Will absolutely take a leak on any standard Corrado.. 200+BHP & 4WD traction.. Will break depressingly often though, & sadly a disappointing drive. The Cavalier Underpinnings have their limits...Same vague/wooden steering feel & a bit soft/mushy as standard. Very good in a straight line though
obviously i hit a very touchy subject, but the truth is that the cally t will always be a quick car and is a nice coupe, ive always wanted one even tho vw's are great, you have to have others aswell. calibra turbo's can be tuned up to about 400bhp easily, no problem!!!!!
i have to admit im not the worlds biggest vauxhall fan! but their 2 ltr 16v is a fantastic donkey! great in a straight line,but isnt all the fun in the corners? anyone can boot it in a straight line, its a cavalier!!! in a (mediocre) suit! ive driven countless gm,s and they all handle like sponges! at least i know my corrado will go where its pointed and wont rain rust! KARMANN built! no point being all flash and no smash in my opinion!
They are blisteringly quick cars. I know a guy with a 370Bhp MK2 Astra Gte goes like f**k. YEs its a cally turbo engine and yes they are tunable to f**k as well. Again watch out for transfer box problems but if looked after an excellent car to have. It will urine over any dub standard out of the box. As said 200lbft of torque at 2500Rpm is very good going.
personally (i'm sure i said this before but can't be ar5ed to check) the calibra is one of the best looking cars of the 1990's compare the lines, the lights, the look of it to most modern cars - streets ahead. If vauxhall gave the astra coupe calibra lights it would be a very pretty car....
come on the cali looks way outdated, it only looked good for a few years. speeking from experience they are utter utter rubbish and rust worse than anything ive seen, apart from an astra maybe. they are unreliable to say the least and the handling is shocking, very very fast but who would want a car that absolutely will rust no matter how well looked after.
Got the September 1992 issue of Car magazine which has a group test of the Escort Cosworth v Corrado VR6 v Calibre Turbo. It says that the Vauxhall isn't really at home in the very twisty stuff and is better on the motorway. Goes on to say that "It's as a sports car that the Calibre falls down........In this the Corrado and Ford excel. The VW is an absolute jewel of a car, friendly, easy going yet precise when ambling gently, but sweet and graceful even under enormous pressure. The steering is alive, the cockpit wraps itself around you. You are intimate with the Corrado. Perhaps the Cosworth's hectic styling, even though its fully justified on aerodynamic grounds, is too much for you. Perhaps you can't bear a rough, lag prone turbo four when you're offered a sweet big six. Then pick the Corrado, and smile." Escort goes on to win the group test overall but i think the Corrado does pretty well for itself. I wouldn't have even thought of comparing a Cossie and VR6. Thought you might be interested in the above. Matt
I've drove a couple of calibre's and quite enjoyed the ride. The Turbo is very tuneable and like all cars.. they need looking after or else. My VR6 always has something wrong with it.. AND it cost me 2500 for 250bhp! so what's the difference? I think they are a cheap and sensible option if you want a route into the 4x4 Turbo world. Maybe everyone (if you are like me) is too busy with their head under the hood fixing their golf/corrado to appreciate that there's more to life than dubs!
Apart from servicing I didnt have to do hardly a thing to my VR6 throughout the 80k miles of sheer daily abuse it got. Im a big believer in preventative maintenance. In fact the only time it has ever let me down was when the fuel pump size at 1.00am after jumping the car quite a way and the car landing quite hard.
I know of a BMW M5 with a sports exhaust on it that cost 4.5k or thereabouts. And Ferraris constantly go wrong so I hear. The point being, yes its cheap to get loads of bhp out of some cars, but it doesnt make the more expensive ones any less desirable. Its all about what you can afford and what you want as an overall package, not just getting the most bhp and the lowest 0-60 and the highest top speed for a given amount of cash, taking mods into account or not.
I bought mine 12 months ago with 66,000 miles full service history. I'm on 87,000 now and just about ready for it's third service since I bought it. Due to picking up on a faulty Thermo too late, I've had to replace almost my entire cooling system including the heater matrix. My alternator went along with my battery lol! It's all part of owning a car I guess. You get trouble no matter what you buy is the point I'm trying to make. I'm in no doubt the VR needs everyday use to be reliable. I have only 3,000 mile a year intervals between all the MOT's from new before I bought it. Poor car had the shock of it's life!
"not just getting the most bhp and the lowest 0-60 and the highest top speed for a given amount of cash" sell me your turbo charged 2.9 litre golf rallye?
Yep Ferrari's break down all the time hence a service on them is around the 2000 mark! [:^(] Infact they are probably as reliable as a Renault 5 GT Turbo!
