THIS 460BHP MK2 ASTRA GTE TURBO IS A *LETHAL WEAPON*
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This is how cars used to be. Torque steer, no electronic dampers, 5 speed no fancy clutches. An accelerator that gives you full power not when a sensor let's you. Need to be a real man to drive
My guy 👌
Yeh you know it,loved both of mine
Yep, cars i grew up with 👍🏻
100% agreed, give me this over a Golf R any day of the week.
Horse power means nothing when you're moving 1500kg of computers around, for pure driving pleasure you need a rock solid chassis with minimum weight, the 90s hot hatches are the place to be for that.
I had an S2 RS Turbo Escort back in the day (‘94) and these Astra GTEs used to kick my arse.. damn them
When you think its a Kadett, but its called Astra in The UK 😅
Ahh i was wondering because at my place in germany its called Kadett E :)
Lol, me too.
What do you think they don't even drive on the good side of the road!? (next: only wrong answers coming.....
Cs. Márton no answer incoming
Englishman comes to Europe few days latter he gets on the highway. Naturally he drives on the wrong side not on the right :)
On the Radio he hears : "... Pay attention to this part of the highway particularly .There's an idiot driving on the wrong side at high speed..."
He concludes: "If only there was one..."
100% this has been stolen at least 6 time 🤣
The thing is beautiful and a bloody beast! 👏🙌
true to the word mate best car alive till today 🤣😍
Funny My mates dad had 2 both got nicked one 3 time 😂
Mαلιк Yτ [MAjIK_YT] cracking engine and chassis struggled with the power
Jeremy Clarkson made it easy for all us to know how to nick a vauxhall if it works the same way as the nova
we got pulled in my brothers nova gte 20 minutes after he bought it new from vauxhall. they thought it was stolen..
When I was 16 I bought a Nove Gte for £200 i was the bees knees round the estate if fucking loved the 90s what a time to be growing up, Helter Skelter tape packs kenwood jacket, air max 90s, kangol hat loved it
Nova 1.3SR here and it was a great laugh in the day. Pioneer head unit and cd changer cruising round with Fat of the land blasting out flexing the sub ;)
its funny cuz things have come full circle and lads are dressing like that again
Kylirr
I still rock 90s and I’m 31 😂
yes badman u dun no
2.0 GLSi Sierra in white which looked like a Cosworth, had it in 1998 and spun the back out of every junction.
Mine was a bit faster than it should have been so might have been messed about with, I could keep up with most things on the straight but I did have a few near misses on the corners when the back stepped out. I would have preferred the faster Astra GTE but those cars were just too much to insure and I like rear wheel drive. To this day I'm still RWD with an E46 330CD and drive like it's 1999.
Paid £250 for a car then £50k on mods. What a legend.
No! What an absolute legend!
You can't get a original MK2 GTE for 250 bucks bro...
@@tiredwarrior1203 He said in the video that he paid £250 for it.
@@DanTheManc1981 wtf didnt hear it ok good to know srx😂
@@tiredwarrior1203 I'm sure he said £250 16 years ago.
What a beautiful car, it’s a bloody shame they don’t make them like this anymore
Actually this model was one of the main reasons for the downfall of the reputation of Opel/Vauxhall. Basically a rustbucket due to low quality steel.
I think people took my comment wrong when I said they don’t make them like this anymore I meant cars like this, the Renault 5GTT, Peugeot 205 1.9 gti the Nissan pulsar GTIR, the Honda Civic type R with vtec and no turbo, the good old pocket rockets, they don’t make cars like that now unfortunately.
@@bradelliott3751 Oh come on, of course they don't make them like they used to 30 years ago. How could they? But if you want a new hot hatchback, there was never a better time than now. Ford, VW, Renault, Peugeot, Nissan, Toyota, they ALL make some.
@andreas noa my days of little hot hatches are well and truly over I’m afraid, I’m quite happy with my VX-Line insignia for now
@@bradelliott3751 so true miss the good old days remember the mazda 323 4wd turbo
Hahaha fair play, 53 years old refusing to grow up. Great vid man!
@STtyrone dont ever let a woman come between you and your motor mate lol.
@STtyrone the only thing that changed at me when getting older is that I dont lower my cars too stupid low now 🤤 a bit less low makes it so much more driveable. Ive broken front anxles etc because I lowered too far 😂 my vw bug was so low that I couldnt even put my hand under it......it looked so nice but I could not drive it on many places. Now its like 65 mm higher and it drives 10 times better. Still planning to put it on airride some day.
Keep your mind young, as your body will get old anyway
@STtyrone I can't afford all that so I ride Motorbikes now 😎
I am 50 and still love the exhaust falling off the Nissan Micra. :) That`s the closet I can get to this car.
Even the 2.0l 16v 150bhp n/a was a quick car. So god knows what 450 plus is like.
Yeh they were awsome standard brings back memories used to thrash loads of the other top badges of its age but the 205 used top it on the bends lol
90s classic
@@Mastertoad84 My uncle had one of these back in the 90's and I recall him racing a beating a 2wd cossie... The guy was not impressed!! And Cosworths were seen as the benchmark in performance saloons back then.
@@solefreak2 hahaha cossi not impressed. Id love to own 1 again
@@Mastertoad84 Not at all... In fact the owner came knocking on my uncles door wanting to race again loool
He's definitely a man's man...."Power steering that's for girl's" 😂
We didnt have power steering back then lol PAS if ya was lucky lol
@@leedesmond1617 PAS is power steering lol 'Power Assisted Steering' 😎
@@HalfdeadRider it's not the same thing if you have driven one with none and one with PAS and one with PS you will know the difference
@@HalfdeadRider better feel still from the PAS as can still feel more than with Full PS you can turn with ya little finger not as much feedback through the wheel
@@leedesmond1617 😂😂 PAS (Power Assisted Steering), is just the technical name if you like, for power steering. If you were a mechanic you will know power steering is power steering 😂😂
The only difference for one car over the other would be it's size. A bigger heavier car with bigger wheels will feel different to a small lighter car with thin wheels. Even if the bigger car has a more powerful power steering pump/is run with a different ratio pulley.
Dem old astrays still about!!! Fair play to him for keepin it alive.........next episode a 1.2 nova. XD
Hahaha nova crew takes me back
@@jackgardner1247 lol. Who can forget em eh. XD rag em around then off to the breakers yard with em.
@@eddiebrock118 remember taking the hazard switch out turning it upside dwn and on comes the ignition
@@jackgardner1247 lol, I never tried that. As soon as it started to pack up I just went straight to breakers yard. Could buy the car for less than a tun. XD cheap and cheerful. Man I even had one with a broken steering lock.
Still got a nova 👌😂
Even still has the CODE stickers in the windows!! I can remember them lol.
Lmao i have those in the Ibiza 1994, what do they mean ? Im a youngin sorry for my knowledge
@@brati4prod.317 dont smash the window to steal the radio because you need a code to use it
Brings a tear to my eye - this car was and is the business
Its just utterly amazing.
@@aRYANz88 its a astra, ,
I know exactly what you mean bring back the early 90s
@@seanoxborough410 no way?
@@machomanOOOOHYEEEAH classy comment mate
Being 54,I fully remember when these Astra's came out.
White 16v was the daddy.
Being 39 I remember these wish that I bought a wide arched one of my mate £300 17yrs at the time. Red gte this my favourite car. Would have written off for sure
theze were the choice of the joyriders the 16v was a bullet
trevor jamieson-agard same pal being 39 now I remember being 14 years old & my next door neighbour had a red 16v GTE & I was always pestering him to take me out in it! The thing was insane when he put his foot down! Miss them early to mid 90’s days
@@royalstevep68 true handling wasnt the best but they could shift
bryan me ma had a white GTE I loved the digi dash as a kid.
Tell you what Rick your variety of cars you have on the channel is amazing, high end luxury cars to old school feel Max power days, easily attracting the audience from all different age groups hats off mate doing a great job with the channel.
I've got a vauxhall nova gte here, she flys for what she is, had nova's for best part of 20 years! 😂
Want to sell it?
90% of Essex drug dealers had these car's...
That's why 90% of drugs got to there destination safe and early...😁
Lol
Thought they was moving about in RS Turbos lol
Lol dude ur a legend for this comment...
Class
Class 👌👍
Finally someone who actually cleaned their car before being featured on this channel 😂😂😂😂
That's the life of tuner car owners, you're too busy fixing them to clean em 😂
Miss mine like a good ex girlfriend,stay blessed llf gang
I brought a GTE when I was 15. Got banned from driving the same day 😂 I paid £50 for it but didn’t pass my test till I was 24 so fuck it I won 😁
Love em, remind me of bk in the day, uno turbos, Renault 5 gt turbos,
Richys Racing yes yes all of them were bad boy cars
@@keithy363 charade gtti, Renault 21 turbo, I miss all the 70s to 2000 cars, just unrecognisable now
Hahaha he needs get a R5 GTT on 👍🏼
@@amacca2085 yh a raider, 👍💯
I had a D plate phase 1 R5GTT back in 2001 still regret selling it
My favourite car on the channel yet after watching for the last two years. Massive respect to the owner, what an amazing example he's produced!
Of course the power is amazing, but keeping a 90’s car in mint condition like this...that’s a real petrolhead !!!
What a car, and best of all, not one single hate or negative comment towards it. No trolls or jealous people with bitchy comments, like all the newer cars get on these channels, car scene is full of them, this is the way it should be. Respect 👏
Because no one cares for Opels, sadly.
@@erraldstyler This vid would not exist if that was true, gladly.
Nice one ricky probably one of the best cars you have featured she is an absolute show stopper😍😍😍 and goes like a scalded cat!!😂 old school cool😎
ah when Vauxhall actually made cars. Classic Red top engine. Love it.
proving it's before 1990? heads notorious for going porous when vauxhall cheaped out from the cosworth heads.
In south Africa they are called opel and I think its called a superboss
@@spookyreaper1702 if my memory serves me right in South Africa and Zimbabwe they were known as the opel cadet
@@spookyreaper1702Opel Kadett*
@@dalejenkins1558 here in the netherlands too. Opel kadett GSI
Takes me back, lucky to be alive when I think about how nuts we were! The good old days
Not even watched this yet and its getting a LIKE. Sick SICK car!!!!
The best thing of the car is the digi dash, loved them when they were new, like space age technology. You can tell the vlogger is a young un, he hasn’t driven many old motors lol
Used to be called the SuperBoss here in Good ‘Ol South Africa / Opel Kadett 2.0 16v S (20XE) motor with Cosworth fettled heads Limited Slip Diff Alluet rims 167bhp 140 mph top speed...
I was looking for this comment
Same in NZ.
Opel Kadett GSI 2.0 16v (cb20let) 150hp 0-100 in 10,6sec
LOVE IT - the car is sticking a big finger up to the 21st century :-)
Old school at its finest, what a machine, well done Ricky for getting this beast on your channel 👍👍
Best hot hatch ever made, just my opinion.
That's a proper hatch back... Pure mehanic... No electronic bulshit... At the time we called it Tiredrop...
In the early 1990s, South African Kadett GSi's were further upgraded based on their success in production car racing and initially 500 special units were built as road cars for homologation purposes. This was a minimum requirement for entry into the Stannic Group N races. They went against BMW's 325iS (A 2.7 litre homologation special from BMW). They featured more aggressive 276-degree camshafts made by Schrick with 2 different settings for timing overlap (110° and 107°), revised intake and exhaust modifications (4-in-1 branch manifold and freeflow exhaust), Irmscher spring kit, modified engine management system by Promotec, a limited slip differential developed by Andre Verwey and special Aluett 7Jx15-inch ET35 alloy wheels, they were nicknamed the "Superboss" and held the world record for the most torque per litre (114 Nm per litre) for a naturally aspirated car until 2009 being beaten by the Ferrari 458 (117 Nm per litre). After the first 500 units were produced, many more were built to satisfy public demand.
Perfectly quoted from Wikipedia 😂😂
@@NYChemicalRomance ja, i was going to explain it, then thought, screw it, someone must have typed this all out before.
Uploading some proper bangers with the old stuff Ricky, long may it continue!
I love old skool vauxhalls especially redtops. Respect man
My dad also has a opel kadett gsi with 317hp he owns the car since 1989 its his weekend car
Get it featured!
Lol. Opel kadett fuckin hell thats some antique shit right there. Im not dissing. Just dont see them anymore. Its like saying I own a Granada ghia XD
Get it featured
@@eddiebrock118 Kadett is exacly the same car as showed in the video.Opel used different name in europe
@@miki476 im thinking the older kadett. Older. And yes I know its kadett in europe but there are older models if you look it up. Square front lamps. Antique.
I owned two of these in the 90s, a C reg (86) 1.8i and a G reg (89) 2.0L 16v. Loved the last car. Wish I’d been able to keep it now. Congrats to the crazy owner.
Currently building a 1.6 turbo nova saloon. As soon as it’s ready I’ll be giving you a shout
No it’s sticking around bud sorry
My mate had a turbo nova gsi and it was a pocket rocket.
Jeez I can't imagine how that thing goes. I had a mk2 gte 16v , loved it , just the standard 150bhp but not a lot out there could keep with it. Brilliant car mate!
Can’t remember the last time I saw a Mk2 Astra..
Yesterday...
My friends brother is restoring his White 16v GTE.
Very, very nice!
I had a blue 2.0 GTE convertible, 1990 G reg,G46 DRF, in 1995.
Happy dayz... 😉
Boiled egg
Astra? It looks like an Opel Kadett
those dislikes are from Renault 5 gt owners😅
😂👊🏻
My cousin had the 2ltr red top Astra 16v with just a K&N fitted it was a weapon it used to chew other GTE's and many other modded motors like you're RS turbo' s etc etc must have been built on a Wednesday and not on a Monday or Friday lol .
Everyone in the know has nothing but love for the red top that's how good they were.
Yes ricky more classics like this please
Haven’t seen Ricky this excited about a car in a while really made my day seeing him so genuinely happy haha old skool rules!
Respect to this man,,,,,,,,Now i have to explain to my wife why i am sitting in a wet patch......
Awsome car that. Had a 1992 Nova SR with a 2 litre turbo in it about 25 years ago. Loved that car. Know what you mean though about how savage the Vauxhalls can be, I had a 14 plate Insignia SRI 170 as a company car a year ago and that thing felt so quick from middle of the Rev range 👍
Please try and review the following
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Nissan Pulsar GTi-R
Fiat UNO Turbo
Nissan Cherry Turbo
Thanks
Would love to see a pulsar on this channel!
Starlet glanza
Don't forget,
A stripped out XR3 Turbo
Sapphire Cosworth
And a V6 Clio
Hes done a pulsar about 3 weeks ago
On gt4 you went straight to the caterham and fully modded it i bet 😆
Anyone got an ID on the track in the video? 0:07-1:00
Such an underrated Channel. Keep it up my guy!!
My favourite LLF video, keep up the excellent work Ricky.
Never been a fan of Vauxhalls... until now. What a real gem. Props to the owner for bringing it on the channel.
Yes
Digital Rev counter was amazing
That looks so much fun , what a cool guy as well 👍
I worked at a Vauxhall dealer in 95, I was 17 and doing my apprenticeship.. the mechanic who was teaching me had an identical one of these and he took me Newquay with him for a weekend in the summer. On the way down we ended up racing with a RS turbo and a Rover Tomcat, I remember sitting in the back looking at digital speedo reading 139mph and thinking this is the dogs bollox.
Ricky what a car , I love the old school cars and this made my day watching this lol , I myself have a very special car and will be contacting you in a few weeks / months to do a video of my old school beauty , watch this space :)
Old school Vauxhall's. No fancy electronic modules. A proper car you have to drive without all the electronic assistance crap.
F-ing awesome video. You can really see how much you enjoyed the drive. Plus really respectful driving of the old girl.
Certainly at your best LLF in this one.
Passed my test in 1989 always wanted a mk 2 gte couldn't afford one I made do with a opel manta gt .Nice car but the gte astra insurance was double that of the manta most nicked car in UK at that time 🙄 😳
Yes yes ricky pulls another classic hero out the bag!!!! Whos got a special Nova GTE they wanna show ricky????
@@rubelkhan3439 ricky fancy it?? Providing Ruble wants to be on you tube?
What a bloke and what a car 👌 One of the best cars you've done imo 👌
Im still hoping that Ford bring back the Escort or Sierra in a Anniversary edition. That would be amazing.
Never gonna happen as much as we'd love it. Would love a new generation Cosworth!
Even if they did it would never be the same unfortunately
@@bendude6748 yeah would be a shitty transverse engine with front wheel biased all wheel drive
The escort is back not sure if releasing in UK but selling in china
@@servantofthewatchful6202 you are correct indeed. Just China!
Is called Astra because is a Vauxhall? In Switzerald this was the Opel Kadett gsi, the Astra was the new model of the Kadett..
Crazy clean, haven’t seen one of these for years 👌🏾
A 53 yr old man enjoying life, now that's how its suppose to be. Keep having fun and enjoy.
Had a GTE back in the 90s. Late to get back to the Air Force base early hours one morning driving through the Cotswolds and I saw hazards flashing out of a bush. It was a GTE parked backwards in a ditch. I slowed down in mine after 🤣Very dodgy handling!!
U blast out a bend not blast into one and loose it
Love the old power band different feelings makes me smile need more of this men get them out the garage let us c them😃😃😃
I once read in a car mag that the engine in the 150bhp 16v was too much for the chassis, what must 460 be like lol
Mint car
ah it wasnt though, i suppose eventually it would strain it and rip it apart but not as bad as people say, they got used a shit load in rallies and still do today with a few strengthening mods.
early 1's were 156bhp
later ones were 150
c20let engine is 204 from factory
Love the old school Vauxhalls. I did similar to my Mk3 GSi back in the day. Dropped the Calibra turbo lump in it, forged engine, big turbo, xe cams etc.. had it up near 350bhp. It was Fast, but the thing i miss the most is the sound it made.
Neighbours son-in-law used to have a nice Astra GTE. Now he has an Insignia estate. Sad times.
😂
He gave up..sad
bet he's gutted.
Was gonna send link to this to my Dad... We had a 1984 one back in 1995, albeit only 8v not the 16v... But then one of his first sentences on this video was that they were popular with theives. Ours was stolen on my sister's 7th Birthday, along with her presents :, ( b a s t a r d s. I don't want to remind him of it again!
When I was a kid my dad came home in an Astra Mk2 GTE, exact same colour as this on a D reg and I fell in love instantly the look the power the digital dash everything about it! The day he sold it I cried 😭
Still to this date one of my favourite engines I had a c20let in a nova but the early costcast heads it was Courtney sports demo car it was a weapon!
Oi you can always tell when Ricky legit likes a car haha
WOOOOOOH!!!! are you SERIOUS!! 1st time i've seen Living fast look FRIGHTENED!!!
ha ha ha theres something about us 60s babies born in England!! :-)
I used to love my old Red Top Cavalier GSI - Rapid car for the times. Red top is still a solid block
i remember those days when the Police could not catch them.. another Super Beast Mode.. bloody Angry thing..
My uncle had one too. Miss seeing these old girls on the road, dying breeds unfortunately but that’s a beast. Nice rebuild
Not only this Opel Kadett has steering in the wrong side but name is wrong too.
Not in Ireland. Right name. Right side.
Back here in SA we got the Opel ts with standard lsd back in the day its a legend
im also from SA, i remember as a kid my uncle had a 2.0 Kadett with digital dash, not sure what model exactly, i think he wrecked it lol
Over here in South Africa we have the 200cd 16v and the super boss 16v C20XE with schrick cams these and they already pull, can't imagine boosting it, this is insane!!!!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
MK2 GTE hands down best astra ever made.
If only that ford focus that overtakes knows what a beast this machine is......
Awesome video bro, you're prolific Ricky mate never a disappointment with your content !!
Tiger shitting himself in the back of the car and he ain’t got his seatbelt on
Just love this video.. have a grin on my face the whole time watching it😂😂😂 I actually own a 91 Opel Kadett Super boss. Only 500 made in South Africa. Love it to bits!
Those are some rare beauties.
Love at the first sight with that beautiful thumbnail. Great car!
7:14... all the POLICE ever saw of those car's... 🤷♂️😂
The police used to also use these for their unmarked cars as well.
Find some Audi s2! There are lot of them in the UK.
Would of killed myself if had that power in my Mk 1 GTE when I was 19 😬😬😬
Mr2 turbo here.. Over 450bhp.. Get in touch if you want to film..
I bet that would smoke most of the cars on this channel.
Yeah right
This car would have been a front cover feature in max power back in the day, just awesome...
Here in the netherlands it's called Opel kadett GSi
we had gsi and gte's, how does that work over there?
@@Soulvex same to us, i don't know when but first there was GSE only and i think since the kadett it became GSi
@kurtis howard no, but there were nof GTE's here, they changed the name after a few models. I'm not sure, i'm a subaru guy, not an opel guy
Soulware3D gte was a vauxhall Astra for the British market the Gsi was an opel Kadett and was for the Europe market
@@Shane-zx4ps they had different trims in the uk and same running gear if i remember rightly. maybe i'm confused with the mk3 astra gsi.
7:55 awkward lol!
Max Power vibe with this car . Respect Need more fast E34 and E32 BMWs on this channel, bet somebody reading this has one!
I'm sure they put the calibra turbo engine in a vauxhall nova and it was just a absolute lunatic
They do it with the corsa b&cs too, absolute menace on the road to anyone no matter what you're driving, also the saab b204 engines are great in them
I had a tuned MR2 turbo and got in a bit of a race with a Nova. Took it down the A50 dual carriageway and my MR2 was rapid but could I catch the Nova? No! Pulled up with the other driver turns out it had a 300 + brake Calibra Turbo engine in . Fast car!
@@Buck3366 they were on another level back in the day but those mr2 were not slow I would loved one back then but parents got me a fiesta rs tubo well I say got it was my mums and she passed it down
Darwill78 alf had one of those too mate in Rosso red with the green bumper stripe tuned by Castle Performance in Stoke-on-Trent . 195 chip, beige injectors, scorpion exhaust. My cousin still has 2 one totally standard and one track focused
300bhp novas are porsche 911 fast.
Ain't even watched the video yet but its gonna be a C20xe or even a C20let 😍 looks unreal 🔥😍👏
Man I remember these cars growing up! Love it!
17:28 gets done by a focus😂😂