AFTER WHETTING our collective appetites with the AWD Insignia OPC, word is circulating that Opel is preparing to launch a hi-po variant of the sharp-looking Astra hatch too.

The Astra OPC will be based on the upcoming three-door Astra GTC, which will flaunt a lower roofline and a much more steeply-raked windshield than its five-door stablemate.

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WHILE OPEL’S enticing Insignia OPC doesn’t look like it’ll be coming Australia’s way, our compatriots in the UK will at least be able to enjoy the Opel’s twin-turbocharged AWD thrills in the form of the Vauxhall Insignia VXR.

The Insignia VXR will go on sale in the United Kingdom soon, however Vauxhall plans to introduce the [...]

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Update: Additional images added to the 2010 Opel Insignia OPC / Vauxhaull Insignia VXR  gallery.  Click through to check them out.

When the Opel Isignia was revealed to the world, it was clear Opel had a winner on its hands.

Things only got better from there, with news that Opel’s high performance division, OPC or Opel Performance [...]

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With HSV having capped its W427 program at 200 units, reports indicate that Holden’s performance division is now looking at introducing a new ‘halo’ model to take its place. Little is known of the proposed vehicle’s details, but if our information is accurate then HSV will be looking to price the range topper at the [...]

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Holden Special Vehicles will be bringing a limited number of GM’s hotter-than-hot hatch, the Astra VXR Nurburgring Edition, to Australian motorists next week, with just 20 of the track-tuned terrors on offer.

Under the bonnet you’ll find the same 177kW turbocharged 2-litre ECOTEC-4 that comes with the regular VXR, along with the same close-ratio six-speed manual [...]

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Those of us up-to-date with Top Gear (not those of us a year behind with the SBS-aired episodes) will know that episode 2 of season 11 will be airing in the UK overnight, so I thought I’d drop a few quotes to get you through until you can acquire the latest episode. [...]

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Here’s one for the Aussie readers - well actually anyone interested in a Corvette engined, Australian built sedan being sold as a Vauxhall in the UK. Jeremy Clarkson takes the Vauxhall VXR8 (HSV Clubsport R8) out to the Top Gear test track and after the usual array of lurid slides and tyre smoking shenanigans determines [...]

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It would seem that our home grown VE Commodore is adding some more silver to its trophy cabinet, this time overseas. CAR Middle East magazine has named the Chevrolet Lumina SS as the “Best Sports Saloon” of 2007, as part of its annual Car of the Year awards.

The judging panel was made up of six [...]

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HSV’s E-Series Clubsport R8 has recently been spotted in North America and the Middle East sparking speculation over possible new export markets for their V8 performance range. We now have unofficial confirmation that HSV will be shipping the R8 to the Middle East or at least thats what the GM Middle East 2008 product list [...]

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As they did with the previous Monaro VXR, the folks at Vauxhall in the UK will be adding a supercharger option to the VXR8 menu next month. The supercharger kit is expected to increase the standard 6.0-litre LS2 Chev’s output from 307kW/412hp to a whopping 402kW/540hp.

We all know that the Vauxhall VXR8 is really our [...]

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By now you have all seen Vicki Butler Henderson from Fifth Gear drive the Vauxhall VXR8. This time its Car Magazines turn to smoke the tyres. Interestingly the two VXR8’s featured are wearing Victorian number plates.

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In the age of the internet you don’t have to endure too many days without word of a good rumour and we have come across a ripper. It’s general knowledge that our home grown performance saloon producers are looking abroad for sales opportunities and HSV are certainly more advanced in this regard than FPV who [...]

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