{"id":505,"date":"2016-03-02T07:43:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T07:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2019-04-02T04:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:59:44","slug":"vauxhall-feels-proud-at-geneva-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/vauxhall-feels-proud-at-geneva-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Vauxhall Feels Proud at Geneva Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>With a GT Coupe Similar to Mazda MX-5 size, Vauxhall Feels Proud at Geneva<\/h2>\n<p>Vauxhall GT uses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/signup.asp?type=517&amp;cid=69087&amp;year=86-89&amp;pid=76944&amp;c_id=1&amp;returnURL=signup2.asp\"><strong>1.0-litre Vauxhall engine<\/strong><\/a> but it is muscular enough when it comes to the displacement of only 1000cm<sup>3<\/sup>because it cranks 144bhp of power.<\/p>\n<p>It is not a common engine actually, it boasts a turbocharger to make you feel happy behind the wheel and it drives the rear wheels.<\/p>\n<h3>When it will arrive<\/h3>\n<p>The Vauxhall is showing its GT concept at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vauxhall.co.uk\/discover-vauxhall\/news\/vauxhall-events\/2015\/03\/vauxhall-wows-geneva-motor-show-2015.html\"><strong>Geneva Motor Show<\/strong><\/a> however, it has been leaked just ahead of its global debut at Geneva Motor Show.<\/p>\n<h3>What is it?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a two seats based coupe concept which has been described by the Vauxhall a template for future sports cars by the automaker. The all new GT concept car is very similar to the size and the body shapes of the Mazda MX-5, however, it boasts an ultra-modern body art and flowing lines around the car.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, one can say it a mechanical sibling of the MX-5. Vauxhall has not given it door handles and outer side mirrors but it still employs a classical long bonnet and short boot. It has similar but most modern mechanical components than any other offering.<\/p>\n<h3>Vauxhall Engines<\/h3>\n<p>Vauxhall has introduced the GT coupe with smallest engine available, but don\u2019t worry about the power delivery because it has received a turbo treatment to boost the power delivery with 144bhp.<\/p>\n<p>All this power comes from the 3-cylinder engine that sips petrol to ignite. It is further equipped with a six-speed sequential gearbox which will be controlled by a paddle shifter.<\/p>\n<h3>What Vauxhall said?<\/h3>\n<p>Vauxhall design chief Mark Adams has led the project and he claims that the GT concept pays homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/an-insight-into-the-vectra-vxr\/\"><strong>Vauxhall VXR<\/strong><\/a> and the Opel experimental GT from mid-1960s.<br \/>\nBoth of those models had a great influence on the design of the car of that era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a GT Coupe Similar to Mazda MX-5 size, Vauxhall Feels Proud at Geneva Vauxhall GT uses a 1.0-litre Vauxhall engine but it is muscular enough when it comes to the displacement of only 1000cm3because it cranks 144bhp of power. It is not a common engine actually, it boasts a turbocharger to make you feel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,40,185],"tags":[177,220,221,207,186,219,218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineprices.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}