Hot hatches | Top Gear

[@AymanB]

"It's understeering like a shopping trolly full of logs" I NEVER get enough of Jeremy's analogies !

[@crilauriola]

Or like a fat cow on ice

[@aryabramantyo4340]

9 years ago loll

[@hughthompson4846]

11 years

[@AymanB]

@@hughthompson4846 And I still can't get enough of his analogies.

[@hughthompson4846]

@@AymanB You were quick to reply! And I agree, hope you are doing well

[@McBeamer94]

"There are many options available for this car but there's only one it really needs: a strait jacket." Or a limited slip diff.

[@redevilrrr]

The later Opel/C`Vauxhall sporty models have LSD, so they learned from it.

[@McBeamer94]

@@redevilrrr Yep, my favorite one, the 2013 Astra OPC/VXR had one, so they definitely learned from it!

[@revolver265]

A straight jacket gives you limited slip. Or any general attempted movement, really.

[@F3rn4ndoFR]

I though you were dead

[@Kieran_OPC]

A rear roll bar has totally transformed my standard vxr, b14s made it even better on top of that👌🏻

[@bmstylee]

the Vauxhall is perfect for NASCAR since all they do is turn left.

[@hegamer4372]

wild bill lol ha

[@egesevindi]

😂

[@claytonwhitacre1335]

wild bill They don’t though..

[@mclste]

Clayton Whitacre yes they do hahah, half my family have owned one and they’ve all done the same. My mother had a 16plate VXR and it did the same. Then a year later needed a new engine. Only had 3k miles.

[@nandemabulu2252]

wild bill lol

[@Jay-cp8rl]

Stig: *spins golf off the track a bit* Jeremy: “He nearly DIED!”

[@SpaceMissile]

that car is so planted though, he wasn't gonna roll it.

[@owownwowlson8524]

Car: almost kills stig Jeremy: so you see it's a great car. Brilliant.

[@SpaceMissile]

that car is so planted though, he wasn't gonna roll it.

[@ramadanibrahimi3413]

My father bought me a few years ago an Opel Astra 2011 for university and I swear it is the fastest small car I have ever to date. It would go 220kp/h easily and even though it was a 1.7 would beat all 2.0 bmw, mercs and vw.

[@shay4261]

bro that was my b class car of choice back in motorsport 4 haha

[@FAT8893]

The Astra VXR will always be my favourite hot hatch, both this version and the latest one.

[@NeedMoarRage]

Why is that? The Megane, Honda Tyre R and and the Hyundai i30 N are better alternatives

[@FAT8893]

​@@NeedMoarRage I definitely love the Astra's styling. The alternatives aren't bad, but I doesn't look as good as the Astra, especially the latest gen Civic Type R. God, it's so fugly!

[@Zack37371]

Astra VXR has got it all, good looks, nice sound, cheap price and its crazy rapid! who cares about a little torque steer? i would still put a astra VXR before a Focus ST or a Renaut Megane anyday

[@camaroman101]

Europeans get the best compacts

[@lambertbutlersilvers6588]

lolz 4 us

[@nothinghere7391]

Americans get the best Muscle Cars

[@rutter1ify]

Nothing Here 😂😂

[@hardcorehardo]

the only other ones who produce compacts are Japanese..

[@LukeGB003]

@@nothinghere7391 well we get the VXR8 and I guess you can call the C63 AMG a muscle car

[@scottlawson1800]

goes to show a good chassis is timeless. They are always sought after years later for track cars and modding. a weak chassis will be cumbersome even with a better engine.

[@genogeno7289]

"IT NEARLY KILLED HIM!... so you see, it's BRILLIANT"

[@ernestososa2892]

I miss having them on the show.

[@yeeyee5054]

"On the show" ? They Are the show

[@jackwilliam446]

The times when 240 hp in a hot hatch was a lot 😂 you can get around 450hp in the new a45s 😂

[@humanperson4605]

0-60 in 3.9 seconds aswell.

[@Kieran_OPC]

The astras are 15 year old cars now its pretty impressive! Im just wanting 300 out of my astra vxr when i rebuild it never selling it i dont care if its slower because its so much fun to drive!

[@baker6928]

Not proper hot hatches in my opinion. Too much technology taking the raw feel and fun away..and too much power it can't put down around a B-road

[@humanperson4605]

@@baker6928 I agree, I think you'll like the new Suzuki swift sport, 140bhp, front wheel drive, and it weighs less than a tonne.

[@baker6928]

@@humanperson4605 a good example of power to weight. Something manufacturers overlook when chasing numbers as per. I do like how the new swift sports look, I bet they're fun to hoon about.

[@rbaines71]

Funny that the vxr made it round the track yet the golf spun and nearly killed stig. So how the golf be a better car.

[@hegamer4372]

rebelrickb lol XD

[@Fifthcell]

rebelrickb it's a classic name That's why

[@dystinct1777]

Because he is against Vauxhall

[@David-ud9ju]

Because Jeremy thinks purely based on his biases and prejudices and never looks at anything logically or objectively.

[@MrRohanThomas]

I would pick either the Astra or Golf, the Megane is just too ugly

[@carinfoaustralia7474]

vw gti more dangerous than some supercars around the top gear test track

[@z06dave]

I've got a VXR and it doesn't understeer like that at all, does torque steer but heres a tip to defeat it.. HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL.

[@Akkbar21]

You never go fast enough or turn hard enough to see it

[@watchit8064]

@@Akkbar21 coilovers would solve the problem

[@markleavesley9021]

Obviously you should be the new stig

[@richboy900]

Adds character imo

[@boozecruiser]

Your car is still shit though

[@ЧёрныйЛев-ш3ш]

Love Opel!❤️👍🏻🙏

[@SA-zoom1]

Back in 2007 I test drove all 3 of these, a Civic Type R and Focus ST, and eventually ended up buying a new Focus ST3, for me it was the best all rounder and had the best engine (2.5 5cyl) but I have to say the Astra was the most fun car of the lot to drive, the Civic was a disappointment, the Megane felt like it would fall apart and the Golf felt the slowest and was a bit boring.

[@ricardodiaz3928]

Golf Mk5 Is 💩

[@danieljordannicol9937]

Yet the megane is the best on track

[@johnhunter7244]

I wish it had better steering feel, my chevy cobalt (basically the same car except sold in america and without a hatchback) doesn't have much at all. I have the base model engine though, and can't really tell how much grip is has compared to other cars because my tires are a bit old (too expensive to buy new tires for a car I don't like that much)

[@xharrisony]

I have a normal Astra and it was built in 2009 and it's still as tight as a drum

[@nov3019892008]

Randoms mandoms mine was built in 2007 and the previous one in 2006. Both solid considering theyre over 100k miles

[@bluepr1nt251]

Mine is made in 2007 over 300k km... Never had major engine problem

[@Bakairo89]

Got an 05 2.0 SRi with a K04 vxr turbo in. My engine isn't happy haha. Need the head repairing. Amazing power difference without tuning. Can't wait to see what she does with a stage 2 remap.

[@harvey1344]

I’ve got an Astra SXI 1.7 CDTI 56 plate and it’s on 175k. Still drives like new

[@xharrisony]

However the engine seized up at 60k miles and bought a 2011 astra instead

[@WH250398]

0:11 The exhaust looks like a mini usb port

[@DrThunder88]

Stig's a consummate professional. I like how he backed over the finish line.

[@SHEARMINATOR]

vauxhall rock!! The mrk5 shape will hold it's style for a good few years to come but the new Astra mrk6 shape tho not great but the mrk6 with a pack looks good

[@senormidget]

"if you see one of these cars burning rubber and slewing round the estate where you live, don't call the police, it won't be a yobbo, it'll be your next door neighbour just trying to drive to work" i've got an astra and he really isn't kidding hahah

[@StriderCX]

"So if a butterfly flaps it's wings in China, you're going into a tree." ROFL

[@jeremyfong5684]

That only happens in China

[@ivanbima5877]

The time when 240 HP on a Hot Hatchback is like puting 1000+ HP on a Supercar. And yet today, Hot Hatchback are creeping the power to 400+ HP. Basically just under the original Gallardo

[@martythemk3fiesta59]

They're barely reach 300hp atm

[@PG-20]

@@martythemk3fiesta59 both the Focus RS, Civic Type R and the Golf R have 310+ horses. The Merc AMG A45 has almost 450 horsepower.

[@sukhdevr3489]

Around the same power as the Ferrari 360 too

[@StarsingerOG]

but they're all awd.

[@Glaskruka]

Just got myself a megane rs 265, and I couldn't be happier! It blew my mind when I first drove it

[@thetwincams6252]

Exactly......Renault Sport use a separate chassis for the performance cars than what the rest of the range have Almost all other manufacturers just stiffen, lower and tweak the standard chassis Upshot is, anybody who thinks a VXR is a well sorted car just has no clue.........they won't know what a Megane is Well, it's more often than not the best drivers car in it's class by a country mile Only a Civic Type R approaches the game with a similar rawness

[@specialops9710]

@@thetwincams6252 I have the 225 the amount. Of people it surprises is very funny vxrs are. Over rated

[@thetwincams6252]

@@specialops9710 VXR are extremely overrated yes.........as for the 225.......wonder if they will become highly sought after, now that the Renault Sport brand is virtually dead? The 225 started the brand......they were Williams before then..........the R26 was very good, had a LSD fitted

[@specialops9710]

@@thetwincams6252 ye i can see them becoming sought after soon from what I can gather online there's less than 500 on the road to date so I'm keeping mine just in case 😂 I would love an r26 but abit out my price range so got my self a 225 brilliant cars a pig to work on but brilliant especially on b roads through country sides

[@thetwincams6252]

@@specialops9710 Well, with numbers like that, definitely worth keeping......this car loving band has similar ideas......lead singer Matt won't let his S2000 go........however, Tim has decided to let his Clio 200 go........but is being replaced with a Megane 265

[@centuriontaxi]

one of my cabs is a vectra sri diesel with the ex pack on it with the snow flake 19" alloys on it. and it still looks and goes really great . matches are insignia's too. love my vauxhalls .

[@CatonsvilleCentralRwy]

Is it just me or is the MKV better looking than the MKVI? MKVII is pretty hot, though..

[@sajifi8836]

it's just u

[@ITAutos]

Woody Ridenour Mk3-Mk5 is a bad looking car. Mk6 just made a revolution on the golf line. Mk7 is the better version of Mk6.

[@CatonsvilleCentralRwy]

MK6 revolution? what the hell? The MK6 was little more than a facelift of the MK5 line. Mechanically and structurally very, very similar. It was the MK5 that was the total do-over from the MK4 and 3. Trust me, I've worked on them. MK5 and MK6 are nearly identical, whereas there's virtually nothing in common between the MK4 and 5.

[@theant9821]

mk1 looked very good mk2 looked incredible mk3 could look ok (with minor modifications) mk4 looked awful (except r32) mk5 looked ok at the time but is now dated mk6 looks good mk7 looks good

[@Fifthcell]

MK1 & MK2 are the best.

[@SugmaNatsu]

The golf is the perfect teenager's car You can flip it without much effort

[@shay4261]

an average teenager couldnt insure a golf tbh

[@svpracer98]

I still wish they offered a VXR package for the Saturn version... even if it was a DIY kit...

[@svpracer98]

@SPECTRE Yes. Saturn got the 2005(?)-2008 Opel Astra as a 3 or 5 door hatchback. XE was the base trim. I had the XR with optional "Sport Handling"

[@svpracer98]

@SPECTRE I LOVED mine. Unfortunately I was rear ended and after the ordeal of finding parts was complete, it got sold to a neighbor.

[@OutdoorAesthetics]

the GTI is my fav and I will be getting one this coming January

[@ViceCityVacation]

Yeah I love GTI's & Golf R's, they're still the best all-rounder Hot Hatch & best for everyday usability, but I think this year I'll have to give the pure performance factor to the Astra. Quite a bit more tasty looking than the other hatches & has the MOST mature & stylish interior. But....end of the day....I would always fall back on the Golf :) Check out a Focus ST as well, you'll be pleasantly suprised

[@archert6319]

Outdoor Aesthetics hope you got one dude

[@HH-uv4iw]

Outdoor Aesthetics still have it?

[@notmanynamesleft]

Boring cars and handle like jellies

[@mirola73]

Had a 2014 Astra diesel with still the old 1.7, but it was a rocket with 'only' 130 HP. Had to sell it as I wasn't driving long enough distances anymore. Apart from the shait DPF (that every diesel post 2010 has) it was a great car, fast, comfortable, roomy and nice (enough) looking.

[@kennethhymering677]

Everybody always talking about the GTI and in the mean time you get more for your buck with a Vauxhall. Every time and in every way that counts!!!

[@ChaseEverything]

Kenneth Hymering that's why the vauxhall 59 plate insignia that I bought fell victim to a very common fault after 2 months where the oil pump fails 😂😂 I bought it November 2017 and it died January 2018. Vauxhalls answer when questioned about why there were no recalls on the vehicle were because they "were unaware of the fault and it's an old car so what do you expect" meanwhile all the CDTi engines seem to have same oil pump common fault. I would never drive a vauxhall again after that. Cheaply made.

[@czrptr6849]

@@ChaseEverything it's common? had a astra cdti for 10 years engine is strong, the gearbox isn't as good

[@killerconsoles517]

@@czrptr6849 yours is the 1.9 his the 2.0 , the problem that destroys the engine is a few ££ oring from the pickup to the oil pump, once it fails you loose oil pressure and destroy the engine. And regards Vauxhall it's like meeting a stunning lady but when she wakes up in the morning she looks rough as a dog, on the surface it seems you get a lot for your money but you soon realise the materials are poor, fit and finish is not up to the standard of the Germans, and overall quality, you test drive a 200k bmw / vw and then a 200k vauxhall, the latter will be falling apart. No hat on Vauxhalls I've owned many and only when moving to a German car I seen why there cheap.

[@Jo3man96]

You mean other than handling and practicality?

[@ashtonworth6288]

The mk2 astra GTE was the bollocks back in the day

[@225M3RCR]

Ashton Worth my dad had 2 of them

[@ashtonworth6288]

@@225M3RCR 16v's?

[@225M3RCR]

@@ashtonworth6288 Belive it or not, spoke to him he had 3 a black 1.8 8v then a 2.0 white 8v then a 2.0 16v In red that was the c20xe

[@darrenmicklewright2008]

I had a white 16v and now have a vxr .astra is underrated for price

[@ΔοσόπουλοςΒασίλειος]

I really like this OPEL Astra H OPC !

[@damianclark9732]

I just bought the astra vxr on a 10plate an I love it,I'm not going to be joyriding it all over some estate like the stig was so I don't need to worry about how its going to handle at high speed in corners,as long as I have the power to smoke someone on a striaght at the lights its all good,and it does pull to the left a little but that's just the rar power:)

[@gabrielvanya8245]

Well now it would've been interesting comparing these against a Mazda 3 MPS and a Seat Leon Cupra.

[@UTubeSL]

How far things have come, with the incredible Civic Type R pushing 316bhp through the front wheels so well!

[@MrRohanThomas]

Because its newer

[@UTubeSL]

@@MrRohanThomas imdeed. And the amount of progress during that time I find impressive!

[@martythemk3fiesta59]

There was a 3.7L alfa 147 with 330hp that did 1:30 round the track

[@rhianrushmere]

the GTI and it always will be

[@rhianrushmere]

I think I wrote it wrong

[@pvultureb8341]

***** So sad

[@dedelabinouze5110]

Yeop i agree, Peugeot GTi all day

[@Mormolocu06]

astra opc

[@twinsparkalfaromeo6877]

Astra is better

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

Actually a pretty decent little car that Vauxhall

[@lyianx]

They are leaving out two major players in the Hot hatch market. MazdaSpeed 3 and Subaru WRX STI

[@bringbackcaramel2302]

Focus RS/ST?

[@bringbackcaramel2302]

Brent Gibala There have been RS models since the first generation of the Focus

[@elnyoutube123]

lyianx There was no STI hatch back when this was filmed

[@lyianx]

Which was when? They have had hatchbacks since 08

[@elnyoutube123]

lyianx This episode was filmed in 2005

[@chrisstickland7993]

in fairness clarkson does like the astra vxr and as standard it is abit crap i was disappointed with it but after getting rid of the 19" wheels for 18" toyo proxies r888 dropped 30 mm on ebiach pro sport springs and a whiteline adjustable anti roll bar it handles really well and a decent remap to get rid of the crap standard vauxhall map add in piano black surround blue smd conversion and nice touch screen radio its a nice place to be (and remove all vauxhall badges) wouldnt swap it for any other hatchback asides a new focus st

[@hegamer4372]

Chris Stickland focus st i would never get because Ford stands for Found On Roadside Dead Simple ford

[@lukecowell7516]

@@hegamer4372 fix or repair daily I think is the quote

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

Huh

[@Jo3man96]

⁠@@hegamer4372that’s weird, cus everyone I’ve known with a Vauxhall, including my parents and my older brother, had endless problems, while the people i’ve known who’ve had Fords (including myself in the past) rarely have problems. The Mk2 Focus handled better than the Astra H too.

[@MrMeatyWagon]

the song in the beginning is the theme from van helsing :D

[@crosseyxpoweruk]

The astra still looks the most modern, unlike the megane and golf which look really dated now.

[@TheStigHCE09]

shaun cross I disagree, I think the Mk5 GTi has aged the best but I'd still have the Mégane by far

[@jude11117]

@@TheStigHCE09 the megane looks great in fact I’ve bought one last week

[@asifnoaman8978]

@@TheStigHCE09 the GTi looks bland and terrible

[@zittauerbuar4415]

The vaux looks like a sandero 1 in the front

[@simnikiwe1]

the astra is the fastest, best looking and most affordable...that makes it the best hot hatch... would love to see how it would perfom against the Ford Focus RS

[@samdurling6053]

The engine progress they refer to is amazing. But since then it's only got more impressive. Now the latest rs3 produces a similar power to the Ferrari 360 and that car only went out of production 14 years ago. This 308 in the clip was far older when this was filmed.

[@HECKproductions]

seems like people still do not understand that the GTI pack in VWs doesnt add power it only adds weight

[@Zero_Ninety]

What on earth are you talking about?

[@capitanandy2535]

I have Opel Vauxhall Astra GTC.....It's a great machine....on the Road Is a fantastic car....fast and agile!!!!....never a problem , great reliability!!!!

[@thedonkyk]

i own a vxr and i do agree with top gear to a certan extent it does understeer but only when u give it to much to handle i mean i put it into a corner i would take in a car at 35mph but i put my vxr in at 70 mph !!! and it did understeer a bit but i was going far to fast for the car to handle .ive had a race with a magane and i blew it into next week going through some lanes a few corners and i was gone and for the golf not worth the fuel lol ps bridgestone tyres is a must on the vxr

[@danieljordannicol9937]

No you didn't

[@chrislinuxtutorials5283]

This video was actually published 1 day before I was born! My dad owns an Astra. He got it in 2007. I sometimes drive it in an empty parking lot. Turns out that manual transmissions aren't difficult to drive!

[@chrthm27]

Astra OPC/VXR was a really fast hothatch! It was so fast like some cars of a "higher level" and you expected to turn like those cars... That's why some people who are "normal" drivers can not turn it like they fantasize it 😂! Astra proved back then that it was fast and was not as shit as these guy here want to show us it is, in Nurburgring laps

[@player1vladimir]

When it comes to hot hatches there is nothing better than the Renault Sport division.

[@jensendiecast2385]

0:00-0:14 squat squat squat squat

[@Vacre7]

Wait, hold everything. The Vauxhall has a 1:33:0. The Bugatti Veyron has a 1:18:3. I don't know about you, but I think that is a little too close.

[@chrthm27]

To drive the OPC H, or VXR H, you have to be handy! Between these 3 hatches, yes, I would choose it with eyes closed! Is not as bad as this guy says. It was faster than golf R32 in the track

[@wakeupandsmellthecoffeetod9582]

That's the old MKIV R32...not the MKV. The MkV did it in 1.30.4

[@Zero_Ninety]

Yeah you'd have to have your eyes closed to choose the Astra, you'd never choose it if they were open.

[@bradleymeyer9775]

The second generation Honda Odyssey for North America, form the years 2002-2004, also had 240 horse power.

[@sebastianzamparo9371]

The megane has been my first car in gran turismo, great car like the astra. Golf not so good

[@rickrolled09]

Some say that it causes 30 of accidents on our road a year, by the same driver and that the sat nav has no use because you'll be somewhere on a field in Dorset. All we know is it's called the Vauxhall Astra VXR.

[@IIChA0sIIcc]

get a grande punto abarth esseesse, gtech upgrade and there you go. rallye car sick

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

wew

[@evildeedz66]

@SlurpSilencer well, I didn't say he directly compared it to a racing vehicle, but he was sort of speaking as if it would even have the specs of a racing car. Anyway, he said he would choose VW, and as we all noticed, it failed on the curve. I was just implying that, even though he's really experienced, he blindly chose the VW, because..oh, it's Opel, we can't pick that, it's not like Mercedes,BMW or VW. So, one of my points is that Opel, at this try out, was really underestimated.

[@sauravbarman4252]

Did someone else hear the dark knight theme from 3:06?

[@FantasKanal]

Remember when there was EDM in the backround of Car Shows? Reminds me of Grand Tourismo on the PS1.

[@Chowmeister]

astra is so good looking mayn

[@ShiftRGaming]

You're joking right?

[@SubTempest-_-]

NakariNova it’s his opinion. Let him have it.

[@andy110492]

How is the vxr not good looking 😂 megane in liquid yellow does look good aswell the just looks boring

[@MrRohanThomas]

@@andy110492 Haters gonna hate, Astra is good looking

[@MrHussain1998]

Its great looking but the ENGINE IS SHITE

[@jeremyfong5684]

"I got torque steer when i accelerate, i got understeer when i turn into a bend, and if i lift off, i got oversteer"

[@darrenmicklewright2008]

BUY A RARB

[@akiskapouros]

Its half a second slower than the renault cause stig throws it on purpouse out of the track all the time

[@vuss2107]

Had a VXR for 6 years with a few added extras like Quaife LSD, Suspension, Swaybar, Decent Tyres, Bolt ons They can get moving and alot nicer to drive and understeer will be gone

[@NeedMoarRage]

The fact you have to do all that to make it handle well says something. Whereas a Megane RS will handle brilliantly in standard form.

[@Dennell_Mount_and_Blade]

@@NeedMoarRage Megane RS undoubtedly better for the track, but getting more power out of the Megane is a big hassle as well, so on the normal road with those modifications an OPC will be faster.

[@jrdxx]

"The Golf is a great car....Brilliant" xD P.d. Megane Rules!

[@qasimmir7117]

I’ve been in the back of an Astra VXR down country roads, and man, it’s quick.

[@wawewawe1316]

I miss Top Gear

[@danielsnell9053]

The Van Helsing soundtrack is a good fit for motor races!

[@marjak92]

ford focus RS :D

[@1SaG]

First discovered TG back in 2004 while shopping for a car. Came across JC's review of the Golf V GTI and couldn't believe the praise he gave it. Golf IV GTI was a major bore, so I didn't expect the next one to be much better. So I went and did a test-drive and ordered a GTI a few weeks later. Looking back after nearly 20 years, I still stand by that decision. I did get to drive the Astra later, but other than its power, I wasn't impressed. Interior was miles off the Golf's look and quality and the driving position was appalling - I remember the rear-view mirror being so bulky and badly positioned that it robbed me of much of my forward field of view. Also: Over 5 years of ownership, mine was completely trouble-free (unlike the Mk VI GTI I got after it) and the engine was nowhere near 200 hp. When I sold the car, I had it dyno-ed and the reading was ~220 hp - from a well broken-in engine with about 100,000 km on the odometer.

[@Jasper-Holland]

where's the ford focus?

[@Daledondale193]

Miss this old good times

[@simer555]

Opel The Best!

[@jasonherah1563]

I love the Astra VXR. A future classic. In my opinion beats an Golf GTI anyday on looks, quality and excitement

[@Kieran_OPC]

Pure bonkers every timeni jump in my Arctic edition🤣 it's handling was never perfect but b14s, rarb, 24mm farb, poly bush some bits and good tyres solves everything and it isn't the most expensive stuff to buy for them

[@hasanbahja6953]

What's the music at the beginning of the drag race?

[@InfamousTub]

+Hasan Bahja Is the main theme from the Van Helsing movie.

[@ReplicantBattyman]

@@InfamousTub wondered where i recognised that from

[@InfamousTub]

Replicant Battyman One of my favorite movies growing up! I'd recognize that theme anywhere :)

[@flynmid]

The exhaust diameter is smaller than my cupholders

[@r.i.f.2022]

Megane......🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝start roket

[@xiaoyu88]

Why the word "Logs" was edited at 5:12? What did he say instead? :)

[@MrStephen1122]

the astra will be more reliable after 5 years and parts are easy to get

[@biboKralle]

More than the Golf...? :D

[@JulesD92]

biboKralle yup more than the golf

[@JulesD92]

biboKralle the engine is easy capable for 400Hp

[@ivanknjezevic4840]

did you just assume a gm product will be more reliable than a volkswagen? BWAHAHAHA

[@ralphsaad8637]

Ivan Knježević VW are nlt reliable by reputation. My opel seems reliable till now.

[@sukhdevr3489]

Astra looks great, I'll probably get a 1.8 or 1.6 with a similar bodykit to this VXR as my first car.

[@2610ksj]

Taking my license, my driving intructors car is the Astra! Great car, you just can't see shit out of the rear

[@Jman21UK]

I have the 1.9 diesel astra sport Sri with exterior pack, it's no vxr but it's definitely not slow either 🤣

[@specialops9710]

They are slow it's the torque that's fun I had the same car sold it because they handle like a long boat 😂

[@hegamer4372]

I have a vauxhall and i made ir rear wheel drive now its sick

[@saddy78]

I like that Vauxhaull Astra VXR. We had the Saturn Astra (i think that was the name) Only problem is there is no more Saturn and they didn't have a turbo charged model anyways.

[@EngineerGuy2011]

I still love my GTI :)

[@hamdanali2036]

now the Civic Type R has 330hp through the front wheels and it’s a handling dream. the A45s is a 2L and has 421hp. engineering has come a long way in such a short amount of time.

[@winbig1]

But they cost 50k new.

[@quinncavin2865]

And you know, I would rather have a MK 1 Golf rather than all these modern hatchbacks.

[@christiann6350]

Mk 1 is so rare though :/

[@AkairuNoAme]

Ma parents had one and I grew up with it. One day I'll get one myself :)

[@QullVideo]

I used to feel the same about the 205 GTI. My parents got rid of it for a 1.4 Clio which went on to be my first car. The Clio was still a great car but I always wanted to have a 205 GTI.

[@Fifthcell]

My parents still have theirs... Ill soon buy it off them :)

[@johncollins5552]

RUST in pieces.

[@Manu-Official]

So far I have seen 3 VXRs understeering themselves out of a corner while trying to overtake me.

[@specialops9710]

Good old hedge sniffers eh 😂😂

[@michaelporter8485]

My Astra vxr is now 350bhp 😂😬

[@619SuperMuhammed]

Sell it to me

[@evildeedz66]

@SlurpSilencer you are truly right, it seems I was too sleepy to notice the "enter" instead of hit. I still tend to think that such cars are not made for real races, they're underpowered and they have non-racing car utilities. Of course, each of them has their own race car model, but still, these cars are made to reach over the standard level of any 2 door car, they have a lower weight, they have lower frames etc and they develop quite some hp. You still can't compare them to racing ones.

[@mikhail5647]

1:12 track id anyone?

[@aidenvosper3551]

Plug n play by the scammers

[@georgezoitakis]

The vauxhall is perfect lift off the throttle and boom oversteer like an old Rally car but still the mk3 Astra is the best Astra

[@minjagamez744]

If the Citroen was RWD, it would be a rocket.

[@silusjackson7244]

It would also breakdown after 50 meters

[@lm658]

+Silus Jackson true story

[@christopherneale13]

i 100% agree i have one and its not that bad to drive its amazing

[@jasjess8985]

Harry Mitchell, here's the correct answer to your question , both focus st and astra vxr torque steer.the only cars Jeremy Clarkson will not slag off are ford and volkswagen.if you put a vauxhall badge on a ford,i bet he'd give it a good review.when he reviews brands he likes, he will miss out the bad points but cars he doesn't like he will gladly tell the viewer of them.i read top gear magazine,they mention some parts of cars which aren't so good, which Clarkson would never tell you. only take notice what the REAL CAR JOURNALIST TELL YOU,they have no loyalty to certain brands.sadly top gear is a comedy these days, 3 old men playing i want to be a teenager.

[@n8dask8er25]

hey top gear post the video of Clarkson doing a lap of his velvet gti

[@Jonsk111]

Lol now looking back at the statement astra looks best its ridicilous xD golf has aged really well

[@ricardodiaz3928]

Golf Is 💩

[@edmunek]

imagine that just not so further in time Ford released Focus RS. 300 brake horse power front wheel drive only and no issues with steering. Looking an VXR and it's steering.... well