First Images Of The Ve Hsv

[craig V8 taffe]

Not as tuff as i was expecting the new HSV to be...

http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/general...-of-the-ve-hsv/

Looks like a big Mazda 6 IMO.. Still would prefer a 300C anyday but who wants a V8 these days.

[LBR33]

Looks to me like the ass of a mazda6 and the front of a ford focus

[MMM]

HAHAHA thats sooo gross

[thrtytwo]

i like the concept honda in the banner much much better

[Bluprint]

If you squint it kinda looks like a Maserati Quattroporte with a broken nose

[Mr Italy!]

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!

[JVP]

i dont mind it actually

[Munna1]

SS looks much nicer hope thats not the final release

[ctjet]

In the pic it looks pretty ordinary, but i'd have to see one in real life to make a proper judgement...

The ass end is prety hidious tho

[mad082]

well its pretty obvious that holden can't design a new car. they just steal bits from every other car on the market.

[racsov500]

it doesnt look too bad

definately not going for subtle styling

[kudos.motorsports]

I will openly admit that I like the styling, it looks tough.

[Bliksem]

IS200 Front Stolen from Lexus - Check

VS Commodore tail lights rebirthed in 2006 (wtf?) - Check

[Darkboy]

i like the concept honda in the banner much much better

Noooo!.. sorry to disappoint ya but thats the new corvette I'm afraid

[racsov500]

it changes each time

[D-limo]

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

[monaroCountry]

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.

Edited August 16, 2006 by monaroCountry

[eMsta]

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

[monaroCountry]

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 . 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.

[thorpe84]

looks like a hunk of shit i want to set it on fire and beat it out with a chain maybe then the styling will be a little more unique