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Vauxhall has unveiled a special edition Mokka, and it's the cheapest one available
Well, this is unusual. The new Mokka Griffin trim offers more kit for less money
Vauxhall has announced a new special edition Mokka. Yep, we can tell that you're excited already. But hang on, because this is a little bit different in that the new Griffin is actually the cheapest Mokka that you can buy. Imagine the scenes if Porsche suddenly did that with a special edition.
A Mokka Griffin – a nod to the Vauxhall’s bonnet icon, of course – is available with any powertrain usually offered on said Mokka, starting with the 134bhp 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to a six-speed manual gearbox for a rather reasonable £24,995. The new special then tops out with the Mokka Electric Griffin, capable of up to 249 miles of range from its 54kWh battery, and priced from £32,495.
Looks-wise, the Griffin trim has the black roof available on the GS and Ultimate grades, black wheels and rear privacy glass as standard. In the cabin, there's already a 10in touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, plus a suite of driver assists. Griffin upgrades mean both front seats are heated, as is the fake-cow steering wheel. Elsewhere, there are also electric heated door mirrors, an automatic anti-dazzle rear view mirror, and keyless start.
It’s a neat package with plenty of value-for-money appeal – especially in light of the recent VED changes. Obviously, EV drivers now need to stump up for road tax and in certain cases, the Expensive Car Supplement (that’s the extra tax applied to cars over £40,000).
Well, this is unusual. The new Mokka Griffin trim offers more kit for less money
Vauxhall has announced a new special edition Mokka. Yep, we can tell that you're excited already. But hang on, because this is a little bit different in that the new Griffin is actually the cheapest Mokka that you can buy. Imagine the scenes if Porsche suddenly did that with a special edition.
A Mokka Griffin – a nod to the Vauxhall’s bonnet icon, of course – is available with any powertrain usually offered on said Mokka, starting with the 134bhp 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to a six-speed manual gearbox for a rather reasonable £24,995. The new special then tops out with the Mokka Electric Griffin, capable of up to 249 miles of range from its 54kWh battery, and priced from £32,495.
Looks-wise, the Griffin trim has the black roof available on the GS and Ultimate grades, black wheels and rear privacy glass as standard. In the cabin, there's already a 10in touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, plus a suite of driver assists. Griffin upgrades mean both front seats are heated, as is the fake-cow steering wheel. Elsewhere, there are also electric heated door mirrors, an automatic anti-dazzle rear view mirror, and keyless start.
It’s a neat package with plenty of value-for-money appeal – especially in light of the recent VED changes. Obviously, EV drivers now need to stump up for road tax and in certain cases, the Expensive Car Supplement (that’s the extra tax applied to cars over £40,000).
FiestaST
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FiestaST
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Vauxhall’s next generation of GSE performance cars will be fully electric
Plug-in hybrid performance Vauxhalls binned in favour of electrons
Vauxhall has announced its next generation of ‘GSE’ performance cars will be fully electric. And it has announced it by suggesting these new battery-electric performance cars will give drivers “the proverbial OMG feeling”. Indeed.
TopGear.com is not aware of any adult with the capacity to spend upwards of £670 a month – or £42k+ - on a new performance Vauxhall who uses ‘OMG’ in regular parlance, but please let us know if you do.
In any case, these new cars promise more dynamism, braking and cornering performance across the board. “This demonstrates how powerful, exciting, and inspiring battery-electric mobility can be,” said Vauxhall/Opel chief Florian Huettl.
We do not know exactly how much power they will generate, but likely more than this current generation – 222bhp in the Astras, and 296bhp in the Grandland. They’ll also offer “a chassis set-up that directly integrates the driver and offers exciting driving pleasure”.
Plug-in hybrid performance Vauxhalls binned in favour of electrons
Vauxhall has announced its next generation of ‘GSE’ performance cars will be fully electric. And it has announced it by suggesting these new battery-electric performance cars will give drivers “the proverbial OMG feeling”. Indeed.
TopGear.com is not aware of any adult with the capacity to spend upwards of £670 a month – or £42k+ - on a new performance Vauxhall who uses ‘OMG’ in regular parlance, but please let us know if you do.
In any case, these new cars promise more dynamism, braking and cornering performance across the board. “This demonstrates how powerful, exciting, and inspiring battery-electric mobility can be,” said Vauxhall/Opel chief Florian Huettl.
We do not know exactly how much power they will generate, but likely more than this current generation – 222bhp in the Astras, and 296bhp in the Grandland. They’ll also offer “a chassis set-up that directly integrates the driver and offers exciting driving pleasure”.
FiestaST
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Motorpoint review of the Mokka
FiestaST
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Vauxhall's GSE Rally prototype is a beefed-up Mokka with 280bhp
Now stick all this motorsport tech and rally goodness in a limited edition road car, Vauxhall
While the regular Vauxhall Mokka might not be especially memorable, this new GSE Rally prototype certainly appears to be. Folks, we could well be looking at a Mokka that’s actually exciting.
That’s because this Mokka GSE Rally is the first ever car developed in line with FIA’s new eRally5 regulations. That’s right, Vauxhall is taking the Mokka racing. The GSE Rally is set to make its debut in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup between 23-24 May.
So, how has Vauxhall turned the standard Mokka into a rally car? By fitting fancy Bilstein suspension and a racing gearbox. It even has a limited-slip differential, reinforced drive shafts as well as modified front and rear axles. So far so good.
There's the same 54kWh battery as the road car, but here it's powering a beefier electric drivetrain, with outputs boosted to 280bhp and 254lb ft of torque. Everything's been tweaked for better efficiency and drivability, too.
Now stick all this motorsport tech and rally goodness in a limited edition road car, Vauxhall
While the regular Vauxhall Mokka might not be especially memorable, this new GSE Rally prototype certainly appears to be. Folks, we could well be looking at a Mokka that’s actually exciting.
That’s because this Mokka GSE Rally is the first ever car developed in line with FIA’s new eRally5 regulations. That’s right, Vauxhall is taking the Mokka racing. The GSE Rally is set to make its debut in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup between 23-24 May.
So, how has Vauxhall turned the standard Mokka into a rally car? By fitting fancy Bilstein suspension and a racing gearbox. It even has a limited-slip differential, reinforced drive shafts as well as modified front and rear axles. So far so good.
There's the same 54kWh battery as the road car, but here it's powering a beefier electric drivetrain, with outputs boosted to 280bhp and 254lb ft of torque. Everything's been tweaked for better efficiency and drivability, too.
FiestaST
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SauRoNZA
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Anything major out of the ordinary over the life of the car?
Had a few issues over the years but they may have been down to the previously undiagnosed cracked turbo manifold... which I may have recently cracked again.
SauRoNZA
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But not an entirely unreliable or expensive car to run?
A cracked manifold over 275,000km seems pretty reasonable to me.
FiestaST
Honorary Master
It's a little heavy on front tyres but it's been good to me.
FiestaST
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FiestaST
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CAR Magazine (UK) first look at the Mokka GSE
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Vauxhall reinvents GSe performance brand with hot 276bhp Mokka
Mokka Electric gets nearly twice as much power as standard, plus a limited-slip 'diff
Vauxhall has reimagined its GSe performance brand with a new version of the Mokka Electric that has nearly double the power of the standard car.
Previewed by the Mokka GSe Rally prototype in May, the crossover’s arrival marks the relaunch of GSe, most recently used for the plug-in hybrid Astra GSe, as a badge for performance-honed fully electric cars. The Mokka is also a more serious proposition than the Astra, with substantially more power and extensive chassis modifications.
Its new motor, which is shared with the Abarth 600e, the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica Veloce and the new Peugeot e-208 GTi, puts out 276bhp and 254lb ft. That’s sent to the front wheels through a Torsen limitedslip differential, and it allows the Mokka GSe to hit 62mph from rest in 5.9sec.
To cope with that significant uptick in performance, the GSe’s rear axle has been redesigned to add an anti-roll bar and tauter bushings. Together, these are said to increase the back end’s torsional stiffness by 189% compared with the regular car.
The GSe also gets more heavily weighted steering, 380mm Alcon front brake discs with four-pot calipers and new dampers with hydraulic bump stops. The Mokka GSe rides on new 20in alloy wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Sport EV tyres, and it tips the scales at less than 1600kg.
The brand has yet to disclose a range, but the e-208 GTi, 600e and Junior Elettrica Veloce all return around 200 miles between charges. For reference, the standard Mokka EV has a 247-mile claimed range from the same 54kWh battery used by the GSe.
www.autocar.co.uk
Mokka Electric gets nearly twice as much power as standard, plus a limited-slip 'diff
Vauxhall has reimagined its GSe performance brand with a new version of the Mokka Electric that has nearly double the power of the standard car.
Previewed by the Mokka GSe Rally prototype in May, the crossover’s arrival marks the relaunch of GSe, most recently used for the plug-in hybrid Astra GSe, as a badge for performance-honed fully electric cars. The Mokka is also a more serious proposition than the Astra, with substantially more power and extensive chassis modifications.
Its new motor, which is shared with the Abarth 600e, the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica Veloce and the new Peugeot e-208 GTi, puts out 276bhp and 254lb ft. That’s sent to the front wheels through a Torsen limitedslip differential, and it allows the Mokka GSe to hit 62mph from rest in 5.9sec.
To cope with that significant uptick in performance, the GSe’s rear axle has been redesigned to add an anti-roll bar and tauter bushings. Together, these are said to increase the back end’s torsional stiffness by 189% compared with the regular car.
The GSe also gets more heavily weighted steering, 380mm Alcon front brake discs with four-pot calipers and new dampers with hydraulic bump stops. The Mokka GSe rides on new 20in alloy wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Sport EV tyres, and it tips the scales at less than 1600kg.
The brand has yet to disclose a range, but the e-208 GTi, 600e and Junior Elettrica Veloce all return around 200 miles between charges. For reference, the standard Mokka EV has a 247-mile claimed range from the same 54kWh battery used by the GSe.
Vauxhall Mokka gets an extra shot of caffeine with new 276bhp GSe range-topper | Autocar
Mokka Electric gets nearly twice as much power as standard, plus a limited-slip 'diff
www.autocar.co.uk
FiestaST
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The fastest electric Vauxhall is this new Mokka GSE, and it’ll do 0-62mph in 5.9s
Remember when we said ‘make the GSE Rally prototype’? Well, they sorta did
This is the Vauxhall Mokka GSE, and when it arrives at some undisclosed point in the future, it will be no less than the fastest all-electric Vauxhall. Admittedly not the highest bar to breach, but still: Fast Vauxhalls are back!
Only, this won’t get any actual drive to the back, because it’s front-wheel drive only. Taking its inspiration from the GSE Rally prototype - and Opel's involvement in e-rallying - Vauxhall has sent its Mokka to Motorsport School. So, there’s a 54kWh battery, a 276bhp/255lb ft front-mounted motor and a Torsen multi-plate limited slip diff. You're already seeing the similarities to other hot crossovers in the Stellantis stable, aren't you?
Then come a shiny new set of ‘double hydraulic’ dampers, a rear axle that’s 189 per cent stiffer than the regular car (don’t sneeze during a corner or you’ll fly), and further undisclosed tweaks to the steering and chassis. Massive brakes, too: 380mm/four-pots up front, courtesy of Alcon.
All this motorsport finery means the new Mokka GSE will be able to accelerate from 0-62mph in just 5.9s and top out at 124mph. Fast. Vauxhall claims a 1.6-tonne kerbweight – impressive for an EV – and the option of three driving modes including normal, eco and sport. You can guess what each one does.
Remember when we said ‘make the GSE Rally prototype’? Well, they sorta did
This is the Vauxhall Mokka GSE, and when it arrives at some undisclosed point in the future, it will be no less than the fastest all-electric Vauxhall. Admittedly not the highest bar to breach, but still: Fast Vauxhalls are back!
Only, this won’t get any actual drive to the back, because it’s front-wheel drive only. Taking its inspiration from the GSE Rally prototype - and Opel's involvement in e-rallying - Vauxhall has sent its Mokka to Motorsport School. So, there’s a 54kWh battery, a 276bhp/255lb ft front-mounted motor and a Torsen multi-plate limited slip diff. You're already seeing the similarities to other hot crossovers in the Stellantis stable, aren't you?
Then come a shiny new set of ‘double hydraulic’ dampers, a rear axle that’s 189 per cent stiffer than the regular car (don’t sneeze during a corner or you’ll fly), and further undisclosed tweaks to the steering and chassis. Massive brakes, too: 380mm/four-pots up front, courtesy of Alcon.
All this motorsport finery means the new Mokka GSE will be able to accelerate from 0-62mph in just 5.9s and top out at 124mph. Fast. Vauxhall claims a 1.6-tonne kerbweight – impressive for an EV – and the option of three driving modes including normal, eco and sport. You can guess what each one does.