fun

it even makes going to work a joy

go for the ctr just for looks and handling not to keen on the sts orange look

the vauxhall m dunno the last one was prone to nacking valve stem oil seals so what stops the new one from doing that
atleast with the honda people know they are reliable

 

Although i like the CTR i think its a poor relation to the DC5 Integra type R
216bhp and 1170kg - get some nice graphics and a racing dynamic wheels - a nice touring car replica

 

If you are looking at that class of hatchbacks, don't discount the Megane 225 Trophy!

 

Not keen of the styling of the Megane, checked out Hondas website last night and the new Type R looks fantastic.

 

Get the VXR . I went from a ITR to bugeye,to blobeye to the VXR and teh VXR i have found to be the best. Quickest on autocar's 0-100-0, both 5th gear and top gear and the ring. (i think the meganne may have been 0.5 secs quicker on top gear.)
The car is very good indeed, well sorted chassis, excellent handling and superb acceleration.

 

Thanks for that, do you find it a problem getting the power down though, when the roads are a bit damp/wet?

 

Yeh its not as sure footed in the wet as a scooby, but you can acheive oversteer understeer by using the gas correctly, it takes a little time but it is great handling, more fun to drive in my opinion.

 

March 2007 according to Honda's press release on Friday.

 

ready for 07 reg



bugger

 

Could you afford to stretch to a Golf GTi? They're supposed to be very good. Or maybe a vRS Octavia, though that may be a tad large, I guess...

 

VXR is excellent, I tried the ST and VXR, and went for the VXR as its a proper hot hatch, its not trying to be all things to all people (althou the ST was an excellent car).

Couldnt stand another VTEC car, VXR has 237BHP and 236 lb/ft torque, a well balanced engine, and it makes the car great fun to drive, you have a good surge of acceleration, as opposed to that waitng for things to happen in a small VTEC band.

As someone who has had 4 VTEC cars, including an ITR and S2000, id say dont look at the Honda, get one of the others, the games moved on.

Getting the power down with the VXR take good balance of the throttle, but in Sport mode its very sensitive, and easy to balance the car nicely on the throttle.
My only complaint is that it really requires one of the £500 remaps to smooth the power out (gives it 260 odd BHP to boot), its a bit surgy as standard, so ill get around to doing that.

Otherwise, build quality, looks, and performance all seem good, not Golf or Audi level, but then neither is the price, for the money its a hell of a lot of hot hatch.

 

i'm surprised only one person has mention the golf

 

I have heard a few comments about the golf being slow and boring to drive, and over priced ifyou look at all of the other cars.

 

The Golf is very nice, I thought about one, but having had a VAG car (Audi A3), I felt the driving experience was a little lacking.

Very capable cars, but doesnt have the excitement of some of the other hatches, it offsets that by being the more grown up car of the bunch. Depends what you want really.

Perfect if you want that extra bit of luxury and refinement, but not quite the more raw hot hatch that the VXR is.

 

Thats the second excellent review for the Astra, albeit from two owners

With the large discount available to me on the Vauxhall and the rather long waiting list, its looking likely the Astra is coming out on top, just trying to find a garage that has a demo

 

Autocar raved about it this week - it destroyed the Focus ST.

come on fella - what sort of discount????

 

True, but we only became owners because we thought the VXR was that good

A lot of garages should have demos, what I found with the one I demo'd was that they used 95 ron petrol in it all the time (real muppet saleman was using it as his every day car), and it does make a massive difference with regards performance.

When I picked mine up, they had kindly given me half a tank of 95 in that too, and after using optimax for a few tanks, performance was noticeably smoother and better, just somethign to keep in mind whe trying a demo.

 

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What is the list price for these?

 

£18995

Git