Vauxhall VXR8
If you’re looking for a 4 door saloon that’s performance hungry, powerful in design and just generally a fantastic modern day muscle car, the Vauxhall VXR8 demands your attention. Incredible value for money, this is a car that can turn some heads and provide a huge amount of fun for a comparatively small amount of money. Petrol heads and executives take note.
Produced between 2007 and 2009, the VXR8 replaced the 2 door Holden derived Monaro. It offers a more practical solution to brawny motoring, and has 5 seats and a large boot as well as phenomenal performance. Armed with a V8 engines that produces 412 horsepower and goes from 0-60mph in 4.6 seconds, there’s even an optional supercharger kit available on the Bathurst S model, which increases horsepower to a world destroying 530.
The Vauxhall is a brilliant car to behold, and really has the style to back up its awesome speed. The snarling front grille, massive exhaust pipes and rear spoiler exude all the arrogance you’d expect. Inside, you’ll find a cabin that’s simple and straightforward, but also very comfortable and spacious. A solid build quality and truly mind boggling array of kit means it’s fully loaded like something much more up market. Comfortable seats in the front and back mean people of all sizes can enjoy the ride, and the 496 litre boot is brilliant.
It is a big saloon, but the engineers who worked on it clearly knew what they were doing because it’s agile, athletic and very precise. Exceptional handling means you can attack corners with wicked ambition, and the brakes are akin to Saturn’s rings in size. Thunderously quick thanks to the sublime V8 engines, the Vauxhall doesn’t hang around for long, but seems to get up to speed effortlessly, and sounds like a super car along the way.
Other cars that offer the same level of performance are monstrously expensive, and so the VXR8 is almost magical in the value for money stakes. However savvy buyers have a trick or 2 up their sleeves, with Motors.co.uk being the prestige. With 150,000 different second hand cars for sale listed at eye wideningly low prices, you can’t help but bag an absolute bargain. A used Vauxhall VXR8 will cost considerably less, and become much more affordable.
The clear fact is that the Vauxhall VXR8 is a monster of a sports saloon. It has all the power, attitude and style of a true great, but doesn’t cost a stupid amount of money. If you’re looking for something different that’ll delight your mind and your soul, this car is just the ticket. Trump everything else on the road and feel what it’s like to be a real driver.