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F T ^ HE fact that the Peugeot I ■ Coupe is a fine vehicle under-


by Andy Enright JL neath those sleek good looks is


almost a peripheral concern. Shorn of its 406 moniker and now


just dubbed the Coupe, it is now avail­ able in a pair of special editions, the Silver and the Black. While there are no prizes for guessing which colours


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these vehicles are offered in, the rest of the specification list is a good deal .


more interesting. Metallic paint is fitted as standard


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something back


‘ WEARS. That is all the transformation from the MGF to the MG TF was.


A few nips here, a tuck there, a few carefully thought through detail changes and there you have


it. A new model. On paper the TF should not be .


markedly different to the F. But


it is. Hugely so. Buyers have rewarded MG for tampering with a winning formula and MG is giv­


ing something back. Say hello to the MG TF Sprint special edi­


tion. The Sprint edition is, appropri­


ately enough, based on the two quickest models in the TF line-


by Andy Enright


up, the TF 135 and the TF160. As with most special edition mod­ els, the deal is that you pay a lit­ tle more up front and get a whole


heap more features. The Sprint 135 retails at ^


£18,495 with the Sprint 160 pitched at £20,495. Both seem


good value with the £1,275 pre­ mium of the TF135 Sprint buy­ ing £2,375 worth of extras and the £500 extra commanded by the Sprint 160 netting the owner £1,275 worth of additional kit. Chief among the enhancements


I is for important


mm - . m ■ i l l- there is more to it than a T


set of injectors, some alloy wheels and a rear


spoiler. The old Vectra SRi


accounted for around one fifth of all Vectra sales - not bad going when there were Envoy, LS, Club, GLS, CD, CDX, Tourer, SXi and GSi models also snout­ ing the trough. Like its big brother


the GSi, the SRi models are not only significant­ ly different from the rest of the Vectra range but they are also models unique to the UK, developed and built specifically for British driving conditions. Available only as a


five-door hatchback, the SRi versions of the Vec­ tra are powered by a choice of a 1.8-litre 16v, a 2.2-litre 16v and for those who han­ ker after a diesel a 2.2-litre


.


DTi power- plant. The engines ■


we largely know about, familiar friends from the rest of the Vectra range but the


HE SRi model is hugely important for Vauxhall and


by Andy Enright


and you begin to realise that you may have to eat your words. In developing the SRi,


the engineers from GM’s International Technical Development Centre had a number of key objectives in mind. Not only must the


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ride quality and refine­ ment levels be main­ tained, but the chassis and steering responses had to be sharpened. The car had to sit lower to the road on lower pro file tyres yet noise, vibration and harshness needed to be kept to acceptable levels. Get behind the wheel


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of a Vectra SRi and it feels right straight away. I t is one of those cars that tells you wi thin five seconds of pulling away that it is about to offer up some fun, the steer­ ing feeling nicely


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SRi package merits further investiga­ tion. Yes there is a set of body modifications, but


it is subtle. Blink and you will miss the honey­ comb grille, the deeper front and rear bumpers and the colour-keyed sills that'run'down each side. There is even a rear


u iu w * ------------ Darkened headlights


and tail lights give an almost brooding appear­ ance and 17 in. six-spoke alloys are fitted with 50- series low profile tyres. Jump inside and you


will spot eight-way adjustable sports seats, . a leather-covered steer­ ing wheel; chrome


mum highlights on the fascia, doors and gear


ringed dials and a selec- tion of chrome and plat- .


selec-


shift. You could almost kid


yourself that this was a proper sports saloon ■ rather than a Vectra. Then you realise quite how much work has • gone into the chassis and suspension set.up


. ,„,M too, with no .t.iSVi | crashing or •


i offer fun [ the cabin The 1.8-litre


f'+p-vil harshness being ' transmitted to


spoiler that is so small it- -.tj.h.p.'petrol engine is a is almost imperceptible.


good engine. ■ ■Being 200cc larger


than the class 2.0-litre norm, it is not surprising to find this car boasting class-leading perfor­


mance. The 2.2-litre DTi


diesel engine features a variable geometry turbo charger for maximum efficiency arid guaran-


^ a good spread of


getting through the benchmark sprint in 10.5 seconds en route to a terminal velocity of 128 m.p.h. The 43.9 m.p.g. return means that you will not .be wal­ loped in the wallet every time you floor the throt­


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to the Sprint are a set of ‘Gun- . smoke’ (read grey) alcantara and black leather seats. Smokestone


(also grey) fascia and door panels are also fitted as well as a colour co-ordinated hood, a chrome pack and front fog lights. - In order to bump the TF135’s


specification list up, it also gets MG’s Sports Pack 2 comprising anti-lock brakes, uprated 304mm front discs and beefier callipers as


well as 16 in. 11-spoke wheels. : The TF’s interior has never


been its strong point and the swanky seats and nicely judged selection of colours is pretty agreeable. -


The rest of the TF package is a


class act. With well over 4,000 buyers agreeing in the first six months of manufacture, the MG TF has seamlessly taken over the baton from the MGF as Britain’s


best selling roadster. The MG TF is a car that ha"


become something with more lo offer than being the safe option. In these Sprint special edition guises, you are buying into keenly priced versions of a car that, v;:is once something of a salon chariot but which has metamorphosed into something with a gimlet gleam in its eye - in short, a prop­


er sports car.


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as is some rather natty Chess black leather and cloth upholstery. Nautilus alloy wheels are also part of the deal as is cruise control and a JBL amplifier with eight speakers,


Buyers get a choice of two engines,


both of them among the class best. The 160 b.h.p. 2.2-litre petrol engine will probably account for most sales,


priced as it is at £21,145. T h e 2 .2 - l i t r e p e t r o l e n g in e m a n a g e s


a r e s p e c t a b l e t o r q u e f ig u r e o f 1 6 2 1 b / f t


a t j u s t 3 9 0 0 r .p .m . , e n d o w in g t h e e n g in e -W i t h a f e e l in g o f h e f t a n d p o t e n c y .


of the cooking 406. Coupe and there­ fore represent a price premium of a


mere £150. • ■ That is less than the cost of a set ol


centre caps for the Nautilus alloys, so it would appear an act of folly not to


opt for the limited edition. The Sliver and Black editions of the


To many this will be academic.


They will be interested in a cost-effec­ tive way to put That Shape on their driveway and that is exactly what the Black and Silver Coupes represents. Both cars are based on the S trim level


Peugeot Coupe do not need the hard sell. The standard Coupe is still mak­ ing respectable numbers for Peugeot and at a premium of £150 for a decent amount of extra equipment these lim­ ited edition models hardly represent a big ask from the French company. Make your street a more beautiful


place. Your neighbours will love you forever.


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