German VX220

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rick.e

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278 months

Sunday 16th April 2006
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Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I'm a TVR owner and don't know much about VX variants. In an M6 motorway service station today I spotted a black VX/Speedster with VX220 badge on the back, no Vauxhall or Opel badge anywhere, and a German sounding name on a badge on the front. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the car is?

Marki

15,763 posts

277 months

Sunday 16th April 2006
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Irmcsher (spelling) possibley they are a tuner

CatherineJ

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250 months

Sunday 16th April 2006
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Was it Irmscher? Just a thought as they are associated with Opel/Vauxhall, although I don't know if they ever did anything for the speedster/vx220.

Marki

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277 months

Sunday 16th April 2006
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CatherineJ said:
Was it Irmscher? Just a thought as they are associated with Opel/Vauxhall, although I don't know if they ever did anything for the speedster/vx220.


thats strange i just looked at their site and you are right the VX - Speedster is not listed thats suprising

DanL

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272 months

Sunday 16th April 2006
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Vauxhall offered a replacement grill by Steinmetz on the VX220 - could it have been this? The VX is known as the speedster in Europe, so to have VX220 on the back it must have been a UK car (or someone's been 'investing' in badges ).

A fair few owners have taken the griffin off the back of their VXs.

Edited to add: and as your question is "what was it?", it'll be a VX220 - bound to be a NA rather than a turbo, or it'd have had turbo written on the back too. Other ways to tell the NA from the T are by the "ears" on the side vent - on the T they stick out to scoop in air, on the NA they're not present, you just get a black grill. The T also comes with front splitters and a rear lip spoiler on the boot, but many NA owners have added these (they do improve the looks a little) - I can't think of anyone who's added "ears" though, as (IMHO) they spoil the lines of the car.

Dan

>> Edited by DanL on Sunday 16th April 17:09

rick.e

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Sunday 16th April 2006
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Yup. Steinmetz sounds familiar. The different grill improved the looks IMHO.