2002 Vauxhall Astra SRi Turbo limited edition from UK and Ireland - Comments

Nothing. very solidly built car.

I recently purchased a limited edition sri after writing off my mgzs180.

They only made 500 sri turbo's in 2002 before bringing the gsi out in 2003.

This car has impeccable handling and is very fast, comes with 189bhp and 184lb/ft standard which kicks in at 1950rpm. I have demolished many cars from lights and on dual carriage ways.

I thought my old mk2 zs180 was rapid, but the speedo on this car does'nt stop. standard 1/4mile time is 14.5 which is insanely fast.

Since buying this car last month I have added chassis mods and full induction system and stage 1 chip from regal and now produces 247bhp/273lb/ft r&r tested.

Standard:

189.4bhp

184.6lb/ft

152 top end

1140kg.

Ind kit and chip. (£600)

247bhp

273lb/ft

160+

This car easily keeps up with m3 and passes it at 155 because of the limiter. as standard the astra will do 152 and after minor mods will do 160+.

Overall looks and quality of the car is top notch as these were actually built in germany and shipped to england.

Iv beat many cars including escort/sierra cossie's, impreza's, porche 944 turbo.

Totally destroys new golf, st3, rs focus, vxr turbo (as weighs 200kg less with same power.) ctr's, silly little clio 182's.

I agree 14.5 is very fast, too fast for a 190 bhp astra, where did you get your figres? I don't wana slag the astra off, but mabee your tuned astra would do it, or if you had that power in a light mk 1 or 2. Beats M3s? Even a your tuned one is much less in every aspect than a modern M3. You mabee getting a bit carried away!

They’re a quick car, but as already mentioned you’re getting carried away! The latest M3 has 343bhp so you’d need 300+bhp (bearing in mind the Astra is lighter) to even stay with one.

Standard top speed isn’t 152mph either - that was a wild 'claim' by Vauxhall. When Autocar tested the car soon after its launch they managed a genuine 137mph (measured with timing gear)... and that was it!

Look on all vauxhall website and forum sites will do 152, which car-put it at 147. don't know where you got 137 from as the 2.2sri which has less power does 138.

I've had of the clock on my speedo and 164 on another gauge that I had to buy with stage 1 remap. (on airfield circuit)

Astra is more or less 1/2 tonne lighter.

As I said earlier, 152mph is just a claim by Vauxhall. Autocar tested it in 2002 using proper timing gear and only managed 137mph flat out on a runway (I still have the magazine). Visit www.vxon.co.uk and raise it on there if you're still not convinced ;-)

Vauxhall also said all gsi were 197 and sri 189 and had mine r/r at regal showed 214.7bhp standard.

The SRi turbo is quick, not had mine past 135mph as it gets a bit scary. Rolling I have been on par with Subaru's, but get trashed on the twisties. Managed a 15.2 1/4 mile with wheel spin and bouncing off the limiter in first, sub 15 possible with a decent getaway.

Have raced many cars, don't think it quite has the pace to beat M3's, Porsches etc on performance. But most lack guts, so are beaten that way.

The Astra is a fast car, but it was never meant to be as quick as an Impreza. The 0-60 and 100 are considerably lower for both GSI and SRI. And the BMW M3 would blow your doors off.

I have a sri turbo, and yes it is a fast motor, mine is running 220bhp, it does thrash 182's, type r's, golf gti's, and it just beats a uk model scooby, but an import, which has at least 20bhp more than uk version, would beat my car and an m3 would beat me. But all this about 137mph a good push bike will do that, lol, you obviously don't know about the sri turbo and you commenting is a waste of time. I know my car is definitely not the fastest thing on the road, but it is not slow and is very very very underestimated and that is what make them so special. If you ever pull up next to one at the lights you had better be in a scooby or m3 or similar, or there is no point in putting your foot down. Anyway, I have give you my opinion so you can all talk about a car you don't know about, with the exception of the guy that owns one.

What mods have you got to make 220bhp, because a remap should make about 235bhp on its own, unless you went for the crappy superchip option rather than remap.

I have one of the 500 SRI 190's. As many above have mentioned this is a cracking car with loads of potential.

I can categorically garantee that my car is standard and I have had it up to 150mph - on the M69 whilst racing a Cupra R (OK it was a long run, but its still did it!)

The published 0-60 time is rubbish too, I've have comfortably done it in 6.6 seconds - and that is with the traction control still turned on.

C'mon buddy, the M3 is in a different league!

Just to agree with the above comment on the sri turbo 190. I own a red 2003 (jan) model and it is a great car and very fast for the hot hatch league. You can't really start comparing it to an M3 as it is a different price range. Saying that though, the M3 isn't fifteen grand better in my opinion. My car will do 0-60 in just under seven seconds and it has no modifications whatsoever. I doubt the M3 is that much quicker? You do need to compare similar priced motors really to be honest.

I also have an Astra SRi Turbo (02) in red. I have had the odd play in it with my friend in his E36 M3 Evo & in standard guise the E36 has a good edge on the SRi T. I have now had the car mapped to 286bhp & 331lb ft torque!

Traction is obviously an issue with this amount of torque from pull away in a front wheel drive, even with traction control turned off, but once rolling it is awesome & very capable of nailing an E36 M3.

I have 320bhp/350ft/lb and can pull ahead of m3's and rs4's to mine and there surprise, have got 285bhp per tonne though.

That's some great power! What software are you running & have you had any internal work done?