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  • Best looking? My hairy ass. 1:06

  • too bad that honda doesnt make any real type-r hatch these days.... it would be a nice challenge out there

  • torgue stear= good for nascar apparently

  • Outcome was predictable, vauxhall never have cars that steer properly. The reason why vw last is because the engine is less tuned for extended reliability. Plus id pay the extra 1k to sit in a cabin that hasnt been made from recycled amstrad cases

  • @Raw2v07 Volkswagen has the worst interiors on the market here in the States. The 2011 Jetta has the worst interior in its class according to Consumer Reports, and the rest of the range has a sea of hard plastics that looks like it came from melted Tic-Tac boxes. Everything may be well-built, but looking at it makes you want to cry.

  • What's the song starting at 58 seconds?

  • Looks like it shares chassis with a Chevy Malibu Maxx

  • i own a vxr and i do agree with top gear to a certan extent it does understeer but only when u give it to much to handle i mean i put it into a corner i would take in a car at 35mph but i put my vxr in at 70 mph !!! and it did understeer a bit but i was going far to fast for the car to handle .ive had a race with a magane and i blew it into next week going through some lanes a few corners and i was gone and for the golf not worth the fuel lol ps bridgestone tyres is a must on the vxr

  • astra vxr.. badass. too bad we dont get them here in the u.s.

  • @blitzedburgh090 its also a saturn

  • hello..anyone know the the song name at 58sec to 1:49 ???

    thanx

  • The Golf GTI is a classic; not to mention far better made than the Astra.

  • Fiat 500 is best!!!!!!! iownone

  • i would go the astra hands down. the renault looks like the bastard lovechild of a sumo wrstler and a shopping trolley and the golf is a bit bland in terms of style. besides in the real world if you pushed the astra hard enough in a corner to invoke that much understeer you shouldnt be on the road. plus the astra looks fast even when it is standing still and doesnt sound half bad either.

  • lolol the dark knight soundtrack at 3 mins

  • Consider me crazy if u want but i'd take the OPC Astra over the GTI and the RS

  • @TheWerehog4ever I've driven all three now as of sunday and i can honestly say *being a big petrol head myself* that i would also take the VXR just due to character, noise, performance, looks ect. the others are better in certain areas but the VXR is not bad by any means, i found it the most involving to drive, in real life booting one around, it doesn't understeer like he shows, it does however have torque steer, but i think thats cool!

  • @DirtyStang69 honestly all 3 cars are good, never driven any of those because i'm not 18 yet(i'll be in a couple of months) but ''being an Opel\Vauxhall fan'' i'd have the Astra for it's look, noise and price it might understeer because of it's big power but for me still looks like a fun car to drive, but still tho i'm planning in getting the Corsa OPC cheaper than the Astra, not too much power, great sound and very fun to drive ;) still all the 3 cars are awesome no doubt in that

  • @TheWerehog4ever Yeh the Corsas look great, probably the nicest looking of the small hatches, still not the best to drive when compared with a Cooper S or Clio 197 but at the end of the day its still excellent fun and its your car and you have to look at it and drive it everyday so its always best to buy what you really want not what a review recommends, i'd personally say drive all those 3 first and see which you like best but again, i'd be the same and get the Corsa VXR just for style!

  • mazda...

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  • out of all of them I would have the megane but, because they don't sell renault in canada I would have the gti

  • "So if a butterfly flaps it's wings in China, you're going into a tree." ROFL

  • Collecting my brand new Opel Astra OPC in 5 days....can't wait!!!

  • VANHELSING MUSIC FTW

  • y cudnt they test out the GTI?

  • @Alextec9 they did, at the end..

  • the focus rs will eat them all:))

  • i think people who want the Vauxhall, are those people who love nascar. Since it goes left when the turbo kicks in anyway, saves the trouble =D

  • too bad over here in US we had the shit version of the Vauxhall ... the Saturn Astra with no performance mods -- it was literally a piece of shit !!! GTI all the way =D

  • The GTI is overall the best.

  • what about the seat leon cupra r?

  • what are horsepower? Is it some sort of a ratio between the power of a car compared to the power of a horse?

  • @JUSTanotherTRINI

    1 BHP = 700 Watts of power

    This relation was invented by the inventor of the Watt Steam engine, James Watt..

  • @rock3tcat thanks....this makes much more sense now....I love Physics :)

  • @JUSTanotherTRINI are u drunk?

  • @gasteinerboy LOL....nopez....Physics rel bess!

  • Vauxhall Astra VXR

    Volkswagen Golf GTI

    Reanult Megane

  • Fuck the Vauxhall, I want the Ferrari!

  • It's not a yobbo, it's your next door neighbour trying to get to work

    lol funny cos it's true

  • 4:46 - 4:52 Camel FTW!!!

  • The tail lights look like ones from a Saturn

  • WTF, its as fast as a SL55 AMG around the circuit?

  • The Renault Clio V6 Is The Best Hot Hatch Ever!

  • oooooH Stiggy!

  • Does anyone know the background music at 0:48?

  • It's faster than a 4wd V6 Golf R32, you can see when Jeremy puts the time mark on the console

  • triplets that nice

  • the song in the beginning is the theme from van helsing :D

  • wheres the type r? >:(

  • 2:03 Chewbacca !!!

  • I really like top gear, but I must mention one important fact : I don't think the Opel engineers are retarded, so the car is projected and thought carefully regarding each aspect, and, yes, it has 240hp, but I really tend to deny the fact that you'll be using the full power of the car in china and enter a tree,cause I don't think you guys drive with 110mph inner city. And it's not a racetrack car, of course it has a few drawbacks, try the OPC's if you're into criticizing. 'nuff said

  • @evildeedz66 If i were to one of these, i wouldn't take it to china. Oh and it was designed to be on the race track! Trees can't be entered but it can be crashed into -.-"

  • @SlurpSilencer you are truly right, it seems I was too sleepy to notice the "enter" instead of hit. I still tend to think that such cars are not made for real races, they're underpowered and they have non-racing car utilities. Of course, each of them has their own race car model, but still, these cars are made to reach over the standard level of any 2 door car, they have a lower weight, they have lower frames etc and they develop quite some hp. You still can't compare them to racing ones.

  • @evildeedz66 erh... first, would you wanna watch top gear if clarkson compare sport hatchbacks to bugatti veyron and criticizes it?? second, nobody here is comparing these hatchbacks to racing sedans. third, clarkson's apparently comparing it to other hatchbacks. :)

  • @SlurpSilencer well, I didn't say he directly compared it to a racing vehicle, but he was sort of speaking as if it would even have the specs of a racing car. Anyway, he said he would choose VW, and as we all noticed, it failed on the curve. I was just implying that, even though he's really experienced, he blindly chose the VW, because..oh, it's Opel, we can't pick that, it's not like Mercedes,BMW or VW. So, one of my points is that Opel, at this try out, was really underestimated.

  • well Astra , torque steers even with a 1.9 diesel , i felt it a couple of times, odd sensation ...

  • Please can anyone identify the song that starts at 50 seconds and lasts about a minute?

  • the theme from van helsing?

  • I think that the golf is the best and they just like to make publicity against vw

  • @jltgveruckt44 costs a lot more, its slower, and mb its more stable cuz of harder shocks and springs but that just makes it a worst ride if ure not a racer, wich u arent :P, ps. its worse looking aswell, totally like a baloon, the astra looks more sporty..ricer style ftl =))

  • "if you see one of these cars burning rubber and slewing round the estate where you live, don't call the police, it won't be a yobbo, it'll be your next door neighbour just trying to drive to work"

    i've got an astra and he really isn't kidding hahah

  • Stig's a consummate professional. I like how he backed over the finish line.

  • i laughed soo hard! "OH NO OOOOO STIGEYYY!!!) XD

  • LOL that guy at 4:10 looks like he wants to kill jeremy :D

  • "And it's good if you wanna go left" :D

  • It'd be nice if they brought Vauxhall to America.

  • @brapboys503 Vauxhall (Britian) Holden( Australia) Chevrolet(America) are all GM and they pretty much all make the same cars with a few exceptions e.g. Camaro (Made by Chevrolet)

  • @poblikecheese I know this. I am talking about the name.

  • @brapboys503 I reckon chevvy sounds better then vauxhall, but thats my opinion

  • @poblikecheese Can't beat Americans for their V8 sounds. Ford GT xD.

  • @poblikecheese btw its Opel in europe:D

  • "driving this car is like piggy backing on richard hammond after he s had a couple of pints" lol i love these idiots

  • its a Ecotec engine in it ??? the LNF i think that corrrect????

  • hating the sound of understeer (n)

  • this is the funniest The Stig lap

  • @miroslav1o1 You should see him try to lap the Vectra VXR. At some points he was off the track altogether.

  • i just noticed that the stig's power lap looks like gran turismo 5 graphics

  • its a saturn! here in america anyway.

  • Keep Pressing 4 during the video ... 

  • 0:04 was this porn?

  • why do some cars have german license plates? and not even the german ones.

  • Lots of balds

  • of coz is Subaru Impreza WRX STI

    the hottest n faster car..

  • @Kenichi1993 sti isnt considered a hot hatch buddy

  • @denali22 really...?? i read 2011 jan top gear magezine

    sti aso count in hot hatches...n is no.1 fasters hot hatches then no.2 ford focus..

  • 4:01 Hot Brunette!!! Ill be dreaming about her lol.

  • @AwesomeAlvin Asshole :DDDD Agree! :_D

  • @AwesomeAlvin retarded comment about some cunt, there is always some idiot who does that

  • @kenjoje The fact that you refer women as "cunt" really shows how nice of a person you are.

  • @AwesomeAlvin she looks a bit like sabine schmitz =]

  • @ivanlai0225 lol, i guess a younger brunette version of her.

  • @AwesomeAlvin

    cba 2dream bwt her, ill just have va wank instead!!

  • @AwesomeAlvin if it is not a bad joke than you are absolute moron, who in the earth watches random people in audience

  • @kenjoje Well there are quite a bit of thumbs up. Not sure about you but I kinda prefer looking at a beautiful brunette rather than couple middle age men. Well I guess whatever makes you happy.

  • @AwesomeAlvin thumbs up doesn't mean it is good joke or generally the comment. 'beautiful' brunette btw. is ungainly english girl but ok you can have a bad taste. you see, there is one problem with you here, you missed the point, actualy you forgot to jerk off the day when you commented so poor little idiot confused. you should watch some porn if you wanted that and not the car video. commenting on the car video things like 'yeah great pussy' are too retarded

  • @kenjoje Wow you are taking it way too seriously. "Hot Brunette!!!" is really a sarcastic complement on the lovely lady, and I have complemented ladies in real like and none of them were as offended as you are. And maybe I do have different taste, but to me that "ungainly" girl is a solid 10.

    As a sidenote, if you ever follow Top Gear youtube comments I'm not he only one complementing the ladies. Its kinda like Finding Waldo while watching my favorite TV program, what's wrong with that?

  • @AwesomeAlvin than ok, I asked whether it was a joke, you didn't react to that, it is marginal how good she looks or doesn't and yes, you have the right to make jokes but if it is the one it just isn't too funny, that's all

  • Did he died?

  • HA HA HA IT'S CHEWBACCA!!!!

  • batman music ftw!

  • I rather had Ken Block's 850HP Ford Fiesta!! muaahahahaha!!

  • Makes me long for the days of the Mazda 323 GTX.

  • vauxhall is crap

  • ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Stigyyyyyyyyyy

  • Ford Focus RS + 300hp 5 cylinder = OWNAGE!. I still the the original true H.O.T hatch backs are the original Saab hatchbacks :) just my opinion

  • The astra is good at going in a straight line and as for everything else, well.......Just dont try and go around a corner in it.

  • This comparison shows it again: If you want a sportscar, buy one. These cars are none.

  • 240 hp in a front wheel drive=running on arms whit some #"!&%¤# in the blood

  • Stiggyyyyyy

  • Is the Vauxall Astra just a rebranded Saturn Astra from the U.S. ? Or visa-versa?

  • @haloabc1234 -- basically ... Saturn took all the 'power' and 'fun' from the Vauxall, got rid of it and gave everyone here in the US a cheap barebones Astra with no high performance models ... i've seen them up close, i've even driven one and its really a superbly boring car *sad face*

  • @disengagejam Yeah, I know that it's simply an economy car over here. :( I knew from checking out the Aveo a while back that the cars share the same platform and wimpy, little engine. For the life of me, I can't think of what Pontiac's model was called, not that it matters anymore, anyways.

    Poor Pontiac. Why? WHY?!??!?! WHY KEEP BUICK AND NOT PONTIAC!?!?!! YOU ALREADY HAVE A LUXURY BRAND W/ CADILLAC!!!!!

    At least GM is slowly becoming less dependent on the govt. teet.

  • @haloabc1234 -- nice !!! yes, GM does suck more than a $2 hooker ... i simply don't understand their methods to 'trim the fat' include:  axing Pontiac - their only performance brand ... keeping Buick - average age of driver is 65 !?!? ... trying to change Cadillac into a luxury performance brand (akin to Audi or BMW) - i'm not buying into it ... at least they got rid of Saturn, which was no more than a simple 'clone' to Chevy cars ... Badge Engineering my ass !

  • @haloabc1234 The Saturn Astra is a rebranded Vauxhall Astra. Vauxhall was first with the car.

  • @PSNBOB580 Nope. The Astra has been developed by the German manufacturer Opel which belongs to GM as well. They sold it first.

  • 666 likes?

  • ALFA 147 GTA

  • look like what happens when a chevy cruize and and mazda 3 nail each other

  • did he just say, it miss iceland.

    Iceland would rule if it wasnt for the f***** banks

  • i would toyota technology to get rid of ads on youtube fuck self sustaing rollercoasters

  • 0:04 who is Humping in the car?

  • i love everything about owning a small hatchback... until it comes to moving. There is no room for anything

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  • im not the biggest fan of dodge, but testing a caliber srt4 wouldve been cool in this one as well as mazdaspeed3

  • The VRZ pulsar beats them all in looks and has a better engine and it came out over 12 years ago

  • Song starting at 0.59?

  • vagina

  • r32

  • stig is invincible

  • I work in opel service,Astra is very good car but they have problems whit the doors, water can come in trough mirror and they spent on 100 km 12 L...

  • I miss the Mini in this video =(

  • It'd be GReat for steering left in Nascar!LOL

  • What's the music at 3:06?

  • @ximendo Dark Knight theme, Hans Zimmer

  • @NeronDomitius No wonder it sounded familiar. Thx anyway

  • that vauxhal sounds like a flock of angry terradactals

  • Alfa romeo Giulietta quadrifoglio verde, this is the best hatch

  • where is the STI, mazdaspeed3, and Focus RS?

  • "that is torque steering the car.... n its gud, if you wanna go left..." classic jeremy..!!! top gear still the best...!!! :D :D

  • now it's Focus RS, not some Golf who wins among hothatches.

  • i now because it´s an golf 5 gti but today the golf r where winning and not a vauxhall astra ;-)

  • the should have had a VW Golf 6 R ;) and not a fuckin gti -.-

  • @TyphoonPL91 it was like 3-4 years ago

  • The car should have a mid engine or a simple tractional control system that callibrates the real wheel speed to the front wheels which then backs off the performance through the EMS

  • ohhhh stigggyyyyy

  • they should have had the fiat punto...

  • never buy subaru

    stupid add

    

  • hahaha at 2:00 he sounds like chewbacca

  • @RaPLipS all wookie's will get the car now !

  • @Bitom10 and they don't even fit in them! haha

  • @RaPLipS lolz!!!

  • @RaPLipS lol it does

  • scirocco!

  • where's the focus ST/RS?

  • i will eat my shoes the day when jeremy doesnt test a car on the track , but on the road, where it's ment to be. this astra will be very nice on the road, so what if it cannot turn like a housefly.... its pretty, its fast, its cheap...er, if its comfortable its is better than the golf. it doesnt matter that it's an opel.

  • @vyrkolak Because that's the whole point in a hot hatch, it's supposed to be fast and good round the corners. Folk who buy them usually take them to track days.

  • its just an opel.

  • focus is still the best hot hatch

  • Gaud Dam adverts!!

  • Nascars shud be fwd

  • @cba1067950 the Mazdaspeed3's make about 270hp and it handles better than all those other cars, and its cheaper...

  • @cba1067950 Yes, either Batman Begins or from the Dark Knight soundtrack. Pretty sure it's from the Dark Knight soundtrack.

  • Astra VXR is the best

  • Anyone at all know the song/ score that is playing around 0:16~0:47? If so could you please tell me the name of it please? Thanks and much appreciated.

  • @LAVEYP Soundtrack from Van Helsing, the movie.

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  • VW Scirocco R Type > Golf GTI !!!

  • "it nearly killed him, so you see it's a great car."

    o.O

  • I bought the astra and i did not die.. WHAAAAAA it's fasssssst

  • The Golf is boring, the Astra does not handle. So of these three i would take the Megane, despite my concerns over its reliability. All hot hatches included i would take the Focus ST.