Another comparison for you guys! Lots of hot hatches crawling out of the woodwork around here but this time I've actually done a side by side race which was done under safe conditions.
The Corsa VXR was a Red 2012 plate which I am lead to believe is 189bhp according to Parkers [1]. It wasn't the Nurburgring edition and MyCarCheck is telling me it was 189bhp. Now, we all know these cars do not put out the 200bhp that everyone thinks they do, rather 200ps; but even then they struggle to reach that.
As we approached the strip, it was a slightly cold night and he was in front, there was to be no overtaking action but it was said that if I could keep on his ass like a fly on shyte, then we would call that a win. I was keeping an eye on his exhaust, it had slightly cold smoke coming out of it and as soon as I saw the cloud dissipate and a massive amount of smoke coming out of the exhaust, I nailed the throttle. For about 1.2 second he pulled a car length on me, once I hit 5,000rpm it was game over for him. We went around the corner and I quickly pulled that car length back and some (French handling, see!).
I stuck on his ass up until 110mph, to be fair, my foot was flat and I was nearing him VERY slowly and it actually got to a point where I had to lift VERY slightly because I was getting too close for comfort.
So there you have it. This leads me to think that my car is running 190bhp or there abouts. I can't comment on the weight comparison but his VXR was the full fat model and so was mine, no cup or Nurburgring editions here.
Thoroughly enjoyed!
(Don't worry, I'm not going to do Harvard Referencing)
[1]: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/vauxhall/corsa/vxr-2007/
The Corsa VXR was a Red 2012 plate which I am lead to believe is 189bhp according to Parkers [1]. It wasn't the Nurburgring edition and MyCarCheck is telling me it was 189bhp. Now, we all know these cars do not put out the 200bhp that everyone thinks they do, rather 200ps; but even then they struggle to reach that.
As we approached the strip, it was a slightly cold night and he was in front, there was to be no overtaking action but it was said that if I could keep on his ass like a fly on shyte, then we would call that a win. I was keeping an eye on his exhaust, it had slightly cold smoke coming out of it and as soon as I saw the cloud dissipate and a massive amount of smoke coming out of the exhaust, I nailed the throttle. For about 1.2 second he pulled a car length on me, once I hit 5,000rpm it was game over for him. We went around the corner and I quickly pulled that car length back and some (French handling, see!).
I stuck on his ass up until 110mph, to be fair, my foot was flat and I was nearing him VERY slowly and it actually got to a point where I had to lift VERY slightly because I was getting too close for comfort.
So there you have it. This leads me to think that my car is running 190bhp or there abouts. I can't comment on the weight comparison but his VXR was the full fat model and so was mine, no cup or Nurburgring editions here.
Thoroughly enjoyed!
(Don't worry, I'm not going to do Harvard Referencing)
[1]: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/vauxhall/corsa/vxr-2007/