Vauxhall VXR8 goes Bathurst
February 16th, 2009
Vauxhall is creating a totally bats version of its VXR8 super-saloon.
The Aussie-built Bathurst S is named after the famous Australian race and benefits a Walkinshaw Performance compressor to boost its Corvette-sourced V8 engine’s yield to 552bhp. Torsion for this model has been upgraded to 527lb-ft.
The VXR8 engine has an optional ‘bi-modal’ exhaust with two to be selected noise settings. This is also accessible with non-supercharged Bathurst Edition models, which extend a slightly tamer 425bhp. (more…)