hab noch mal was zamgesucht sind astras von vauxhall is leider auf englisch
PERFORMANCE
Pulling away from a standstill and at low speeds the 888 feels exactly like any other Astra, although the suspension is a little more firm. There is the standard 160bhp map, which I assume would come in handy for day to day use but I can’t comment on it as I did the righteous thing and had it running 200bhp right from the off. And boy, can this thing shift. The big selling point on diesel cars is usually the in gear acceleration times, as the huge reserves of low down torque allow rapid overtaking. This is usually at the expense of having a wide power band, with most of the engines work being done before 4000rpm. That’s not the case here: the 888 pulls like a train through every gear, right up to the 5000rpm redline, but there isn’t really much point in revving it that high, you’re better changing at 4500 and getting back in amongst that phenomenal mid range surge.
Flexibility is definitely one of the big selling points with a broad spread of power and perfectly spaced gear ratios. Shift the slick six speed box up a cog and - bang – it’s back on boost and reeling the horizon in at an almost indecent rate. I (unscientifically) timed the 30 – 70 through gears sprint at 6 maybe 7 seconds. In second or third gear the 888 will dispense of slow traffic with pleasure, put your foot down wait 2 seconds tops for the revs to hit 2000rpm and the surge pins you back so much so that it quickly becomes addictive. On the runway we were using we could ‘only’ get the car up to 120mph and it was still showing no signs of giving up. Apparently Triple 8 have had the car doing 145mph which sounds totally realistic.
We had an informal drag race between the VXR and the 888 down the runway up to almost 120mph and up until 100mph there was maybe six car lengths in it in favour of the VXR which in the real world isn’t much at all.
As far as engine noise goes, the diesel clatter soon fades and is replaced by a vaguely menacing roar/whoosh combination, it’s not the same as the howl of the VXR’s popping exhaust but then again, the lowest we could get the MPG on the trip computer to go was 37.1mpg, while the VXR was sitting on 18mpg.
HANDLING
All this power would be wasted if the chassis wasn’t able to cope and Triple 8 have paid close attention to the set up on the Astra. The uprated springs and dampers, as mentioned previously, give a firm ride quality but it’s not harsh by any means. It works well too. The 888 will hold on for dear life when pushing on through a corner, it sits flat, never loses composure, and when you do over step the mark the car understeers gently and never feels skittish on the limit: one of the criticisms levelled at the VXR. The huge amounts of torque do mean, however, that moderate control of the throttle is necessary and it’s much better to feed the power in coming out of a bend as opposed to just flooring it, which causes the traction control to get involved and makes the nose run wide. The traction and ESP will occasionally intervene but it’s not overly intrusive and you can switch it off by holding in the Sport button for five seconds anyway. In all honesty you’d need to take this car to a race track to explore the full capabilities. The braking performance is superb too, those four pots and big 335mm discs hauling the car up just as quickly as the turbo shoves it forward. This set up really puts the VXR’s to shame and it’s not exactly bad in the first place.
und des sind die prachtsücke (so wie die hier sind 19 000 pfund)
