Would you like to see this as Pontiac G8 GTP or GXP?
Yay or nay?
Talk amongst yourselves.
Direct from Vauxhall... .
DON'T MOURN MONARO - HERE COMES THE VXR8!
-New Vauxhall supersaloon on sale in July, priced at £34,995
-6.0-litre V8, 420bhp, 0-60mph in 4.9 secs.
-First VXR model available with an auto gearbox
Motoring enthusiasts across Britain mourned the passing of the Monaro. The only Australian-built car to be sold in the UK offered raw and exciting performance thanks to its 6.0-litre V8 and rear-wheel drive set up.
But the thunder from down under hasn’t stopped yet – in fact it’s only going to get louder. Vauxhall has announced the arrival of a new Aussie musclecar – the VXR8 – and it’s more powerful and exciting than even the legendary Monaro.
The dramatic-looking new saloon is powered by the same 6.0-litre V8 as the outgoing Monaro VXR, but revisions to the engine have made it even more efficient. It now develops a massive 420PS and 550Nm of torque, giving it enough grunt to sprint from 0-60mph in just 4.9 seconds. No other supercar offers this sort of power for anywhere near the VXR8’s price.
Yet the VXR8, based on Australia’s Holden HSV Clubsport R8, offers more in the way of practicality than the outgoing Monaro, with four doors and space for all the family.
Although practical, with a spacious boot, comfortable, long-legged cruising ability and luxuries such as climate control and leather trim, the VXR8 is certainly no softie. Driver aids such as the stability system and traction control can be turned off at the flick of a switch – perfect for drivers who want to hone their skills on a track day!
And VXR8 goes as well as it stops, too, with powerful 365mm front disc brakes that slow the car down from 60mph to a standstill faster than a Lamborghini Murcielago or BMW M5.
In response to customer demand, the VXR8 will also be the first VXR model to be offered with an automatic gearbox. In order to maintain the control which VXR buyers require, the optional £1,400 self-shifter has a manual override and a sport setting which ensure the performance isn’t blunted – in fact the auto is only half a second slower to 60mph than the manual!
Satellite navigation and 20-inch wheels will be offered as options for those who want to make their VXR8 look more distinctive and help find their way to the best driving roads. Even with all the option boxes ticked however, the VXR8 is still around half the price of other cars with comparable performance. As all fast car fans know, Aussie rules.......
2007-02-26
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put the steering wheel on the left side and send it over here. Make no changes.
And GM isn't selling those cars here...why again?
Would be a nice replacement for the GTO
..................Which car will hit 400 whp first???..................
that would be the hottest 4-door.
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Smus ran out of posts wrote:And GM isn't selling those cars here...why again?
Hmm whats the retail 30,000+ British Pounds thats more than a corvette in American currency.
I wonder what they did to get the motor to push 420bhp.
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so if a GTO and Evo X had child, this would be it? That looks freaking awesome!!!!!!
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that is close to the car GM showed at chicago
Sappy96 wrote:Smus ran out of posts wrote:And GM isn't selling those cars here...why again?
Hmm whats the retail 30,000+ British Pounds thats more than a corvette in American currency.
I wonder what they did to get the motor to push 420bhp.
Europe has less emmision restructions, atleast ... that is what I had been told.
dan
True as that may be the last models 6.0 had an identical output with other LS2s.
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Is it just me or does the back tire seem too small with that much rear end hanging over it? Could just be the incline of the car..
Europe doesn't have relaxed emissions: they use higher octane gasoline. They start @ 95 octane.
Holy cow, a car from GM w/ extremely nice interior AND exterior styling. I say do it cuz id be excited to see them on the road.
[quote=TRD 901-Z™]thats a holden HSV that they rebadged VXR the did the same thing with the monaro.. pricks.
Why does that make them pricks?
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Sappy96 wrote:[quote=TRD 901-Z™]thats a holden HSV that they rebadged VXR the did the same thing with the monaro.. pricks.
Why does that make them pricks?
cus they can give the brits the good cars and not us
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The GTO was basically the same thing.
The G8 will be similar.
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Sappy96 wrote:The GTO was basically the same thing.
The G8 will be similar.
ok if you think your gto is. then ok.. but mine sure isnt.
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Well for the price heck yea it is. I wouldn't pay 40k for it. I would buy a vette for that much.
Main differences are climate control, memory seats, suspension, appearance (can't do much about that) and wheels.
O, and the GTO is lighter.
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Is it possible, should you be insane enough, to swap the VXR or HSV parts on the domestic crossover thus giving you that original style back? I was thinking about that the other day in light of the Astra being Saturn's next big thing and how the EDM (Euro domestic market, blah blah) Opel Astra OPC is about as hot as hatch can get and hopefully the body structure would be the same with Saturns version. You could do the EDM conversion for whatever details might be different from USDM models..
Perhaps GM might do as Honda did. Differentiating global platform with interchangable body cladding and other items. A G8 dressed as the EDM VXR8... hmmm.
Wel you can get all of the holden/vauxhall/chevy parts for the GTO it just costs a ton of money.
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i think i saw a set of HSV brakes sell for over 5500.00 on ebay
new set of wilwoods are cheaper
