347BHP STAGE 3 ASTRA GTC VXR!
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Funny all the Vauxhall and Astra haters..probably costs more than most of you can even afford go back to your fiesta sts👍
Widda5 They prolly couldn't even afford that, the only drive they are getting is when their mom picks them up in her Pug 206.
Widda5 fuck off ya mong fiesta st for life brrrraaaappppp
cameron mcghee go back to Redcar you slag, that's where it sounds like your from anyway
cameron mcghee how did you know 😱
Widda5 jamie told me
My previous car, moved onto an A45 now. They look the part with the Aero pack. Build quality was great and the interior is leagues ahead of an ST. You can pick an early J up for 12k now. Absolute bargain for 300bhp+ car.
Thanks for the info.
That's quite a jump from an Astra to the A45 ... I love the A45 !
Standard they are 276 so would need to remap
Cant believe you've never seen one of these... And now that you have driven it, you see loads of them.
I absolutely love this car. 100 times over a Megane RS and I love the Megane RS.
I'm literally torn between getting one of these and a megane RS or a focus ST... Really don't know... What do you love about these so much?
Only shit thing with focus is it doesn’t have an LSD and it’s very pricey to do yourself if you have a shop install it
@@adambarrs92 what did you end up going for mate? im in the market looking at the exact same three cars, gotta finance it though and the megane rs is just slightly a bit too old to do - looking at S1 or kia pro ceed GT also as theyre supposed to be really well screwed together motors and remapped are 250bhp.
@@s1dew1nd3r4 I'll save you some time... The MK3 Megane is what you want by a mile. I've had mine over 2 years now and with a few bolt on's and a map I'm running 320bhp. Incredibly capable cars and the driving experience is so capable and raw. Not that the astra and Focus are bad cars but the Meg is just something special. Absolute animals on a track too... The other two wouldn't stand a chance against it in stock form.
What's wrong with all the haters, if you don't like the guys channel then don't watch its simply.
Kieron Alder exactly
I owned one of these for a year and absolutely loved driving it. These are very stable when you push them to the limit the diff works really well at hauling you through corners in the dry. It can be a bit hard in vxr mode on bumpy roads but there isn't a decent handling hit hatch out there that isn't the same. It was such a shame when the timing chain gave up just outside warranty at 30500 miles. My verdict is really nice to drive hard but they haven't sorted reliability with the vxr range yet. Would not have another one because of this.
Alex Spurgeon really?
Delayed reply but would you/anyone recommend this as a first car, what with the fat arse and the shocking rear visibility?
Ryan Walker get a st
Ryan Walker
No mate, seriously, the car is mental, had my Arden Blue VXR since March, it's my third car.
First was Saxo VTS, second was a Ford Racing Puma.
Unless you have the will of a Tibetan Buddhist monk, you will lose your license having this as your first car.
80mph in this feels like 40 in the Puma.
Also parking sensors aid greatly with reversing & the way it’s designed, visibility is actually very good.
this is what worries me about buying one
So Im from South Africa and out here we get the Oel Astra OPC which is the equavelant to your GTC VXR. Its a 2 Liter 4 cylinder turbo. We also get the Astra J GTC which came out in 1.4T and 1.6T. I personally own the 1.4T and I love it. Super smooth and refined, not the fastest I have owned but definitely all round the nicest. Im a big fan since owning the car and I would really love to get my hands on a decent OPC one day and make that my toy that I modify and make faster etc.
Gtc for the week and the opc for the week end :)
my favorite looking hatch by far
he keeps driving up and down the same road lol
I dont even have an astra j, ive an astra h vxr, but i need to address these haters.
No shit if we had the money we’d buy an m3 or c63, but we dont. And i get a lot more enjoyment in having a car like these that can make me smile every time I get in it rather than doing what most do and dropping £20k of finance on a boring SUV or people carrier or a diesel.
Grow up and let people enjoy their motors, that are probably a lot more appreciated and cared for than anything you own.
Great vid Jamie..why are there soo many haters ??? Don't comment on a car you've never driven people or probably seen on the road. Unless you've been in one "sick out"
Stage 1 bought it
Stage 2 insured and taxed it
Stage 3 drove it
Yeah I'm at stage 4 now, the petrol station
Great Vids jamie, sorry for being a sarcastic fuck lol
Al3xis007 hahaha exactly what i thought just couldnt find the words absolutly no imagination in these off the shelf cars, now if it had air ride a stripped interior and a twin turbo with an exhaust coming out of front bumper im interested.
All the GTC's handle great. Vx did a great job with them. I always thought they way trailing the setup in prep for the new astra. I was wrong. Sadly.
Maybe the hyper-strut multi-link set up was just too expensive to put on the normal astra. Or they decided the average astra driver just didn't warrant the extra cost. Either way it's a shame. As they would have a real superior focus competitor.
Currently got an astra gtc 2.0 diesel cause I do a lot of motorway miles. Admittedly 90% I'm sat on the motorway or sat in traffic but for just that 10% where I get to let loose I'd love to talk myself into one of these
Im just in love with Astras this year❤
The sound just reminds me of my standard corsa d vxr, miss that car 😢, hopefully get one of these soon
TIL stage 3 = intercooler, exhaust and a map...
Good vid as always but the stage stuff is all bollocks
iPetrolHead247 fucking Americanisms.. we'll be quoting Wbhp soon!!!
I don't mind hearing 'stage' when its matched up to a brand thats done it, for example a Revo stage 4 Golf Gti is alright because I can go find out what that actually involves.
uk has been using whp since forever, anyone that speaks about horsepower at the fly is a moron as it mean's nothing, hp at the tyre is the only thing that's important.
I've got the astra gtc 165bhp best car I've ever driven hasn't got the power this has but seeing as theres camera's everywhere on the road you cant max these cars anyway lol
I have the 140 hp it's à fucking good looking car
nice, real nice, i really like these . great vid review as always , still waiting for the vxr zafira vid hahaha , be lucky
They are so under rated and overlooked by the haters unless you own one shut tfu
I like the GTC VXR's as they are different to the mainstream Golf/Focus ST/SEAT Leon's out there, better than the H for sure which were torque steering monsters, I think VX have it here, will be nice to see what else they can do under PSA. I would revert to grooved discs though as drilled can crack and fracture unless they are cast that way (most are not).
Tony B this was made under gm, and its been dropped now. The whole gtc line has. Vx (opel) seem to do this all through the astras life, they make a nice 3 door for about 3 years, then drop it. Until the next astra is mature. Under pug i cant see it coming back.
The uk vx plants look as if they will be closed withing 2 years. And Poland where the GTC is produced (i have one, and live right next to a uk plant, so was a bit gutted about that ) will probably concentrate on the normal astra going forth.
As Chris Harris said it is "in your face and it is very honest about that". That says it all. It is a car which is requires you to be a bit of twatt and it rewards for being so. Does it make this astra a bad car? Nope. It does what a hothatch should: giving you a smug face every bloody time you drive it (see him smile?) All other hothatches are taking things too serious. Golf is a bit too civilized (it doesn't mean that it is bad, it is a great car and exactly what most people want from a car), Megane is too track focused (again a great car for what it does)... Astra is like "Uh a bend! Uh a throttle input! More!Moaaaar!!!!! Burp... Moaaaaar!!!!! Did I mention that it is devastatingly fast too? I love it.
All the usual hate about "Stages"
Never changes.....
Can't be that good if he didn't describe it as savage even once
Jamie mate there are a few better roads in that area you can get a good drive on, your slap bang in the middle of a junction under major motorway construction traffic in that area is a nightmare
John Higgins where would you suggest mr Higgins?
M74 is pretty safe for 150mph but in the wet I can’t think of any B roads about Uddingston that are any good... could have carried on towards the dogs trust but that’s not a great road either. Spoken to a guy who flipped his Porsche there.
I also have Airtec Intercooler and RSS induction kit, 2.5" exhaust with de-cat downpipe, stage 3 map, 333bhp on dyno (at wheels) with 99 grade petrol (omv extra. mol evo). Short shifter fitted and powerflex balance engine mounts (yellow).
I’m looking at buying one, how has yours been for reliability?
Jamie I thought you wanted variation on this channel and you weren't going to do the same sort of car twice, or that is what you were saying in your "how to get your car on the channel" video. Yet In the past couple of months you've done 2 astra's, 3 fez bombs ( 2 were even the same colour) and 3 clio's...can we get something other than hot hatches with postcode remaps that do pops&bangs? In fact the only decent car recently was that kid who's dad bought him a R34 skyline. Just saying
wrighty338 comment is flawless imo.
lmao couldn't of put it any better, the thing is, no offence to jamie, his channel is shit and hes not really that known, also his acted reactions are cringy. So the only cars he has the choice of reviewing are the halfords type; vauxhall, vw, ford renault etc. the more videos he uploads the more money he earns so he doesnt care about quality, only quantity. Typical everyday clone youtuber who also sells shit clothes because they are too lazy to work. Also lmao at postcode remaps
Fair play to him hes not working a 9 to 5 anyway and no offence i just didn't think this was the way his vids were heading. Also not hating on these guys with these cars we all started somewhere. Also dont think he will be making that much from YT right now.
MrKp0w get the fuck outta here then 😂
Joey 92 So true. I'd say of you don'tike don't watch as the cars on here are for the majority of people or viewers as most people can't affors the nissan r's etc. We don't want to see Porsches or cars most people can never get their hands on. Lol
Would love further details of mods, just bought one here in Oz😎🇦🇺😜
great clip again jamie. great looking car but wonder if this version will suffer from previous versions issues(weak gearboxes,turbos etc) sounds nice like the previous vxr tho. keep up the the good work F.Y.D
Car looks so good. Love it.
Oh good use of the full rev range (not) - to demonstrate what exactly?
yip he accelerates for 1 second and says wow and sounds like its wheel spinning
Funny people calling it rubbish.. Probably the best Astra Vauxhall built
Bigman 884 best astra built would probably a mk2 gte or mk3 gsi
Very nice car I've got a 1.4 T 150 65 plate Astra and its great fun I can't wait to get mine mapped.
The only astra Ive liked. The thing that bothers me though is why is it so heavy? 1587kg kerb weight for a front wheel drive hatchback is excessive.
GM/Opel wanted it to be safe, in terms of crash tests, but did not have the technology of "next-gen" super hard steel completely covered, so rather they gone the way of putting extra thickness. Plus interior, seats, wheels, suspension etc are super heavy. The latest versions of J were a little slimmer, but still in 1500+
But i guess its a good, saw a few horrible crashes of J, and the cabin was quite ok, comparing to outside damage.
@@Dulus0 I was wondering why they didn't make a VXR trim for the Astra K
@@MrRohanThomas there is/was an OPC/ trim, now called GSi, at least in Europe, but its mostly visual, different front and back bumper, bigger exhaust pipe, just a tiny bit tougher suspension, black roof liner, sport button, etc.
The real OPC/VXR was not developed mainly for 2-3 reasons. EU emission standards which are very strict, and OPC/VXR would make the overall emissions of Opel/Vauxhall worse. Money, as the Opel/Vauxhall was not in good financial shape in that time. And finally the acquistion by Peugeot. Peuget now does not push for sporty cars division (their 308 GT is a joke compared to other manufacturers), so it dictated not to developed full fledged OPC/VXR. Also i read that the OPC branding is still owned by GM, and so Opel/Peugeot cannot legally make full fledged OPC.
Wicked video... Good running commentary.... Who cares if it's a bleeding Astra... Each to their own!!
Keep up the good work Jamie.
What does "Stage 3" mean here ? Can the engine be "chipped" to produce to closer to 400 bhp ? Can the dashboard be changed to the astra where a proper large touchscreen can be incorporated ?
another good review bud. keep up the great work dude
Wish GM would get with the program and start bringing more stuff like this to the states, and less massive boat cars like Camaros and Cadillacs
Roy Diedesch Sadly GM don't own Vauxhall anymore. Been sold off to PSG.
That said, I agree... I used to wonder why GM never tried to push the Astra in the US.
Because nobody wants a manual car with power, they'd rather have an automatic pickup truck that's diesel
Knock Vauxhall’s all you want…. The VXR’s shit on anything else in the range, this particular model of VXR has a quality interior and at 347hp gives Golf R’s a run for their money.
Keep your ST’s Ford-knobs, and stop talking shit about Vauxhall’s when the majority of you have never driven one😊
Prefer the older generation MK5, simply sound and look better.I also own a Nurburgring Edition
Josh Shakerley I prefer the astra h vxr too
Deffo a better car the H
I have a astra j gtc 1.4t epic car, small enginen but gr8 funt to drive :)
Me also, had it remapped to 160bhp just waiting on an exhaust and a k&n induction kit and it will be sitting at around 205bhp
Got the 1.6T 200bhp standard
@@kianwcs2340 You'll love the Typhoon, induction and turbo / blowoff noise from it is crazy
@@djeq721 I've tried to find stuff for it but I'm stuggeling to find 1. I bought an induction kit. Ramair. And it just makes the car shut down. Doesn't seem to like it.
@@kianwcs2340 I have a K&N Typhoon fitted with no issues, does the RamAir have an attatchment for the MAF sensor?
Good vid as always Jamie, gonna be that guy though and ask for walks rounds to come back 👀
awesome car !
Really sharp J 👌
It's a nice looking car, sounds pretty good too. Why all the hate?
When u describe the cars would be nice to know about torque figure increases at whatever rpm....
what is stage 1, 2, 3 car modifications
My Astra j 2.0 Sri CDTi is 277bhp in a 5 door pure sleeper . Beaten a 07 Astra vxr before
Can't believe he's not wrapped them chrome window trims first thing I did when I got mine !
how did you get on with yours?
@@s1dew1nd3r4 sold it for an m4 which I had for 3 years then sold that now have an m2 😂
@@boothyktm nice! how did you get on with the vxr what did you think?
Currently weighing up a few motors this gtc vxr being one of them along with a focus st, megane rs, audi s1 - then other leftfield choices... kia pro ceed gt, abarth 595.
Can you try and get more fly by shots in your reviews?
Bought one 2mths ago with full service history albeit with 13k on the clock. Fully loaded, heated seats, reverse sensors, heated steering wheel, Sat Nav, lane departure warning, electronic folding mirrors, forward collision alert, AFL lighting with road sign recognition.. Not disappointed at all. And the performance even in stock form, is more than enough to see off many cars. On the flip side, the car should really come with a petrol station attached, because that's where you will be spending a lot of your time.. But then again, you don't buy a high performance vehicle to then cringe at the mpg's it gives you.
Just calm your right foot down mate, until you're on a deserted country road or a racetrack.
My missus drives ours as a daily and gets under 10l/100km.......I drive it about once a week and make sure the cobwebs aren't building up in it :D
What year model is yours? Ours is 2015 and doesn't have folding mirrors, lane departure, forward collision alert or road sign recognition........sounds like you're talking about the newer model.
how did you get on with it? im in the market at the moment weighing up one of these a focus st, megane rs or a s1! maybe even a kia pro ceed gt!
Defo convincing my mum to stage her vxr
very nice sound, which blow off valve and induction kit does it has on ?
Mint car!! Might have to try one!
Vauxhall's.. you either love them or hate them
That does make a great noise 👍🏻
why do all these cars have Naff air fresheners swinging from the rear view mirror
vectra vxr next
You need to do another s2000 coz I just love them cars
I have one , love it😁
What kind of exhaust is on this car? Sounds great
I’ve got a the 67 plate. Can someone link me what this guy got, because I want it. That thing so much better than mine!
Would you recommend I remap a Polo 1.2 tsi Match Edition still in Warranty?
Bit late but if u did remap it u can kiss that warranty good bye 👋🏼
It’s sick!!
I wonder if this vxr is still alive tbh...
Whand Kind of exhaust does it have? .. Sounds good.
I swear i've seen that car go down the a610 going towards notts.
Hi guys any owners can tel me of ny issues with these cars? Are they reliable?? Looking to buy one thnk you
You sound like James Corden mate
is it me or did it look like the car moved nowhere when he downshifted to accelerate
Hey can you please send link to this exact soundtrack I checked your link its not there. Or anyone know this soundtrack
Didn't these used to come with a V6 turbo at one point? Nice looking but it's still a Vauxhall at the end of the day plus I think they're close to 30k no?
Chris Dooley insignia vxr has the 2.8 v6 too
I had the Insignia VXR and GTC VXR. GTC was more fun, Insignia never felt that fast but was refined
Remap could sort that ;) which handled better?
Chris Dooley insignia was heavy but that 4x4 meant it was good wet, dry or cold. GTC needed to be dry to really get a lick on otherwise it would spin 60+ mph
Still a vauxhall? not that they have the lotus carlton which could proberly kill most cars on the road today. Not that the fastest road legal car in europe is a vauxhall either😂
love the gtc VXR, don't see many of them on the road which is a shame as it's one of the best looking hatch's around.
Too many people hate the gtc and opc I have 1 and it's fucking cool
Awkward moment when my neighbours Astra VXR GTC was stolen, also running 347hp, but he has an M3 now, all is well
How much did the stage 3 remap bits set back as a i want to get mine done
Just curious what your thoughts were this or the latest Civic Type R FK2 you had ago in a while back? You mentioned it doesn't torque steer much but what were you comparing against because it looked difficult to control to be fair!! The Civic puts the power down with minimal if any noticeable torque steer whatsoever but you looked like you were struggling with this didn't look controlled at all.
awesome car
the eld beefeater at daldowie
Can that VXR button stop the oil leaking bet not 😂
Went up and down the same road about 10 times 😂😂
Is it on fire yet?
Jynx is Magic that's a ford st mate
Terrence Ganasen or zafira😂
Jynx is Magic oh yeah, shit that is the most powerful frontwheel drive hatch on the market that has no torque steer and looks better than all of its competators.
My scirocco r makes 310 bhp with a stage 1. I would be expecting a bit more power than that with a stage 3
This car is foresale in Leeds right now
I've just bought this car from Leeds and then find this vid 😂
I buy 2008 gtc 1.6 16v about few days ago
Vxronline stone chips ,say no more,sold mine for megane 265 far better in every way real drivers car
In Glasgow? Looks like you drove by my house
Wasn’t Glasgow buddy
I'd get the 3 door astra than the 5 door any day
Stage 3 to gain less than 80bhp? A stage 1 gives 320……. That doesn’t move much either, that car isn’t stage 3!
Who done the remap
Love it dont like red cars tho aha
Excellent car and vid!.better in blue ~ like the one on my drive!
whats the song from the intro?
2.0 motor?
stage 3 OEM turbo...
2nd gear pull... Actually kick the cars ass don't tickle it
Nice
stage 3? taking out the cats and remapping is stage 1 no? lol Guess some cars have less in the stages, due to its potential.
the vauxhall logo ruins the whole front the opel logo is much better
Why is it so smokey?!