Cybermonkey
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Holden Commodore SS, selling for $45k, about £18k 
6.0 V8 - 1770kg
270kW - 370BHP
530Nm - 390lb/ft
0-100kmh - 5.2secs
400m - 13.4secs @ 174.9kmh
and its not even the range topper. the HSV GTS will get to 100kmh in 4.9secs and do a 1/4 in 12.95secs. this one costs about £35k 
The SS
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RKS
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not that it will be but if it was release over here it wouldnt be £18k 
what is the difference in price between us and you?
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Cybermonkey
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i think it could make an entry into Europe. vauxhall/opel need a high end exec sedan. and the base model VE Commodore is called the Omega spec wink wink nudge nudge 
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Cybermonkey
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Rikki, remember the Monaro was still very very cheap in the UK for what it was...
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JonnyJ
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Beast!  Anymore pictures of it?
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Cybermonkey
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oh and you are using our australian engines in your vauxhalls now anyway
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Cybermonkey
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JonnyJ
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Looks awesome in black sooooo
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Robin
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front looks like a new Focus.
we need cars like that here though 
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Dom
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looks like a nice(ish) car, but to make it succesful over here, we would need a lot more power from the 6lt or a smaller but just as powerful engine - one of the reason im guessing the moanro didn't last in the uk
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ClaireF
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Location: hurlford, scotland Drives: corsa again
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very nice
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
looks like a nice(ish) car, but to make it succesful over here, we would need a lot more power from the 6lt or a smaller but just as powerful engine - one of the reason im guessing the moanro didn't last in the uk
what why would it need more power? HSV are dropping the 550bhp LS7 into one in the near future...
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Robin
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because people expect 370bhp from a 2 litre in a 4 door saloon these days
or a 3.2 six cylinder bmw. (give or take a few horsies)
LS7 one would be
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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cant see it handling very well at all, rwd?
[Edited on 14-10-2006 by Steve]
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Cybermonkey
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Robin, those are whizz bang engines. they dont even come close to the nature of the chev lump. the way it produces torque from that engine is like no other on the road. cant beat OHV for simplistic grunt and with the modern touches, it revs hard for such a big engine.
this engine though, coupled with the VE HSV is gonna blow the performance sedan market out of the water
one hell of an engine! 550bhp from an N/A V8
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
cant see it handling very well at all, rwd?
[Edited on 14-10-2006 by Steve]
lapped the BFYB test track in 36.8 secs, same as the Mazda6 MPS, and 0.2 secs off the pace of the new Audi RS4 and BMW Z4 M Roadster
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Steve
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see the mazda 6 mps what size engine is that?
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Cybermonkey
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its a 2.3 Turbo with 4WD steve
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Cybermonkey
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cat got your tongue?
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Dom
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spunky, dont get me wrong, the engines are pure shex wee and the sound of the dudes V8 in my village is just awsome - but for the uk market where fuel prices are completly stupid, having a 6lt engine that rapes fuel and requires you to remortgage to pop to the shops....you get the idea
One of the reasons why the monaro didn't stay over here - lovely cars, but far too costly to use day in day out
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
cat got your tongue?
not really the monaro has an engine 3 times the size and still only manages to keep up
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redtopbreeze
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for £18k i'd push the fucker back to the uk.
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Marc
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I was expecting a CTR
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mav
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that looks so good in black
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
cat got your tongue?
not really the monaro has an engine 3 times the size and still only manages to keep up
 did you know the Mazda6 MPS is being used to do hillclimbs in STOCK form, apart from decent tarmac tyres. it really is that good. this thing is almost as fast a 4WD 440bhp RS4...and costs a quarter of the price!
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