ya'll are forgettin the japanese imports over there for the american's, i heard you guys don't even get any model skylines, which is a serious shame, no cefiro's either, no laurels and no cosmo's, that' some seriously shameful stuff man, you guys are missing out on great engines, RB20DE(T) - RB26DETT!! far out, poor lads, the laurels last i heard were running 7MGTE engines and the cosmo's were running 30BTT Quad rotor buzz boxes?

and if you wanna talk V8's then go a toyota 1UZFE, bloody brilliant engine, 265hp, 37kg of tq and that's a quad cam alloy tech V8, 3968cc! you can bolt an SC14 supercharger straight onto that and stick new cam gears and push rods and boom! 400hp! stick a B&M short shift stage 2 or 3 kit on a W58 Supra Automatic and BOOM!! you got yourself a perfect drag racer!

here in aus, it's not only the holdens and fords that have great V8's, its the toyota soarers too! : :D :57:

Hi :57: ,

Ford Performance Vehicles also do a version of the Ford Falcon, called the Typhoon which is a hopped up version of the local XR6 with 270kw and 550nm from a turboed straight six of 4 litres attached to a 6 speed Tremec.

For anyone fortunate to have a "Munro"(GTO) in the states, APS here in Aus have released a twin(simultaneous) turbo for the LS1 engined veehickels. Check out www.f1performance.com.au.

Good for 600horses and mountains of torque with lots of interesting whistles and woofs under the bonnet.

Look for it soon.

Oh and by the way, don't whinge at US$33000. Here we pay AUS$60,000+ for the Monaro CV8(minimum worth having).

Try googling for an XB coupe, but good luck. You may find one in New Zealand, bro!

Another thing, a GTO has a much better chassis than the 'Stang. Better brakes too. Oh and Steve McQueen would look at the Ford dash and say "Nothings changed...". Don't get me wrong, it looks sensational and goes hard. Let down by so-so dynamics and here in Aus, very scary pricing.

For Gordo.The Capri would have actually been marketed as a Mercury over there. A 1.6 front drive convertible of dubious quality.

Cheers,

Andrew

This post has been edited by Trakka: Jun 28 2005, 07:58 AM

Hi, AGAIN! :D

Good to see someone else share's my love for the Fords here in AUS, lol!, I can't stand the holdens, to many excess parts from to many excess companys, Holdens is toooo fake to REALLY mean a 'Great Deal to Australia', yeah fair enough most of our jobs rely on Holdens but who cares, If it really meant a great deal to australia then we'd be using HOLDENS parts, not GM!

Anyways, Back to the imports, anyone else here like the HCR32 or the JZA80? or even the older MA70? I'm good for the bigger cars...:)

For those of you who prefer the little ones, how about an EG3 with a B18C5 Engine and a Accord box? LOL! :D I say that'd be gooooood stuff, hell, Why not a DC5 H22A? :D DOUBLE HEKKA GOOD STUFF! :D

Thanks for the talk..:)

I have had a couple of American cars here in Au. (1980 mustang and a 1970 Fleetwood)
but can not afford to run a V8 anymore .
When I get it back on the road again my 93 Lantra 1.8 DOHC will be my biggest vehicle.
I currently drive a Suzuki 800 Hatch (Alto in the US) as my daily driver . The cost of running a serious car in Australia is too high and the wages are too low.I also have an 85 Mitsubishi Cordia (currently registered ) as a mod. project but not as a daily driver . Fuel today is just over $1.00 per litre and My wage is less than $500 AU per week before tax . so anything big is not an option.

Hello guys,
I am joining the cry for more models available here. When I think, that I could buy SKODA { VW owned, manufactured in Czech republic}, which is the same car as vw , for 2/3 of the price of WW and fully loaded......
Anyway to talk about fantastic suspension system used in Citroons, { sorry for spelling, can not find correct letter}, lovely engines produced by Alfa Romeo,
Sleek designes by Lotus, I always get excited whenever new edition of my European car magazine shows up in my mailbox.
One has so much bigger chnce to find the car , which fits his body, valet, driving needs habits.
Talking about variety of vans produced in Europe, Ford has much bettter vans over there, Peugeot, Mercedes, Iveco and all of them come with many versions of power plantes.
And Yes, all of us has different need for speed. I , for example emigrated to Canada 7 years ago. Coming from Czech republic, having driven 1/2 of my driving life on autobahn , I will always enjoy high speed. Once in a while, on the way from Edmonton to Prince George B.C. , once I pass through The Rockies,
There is my 300 km of not a single human dwelling. Yes I know I take chance, BUt believe me , the feeling of our VW jetta roaring past 200km/h is awesome.
I might be wrong, but in my opinion once you have tasted triple digit speed for longer time and get used to it on daily base, there is no comeback. It is pure adrenalin and connection of awesome machine and human neurons. I love it.
Even here in Edmonton, Sometimes I take our Jetta at midnight on the road, the path is clear of others, And I let the **** loose. That is how you say it in english , correct?
But reminding you, you have to have car build for that and regulary maintained.
So, hopefully, we will once in future be treated better and get more toys here. So far it is like being poor neigbour. It is more fun to be able to choose between 3 cars than between 2 cars.
Kamil











:hyper:

Well if you guys know your AUstralian motor history, some of you might know of the GTHO... worlds fastest 4 door at the time...

Well, the Phase 5 GTHO is due to be released in 2009/10 and will be packing about 470 horses under its hood (N/A too, so there should be some good bolt on kits to get some more power out of it).... should be good fun.

Like this 516 hp 7.0L LS7 GTS Holden HSV ~~> http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...showtopic=18132
SWEET !! The Pontiac G8 American version... 365hp 6.0L

That would actually be the GTS-R, we already have a GTS model (and have for years)

The GTS-R project has actually been put on hold for a while as they are having issues fitting the LS7 engine into the engine bay due to the vehicle being RHD and the engine needing some form of external oil cooling and the brake boosters, etc getting in the way.... Keep waiting... the 427 has been on the drawing board for more then 5 years now....

I really like the looks of the car. You guys have some sweet looking rides there. And I love your sedan racing..V8 super cars. Too cool. World Rally Car is my fav.

This post has been edited by Brazzel: Dec 9 2007, 08:01 PM

Yeah, some people like them, and others dont. Alot of our larger saloon cars are now being heavily influenced with European DNA (The Kinetic styling theme I think they call it), which is a bit different to the American design of things.

Holden will be exporting a number of their vehicles to the states this year, inlcuding the HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) GTS or R8 which will be rebadged as the Pontiac G8, and they will also be exporting the Ute (Ranchero style pickup truck) and the wagon variant (the old wagon was built on the LWB chassis but is now built on the SWB chassis and they refer to it as the Estate Wagon).

I hope to see more of our cars getting world wide exposure.

Take a look at www.hsv.com.au which is the Performance arm of Holden and www.fpv.com.au which is the performance arm of Ford Australia. There are some really wicked tuned vehicles there including the Ford F6 engine which is a Turbo Straight 6 cylinder 4 litre engine which puts out 270kw (362hp)... great fun!

Check out this too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54MKkxX1qQ

This is a HSV R8 vs a FPV F6 Typhoon - drag race...

Cool..I'll check them out. Thanks dude.

SA Weet !! That's what I'm talking about :beer:

I know this reply is a bit late but I only just joined so here goes

The Capri Ducko is talking about is this one
(IMG:http://www.efmmotors.com.au/images/cars/car1061.jpg)

An Australian built leaky thing, unless they had a different spec in the US they only came out in a 4 cyl n/a or turbo, they V6 capri was an earlier UK model which is this one

(IMG:http://www.fordcaprilaser.co.uk/images/Capri25.jpg)

mind you I am sure they had later model ones in the UK but we dont see much variety in cars in Aus and usually end up with the models no one else wants, in fact Hyundai stopped importing the highlander spec Terracan into Australia because they wanted to fill the US market so I bought a Land Rover instead :grin:

This post has been edited by X2Excel: Jan 1 2008, 01:04 AM

I was recently in Tokyo and got to sit in the Nissan GTR at a Nissan studio. I barely fit (6'4") the cockpit is so tight. Many of the same interior bits are currently in my Infiniti G35, but a nice looking car we'll finally get later this year. GM is finally waking up from years of building/designing TERRIBLE cars. Ain't competition good!!! If they import the "Ranchero" trucklet it will not sell well here, just ask Subaru. The G8 will be a huge success for Pontiac/GM and stealerships will have 10-20k markups and ruin it for most buyers of this brand.

I also went to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Mostly small type front wheel drive cars, but loaded with things we don't get here in the US. The look of the cars are much better, even the Hyundai's are nicer looking than the versions we get. It seems they think of US versions as appliances while other countries consider there vehicles in a higher regard. Saw plenty of tuner stuff too....if only I had larger luggage.

Ray