All credit to Vauxhall for bringing the gorgeous soundtrack and humungous 431 horses of the VXR8 [nee Australian Holden V8] to a regional press drive for anyone to drive. Ooh er!

In fact the yellow peril is very well mannered, as rapid as you could ever want, but unlikely to sell in any numbers at £49,500 versus the traditional German and Jaguar class benchmarks.