Cars from Australia

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So I was browsing autospeed magazine, and I came to the conclusoion that Australia is a hot rodder's paradise. From turbo I-6 Fords that never see the states, to LS1s with individually ram-tuned intake runners...what is it about the laws or people there that make such tuning so common? You never see that in the states.

It seems like every car is RWD with a V8 option. GM and Ford gave up on this long ago in the States and just sell us boring FWD V6 imitations of Japaense Corollas and Camrys that barely make decent fleet cars. Either that, or the hideous excess of jacked-up SUVs and HD pickups.

You guys get a DOHC 5.4 L "Boss 260" in a Falcon XR8--we get it in a Navigator whose dynamic characterisitcs resemble something that should be hauling lumber. Our Ford sedan, the Five Hundered, doesnt even have a V8 option.

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http://www.ford.com.au/showroom/passenger/Passenger_Vehicles.asp

How come the US is left to drool while you guys get the cool suff?

I'm so jealous.
 
We have some good cars, but we have to pay heaps for them too.

How much do you pay for the new GTO?? $35000 roughly, we make the car and we pay $60000 for a base V8 Monaro (same car exept cosmetics), even after currency coversion we still pay alot more.
 
Just curious does anyone know if the 2005 Pontiac GTO is getting the bonnet (hood) scoops like the 2005 Monaro? I would say so.





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Yeah these sorts of cars are common sight over here. You don't even have to go out of the house sometimes to see a Ford or Holden V8 (should give you an indication of how many people have them).

The big Falcon XR8 GT and GT-P's sound sound awesome too.
 
Not too sure about those yellow dials! Oh, skip0110, you think you've got it bad for cheap muscle in the states, try living in the UK. The Vauxhall Monaro is about £28,000 for the lowest powered V8 option. The only other V8 car that is around that price to my knowledge is the MG ZT-V8 at around the same money.
 
Ouch! That's like 50,000 USD. But it probably a function of $5/gallon gas :ouch:

What are gas prices in Australia?
 
Different colour car, different colour dials.

I have recenly paid $1.20 per litre (AUS) for premuim = roughly $3.50/gallon (USD)
 
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Different colour car, different colour dials.

I have recenly paid $1.20 per litre (AUS) for premuim = roughly $3.50/gallon (USD)
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ouch! are you in sydney?? here in Bris. it hasnt gone over $1 yet.. its been close though. but generally its around .94c.
 
Adelaide,

We are very very lucky at the moment to get under $1 per litre for unleaded, but I have been paying upto a $1.20 per litre for BP Ultimate 98 RON.
 
3.50 a gallon isn't too bad, when you consider that it's for real gas, not the crap we have here in the US. We're paying about 2.60 a gallon for 91 here in LA at the moment.
 
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Just curious does anyone know if the 2005 Pontiac GTO is getting the bonnet (hood) scoops like the 2005 Monaro? I would say so.
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Its got the scoops alright! I saw one when I was at bathurst. It was bloody awesome.:drool:
 

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