Well....put the Meriva VXR demo on yesterday and tooke her for a spin.
Initial thoughts.....looks really cool in Black. Very tight engine, lots of torque...sounds better than Astra VXR with std exhaust!!!
But....handling....is all wrong....it SHOULD roll, but doesnt!! It SHOULD dive under hard braking, but doesnt!! It SHOULD torques steer, but doesnt. It just feels so well planted, sitting relatively high, with steering wheel in more of bus like position, but incisive turn in, tons of grip and the brakes!!!!! I have AP racing 6 pot system on the Monaro, the Meriva's feel more positive, no over servo and the windscreen will have nose prints on it. They feel much stronger than Astra or Vectra (both v good), and this car is out of the box!!!
Credit to the develoment team, and if this is a precurser to the Corsa VXR....roll on 2007!!!
Initial thoughts.....looks really cool in Black. Very tight engine, lots of torque...sounds better than Astra VXR with std exhaust!!!
But....handling....is all wrong....it SHOULD roll, but doesnt!! It SHOULD dive under hard braking, but doesnt!! It SHOULD torques steer, but doesnt. It just feels so well planted, sitting relatively high, with steering wheel in more of bus like position, but incisive turn in, tons of grip and the brakes!!!!! I have AP racing 6 pot system on the Monaro, the Meriva's feel more positive, no over servo and the windscreen will have nose prints on it. They feel much stronger than Astra or Vectra (both v good), and this car is out of the box!!!
Credit to the develoment team, and if this is a precurser to the Corsa VXR....roll on 2007!!!
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