In a sea of grey

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 09/09/2019 at 07:08 • Filed to: None

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Svend > Nauraushaun 09/09/2019 at 07:43

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Shame they discontinued that colour in 2015-16.

Beautiful colour.

In the U.K. you could still order a new Scirocco, a year after they stopped production. 

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Nauraushaun 09/09/2019 at 08:20

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Nice pic. 

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Nauraushaun 09/09/2019 at 08:31

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Sometimes grey scale is not a bad thing, subtle colours look under stated on some cars.

benn454 > Nauraushaun 09/09/2019 at 10:01

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 That street looks super depressing. 

Nauraushaun > benn454 09/11/2019 at 02:51

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Iceland is a depressing place 

Nauraushaun > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 09/11/2019 at 02:53

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Thanks ;) 

Nauraushaun > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/11/2019 at 02:54

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This is very true. But I think these days people tend towards drab colors. So something bright is a sign of bucking that sad trend 

Nauraushaun > Svend 09/11/2019 at 02:56

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Did they! Damn shame. It’s the signature color in my book.

By order, you mean they had left over inventory? Sad that the thing didn't sell. I guess it was cannibalising Golf sales. There was even a two door golf already, and other things like awd that the roc couldn't do

Svend > Nauraushaun 09/11/2019 at 03:43

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Ye’, you could order new from inventory. I think they had more RHD left tha n LHD, because they stayed on the U.K. website long after they disappeared from European websites.

The Mk3 Scirocco was up against other cars that came and went, such as the

Ford Mk2.5 Focus RS.

Vauxhall Sixth Gen Astra GTC VXR (you could still order until recently). 

benn454 > Nauraushaun 09/11/2019 at 10:40

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 Now I understand why Leif Eriksson kept sailing west.

Nauraushaun > Svend 09/15/2019 at 16:45

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Tough. I'd take the focus. 

Nauraushaun > benn454 09/15/2019 at 16:48

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This combination of European and American history is entirely lost on an Australian 

Svend > Nauraushaun 09/15/2019 at 17:00

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I’m more for the Vauxhall Astra GTC VXR.

benn454 > Nauraushaun 09/15/2019 at 18:36

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 He was a Viking thought to have been born in Iceland who is credited with discovering Canada. He was the son of Erik the Red, who discovered Greenland.

Nauraushaun > Svend 09/18/2019 at 06:36

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You mean the HSV one? 

Svend > Nauraushaun 09/18/2019 at 07:09

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Our Vauxhall performance brand from 2004-5 was VXR later VXRacing.

The only car we got up here that had HSV was the Holden Monaro HSV, which was rebadged a Vauxhall Monaro VXR.

With the Holden - Vauxhall car s.

Some cars were badged Holden, some Vauxhall, some badged as both like this ‘Vauxhall VXR8'.

Vauxhall ‘VXR8'

Vauxhall ‘GTS’

Vauxhall

Holden

HSV (I believe on the dash next to the air vent )

VXR

Then there’s this one.

2007 Vauxhall VXR8

VXR8

Holden

Vauxhall

Nauraushaun > Svend 09/19/2019 at 07:38

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For a while the astra VXR was sold here as an HSV model. It gets messy though since opel came and went, then Holden started selling the opel astra as their own. 

Svend > Nauraushaun 09/19/2019 at 08:15

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Ye’, as I understand that HSV is Ho ldens in house performance brand to Vauxhall and Opals VXR/VXRacing.

We’ve had some curious VXRs over the years.

etc... 

Nauraushaun > Svend 09/19/2019 at 19:55

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Most of those we did not get :p tbh the fast astra was both a daring leap and a failed experiment