{"id":999,"date":"2015-12-20T18:26:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T18:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=999"},"modified":"2024-07-07T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T17:06:11","slug":"2008%e2%86%922010-vauxhall-vxr8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2008%e2%86%922010-vauxhall-vxr8\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 &#8211; 2010 Vauxhall VXR8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2008 Vauxhall VXR8<\/h1>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">You can tell that they\u2019re itching to mention cricket. And I\u2019m absolutely certain that more than once over the three days a muttering of \u2018Pommie b*****d\u2019 is bitterly gulped back. But not once do I have to use my carefully prepared \u2018I\u2019m sure Webber will get up to Coulthard\u2019s pace soon\u2019 retort. It\u2019s an unprecedented, almost unsettling display of Antipodean restraint and the only possible explanation I can think of is that the Aussies must really really want us to like this car.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s badged a Vauxhall but, like the Monaro before it, the only part of this VXR8 to come from Luton is the Griffin badge. What you\u2019re looking at is a Holden, which will be shipped to our shores from one of the sunnier parts of GM\u2019s global empire on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The fundamentals of the VXR8 are based on the all-new \u2018VE\u2019 Commodore, a car designed from scratch inside Holden HQ at Fisherman\u2019s Bend just outside Melbourne. The Commodore was launched last year and has subsequently been draped with laurels by the local titles: it was Wheels magazine\u2019s Car of the Year and Motor magazine\u2019s \u2018Bang for your Buck\u2019 champion. But the Commodore is merely the foundation for the VXR8 \u2013 your basic 5-series or E-class underpinnings, if you like.<\/p>\n<p>The final car is the product of HSV, Holden Special Vehicles, the Aussie firm\u2019s M Division, its AMG. The VXR8 (badged as a Clubsport R8 in the land of Madge Bishop) has a huge, 126mm longer wheelbase within the same overall body length, while the track has been widened by 33mm at the front and 41mm at the rear. Visually, the front end gets flared wheelarches with distinctive \u2018E\u2019 vents tucked on their trailing edges. At the back there are totally new light-clusters complete with ultra- bright LED rings for the brake lights. There\u2019s also a rear diffuser and a big rear wing, although they\u2019re more style statements than wind tunnel-honed necessities.<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2008_Vauxhall_VXR81.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2008_Vauxhall_VXR81.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"2008\u21922010 Vauxhall VXR8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2008_Vauxhall_VXR81.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2008_Vauxhall_VXR81-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2008_Vauxhall_VXR81-100x75.jpg 100w, 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cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">submitted by<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">anonymous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">production years<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">2008 &#8211; 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">released at<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">London Motor Show<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">built at<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Ellsmere Port, England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">production<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">20000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td 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feed<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">injection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"boldlabel\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">top speed<\/td>\n<td class=\"boldvalue\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">~337.89 kph \/ 210 mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">0 &#8211; 60 mph<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">~3.8 seconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">0 &#8211; 100 mph<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">~7 seconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read more at http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/cars\/4163.html#rgdUHD7rDhQhm11E.99<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2008 Vauxhall VXR8 You can tell that they\u2019re itching to mention cricket. And I\u2019m absolutely certain that more than once over the three days a muttering of \u2018Pommie b*****d\u2019 is bitterly gulped back. But not once do I have to use my carefully prepared \u2018I\u2019m sure Webber will get up to Coulthard\u2019s pace soon\u2019 retort. It\u2019s an unprecedented, almost unsettling display of Antipodean restraint and the only possible explanation I can think of is that the Aussies must really really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2190,9348,17105,131],"tags":[18322,6825,13061,17106,132,20599,20601],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000s","category-guides","category-model-guides-production-cars","category-vauxhall","tag-2000s-all","tag-2000s-cars","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-production-cars","tag-vauxhall","tag-vauxhall-model-guides-all","tag-vauxhall-production-cars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2008 - 2010 Vauxhall VXR8<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/2008\u21922010-vauxhall-vxr8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2008 - 2010 Vauxhall VXR8\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2008 Vauxhall VXR8 You can tell that they\u2019re itching to mention cricket. 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