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My oh my, what the hell is that? Turn it back into scrap metal... oh wait it already is.

It looks kinda like a lexus IS200 haha.

I'm slightly ashamed to be australian for jus this moment... but FPV is still on the right track so thats whats gonna save us!

I love the looks, would have prefered a more Euro look though.

Looks like an Astra. Will be interesting to see how HSV will enhace the supposed better handling the ve is meant to have.

HSV's will have their own magneride suspension - like those used on Ferrari, AudiTT, corvette and CTS-V (only cars with this type of suspension).

Aparently excellent suspension for great handling without compromising comfort.

HSV has first crack, since this component was designed by Delphi and GM. Ferrari found out about this technology during the GM-Fiat tie up.

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saw the new commodore on stephensons rd in Mt waverley today - red SS

looked ok, but I was more suprised that they are already out on the roads......Id hate to be paying for fuel for that though - 6.0 V8........crazy

looked ok, but I was more suprised that they are already out on the roads......Id hate to be paying for fuel for that though - 6.0 V8........crazy

Not as bad as everyone thinks. If you can afford to run a skyline then you can definitely afford to run those big V8's. It has similar consumption to other performance cars like the WRX, better than an RX8 (IMO) and definitely better than my nissan.

Like turbo cars, fuel consumption really depends on how you drive. Led foot = empty wallet, feather foot = boring guy :huh:. If you can’t pay to play might as well buy a 3cyl 1L car (like everything).

Good thing is the development of LPG V8's. Several have already done this, apparently not too hard to tune, no noticeable drop in power (using newer LPG systems), and cleaner running. There’s a long discussion about this on an ls1 forum.

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