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[2GOOD]

The VX was purely a marketing tool, lead to the VXR brand which was pretty much all vauxhall wanted out of it.

Does this mean Vx had the VXR range planned back in <1999

No

[savvy]

How much was a brand new NA and Turbo VX?

[P11 COV]

I seem to recall about 25K for the NA and about 28 for the T. I think I paid around 22K for my first NA in 2002 on Interest free for 3 years.

Edited by P11 COV, 21 February 2008 - 04:16 PM.

[danger7]

In Europe, the Speedster N/A sold well initially but the turbo didn't sell that well and it was this market where the planned sales numbers were going to be generated and it never happened. Even tempting punters with a Scorpions special edition with a flying V guitar in the boot didn't tempt people to rush out to their nearest Opel garage so they could play the axe. The contract with Lotus was halted prematurely and GM incurred penalties. Cheers Ian

[jazzyjeff]

I seem to recall about 25K for the NA and about 28 for the T.

I think I paid around 22K for my first NA in 2002 on Interest free for 3 years.

I thought the NA retailed at £23k with a last basic list price for the Turbo of £26,495... But few people would have bought a car with no extras at all...

[jazzyjeff]

The contract with Lotus was halted prematurely and GM incurred penalties.

I had always thought that Lotus put pressure on GM to end production since they needed the line freed up to ramp up stocks of the Federal-spec Elise?

JJ

[r1chard748]

You can get europas now 2k cheaper than the 2007 registered vx that is on autotrader. I hope the europa's rapid decline doesn't hurt vx residuals.

[jazzyjeff]

You can get europas now 2k cheaper than the 2007 registered vx that is on autotrader. I hope the europa's rapid decline doesn't hurt vx residuals.

I doubt it, most buyers should regard it as a different car.

Great value purchase right now though!

JJ

[Silent1]

The real reason is that Lotus was always only contracted to Build a certain number, I can't remember how many it was

10/10 to that man for the correct answer!

However I do believe that they never produced the intended number due to lack of sales.

Original contract - 9000 VX/Speedsters in 3 years & at the turbo launch we were told how the contract had been extended in time.

It was supposed to have been 2000 VX220's & 1000 Speedsters/year for 3 years by mid 2002 & the stock piling was pretty bad, an outfit called On Time was storing them all.

OnTime storing cars for lotus? That seems nuts considering OnTime are a recovery company and don't have any massive car compounds, most of them are on the A1-M1 corridor as well.

[Anarchy]

Were'nt NAs available for about £19000 by the end? Thats what I read at the time and is what got me looking at them.