SK360

Hey we have an Ion turbo here in Pittsburgh.... Wait you mean thats not stock?

elecblue06

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pics.. i want to see where they have their front mount attached

Gettinausernamesucks

The one I like is the Corsa OPC. but man its big bucks and were not getting it

Fogrider

An Astra with the LNF powerplant?
Sign me up!

afireinside7710

yeah, no Ion anymore

elecblue06

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exactly.. i'd take that as a dd and have my ion built fu shaaa

Dainbramaged

The Astra VXR would cost @ 30K. If they were equiped like the EU cars. They use quality materials in the interior.(leather,Nav) They have Bi-xenon headlights. The car would compete with low end BMW's and Volvo. Saturn is not there yet to compete in that segment.

firebalt

according to wikipedia, the opel astra redline is supposed to hit the us by the end of 2008,

and god damn this car looks sexy:

(the interior quality):






sexy.


edit:

heres a youtube vid on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDZonrA2Dw

cakeeater

astra vxr? they should make it all wheel drive. oh my god PLEASE make it awd. the american auto market has 0 competitors with the wrx/sti/evo. we need a bad ass little awd car with a strong block to take them on! and from the looks of that it would have a nicer interior and would probably end up being cheaper.

blu3_v1p3r

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to me it kinda looks like a cobalt hatchback... if this comes out i'd lose my car for it

i thought this was funny i found it when i was googleing saturn astra redline

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f...figures-44626/

elecblue06

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man i love the vxr... but i don't like the center console at all.. the car feels solid and quality and that looks like typical american plastic bullshit

Dainbramaged

I would love to have the 6spd. tranny. Also if Milltek make an exhaust for the cobalt. If they make an Astra Redline it would be an 09 at this late in the year. You guys should check out the next Gen. Focus RS that car is bada$$.

blackbird

Over in Europe the Astra has performance version sold under the VXR label for the Vauxhall and the OPC for the Opel version. They currently still use the port-injected, 240hp 2.0L Ecotec. Those are the "super top of the line, special limited edition" type cars. The Opel Astra in the GTC trim level is a little more tame and comes with a 1.6L turbo Ecotec this year that replaced the old 2.0L turbo Ecotec.(and is now rated at 180hp).
OPC: http://www.opel.co.za/content_data/L...opc/index.html
http://www.opel.ie/content_data/GME/...microsite/opc/

1.6T models: http://www.opel.ie/content_data/GME/...microsite/opc/
http://opel.com/brand_sites/astra/launch/my85/

http://www.opel.ie/action/go?cntryCd...c&nav=showroom


It would be great to get a performance Saturn Astra with the same suspension tuning as the new Cobalt, the DI 2.0L turbo, and the panoramic roof option, but I don't think it will happen as soon as we hope. The Astra has been on sale for a long time in Europe and is coming up on a redesign. When GM killed the Ion and brought the current car here it was only meant to be a place filler so the Saturn dealers had something to sell in the compact segment until the new car (still a global design and essentially identical to the upcoming Euro Astra's) is introduced. They're also planning on producing that car in the US and I bet we'll see it around the same time or a little later than the next gen Cobalt.

I just moved back from Germany at the end of last year and since the time GM decided to impart the current Astra and now the dollar-to-Euro currency rate has plummeted even further. What used to be a "make no profit" but build market and have a better car to offer has now probably turned into costing GM a lot of money lost on every sale. I'm guessing that's why there's essentially no advertising dollars being spent on the car and why they aren't pushing for a lot of sales… yet.

My educated guess is that if the Astra production in the current for gets moved to the US prior to the global redesign we might have a better chance to see a turbo Astra for sale on our shores. It would be less expensive to build it here and they could probably justify the expensive certification and testing required. If the production stays in Europe there's a chance we could see the 1.6L turbo or maybe the older 2.0L turbo used in the VXR/OPC, but if you think about how much that certification would cost and how few would be sold I wouldn't hold your breath. I hope I'm wrong but I wouldn't hold out on hopes of a turbo Astra here any time soon.

05redline

For those of you obviously not in the know, the Astra Redline is not happening in 09 or anytime soon.

elecblue06

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there is talk of one in the 2010 remodel but no one is sure..

05redline

Yeah, not for the current one for sure.

elecblue06

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yea i've HEARD that in 2010 with the remodel on the delta 2 platform they'll have close the full euro astra spectrum

but not exactly.. we'll see though.. id love a turbo astra .. and by that time i'll probably be done with my ion lol

Nightlight

No don't see it happening...maybe a turbo GXP G5 would be kinda nice to see sadly i don't see it happening either.