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15-10-2005, 02:06 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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just found this, the hsv vxR.. what are your opinions on it?
http://www.hsv.com.au/vxr/vxr.html 0-100 in 6.2 seconds, max speed 240 km/h • Turbocharged 2.0 litre, 16V • Power 176kW • Torque 320Nm • Power to weight – 6.9kg/kW • Close ratio six speed gearbox • 19-inch alloy wheels how come fpv doesnt bring out a small car.  :
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15-10-2005, 02:45 AM
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Supercharged Mang-mobile
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ford has the new xr5 turbo dude
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09/00 VX HSV XU6 Build #0001 of 0171 http://fordforums.com.au/showthread....09#post5571209 -- Best E/T: |14.982 @92.12mph | R/T:0.013 | 60' 2.213| 330: 6.283 | 1/8: 9.624 @ 73.17mph | 1000: 12.529 | 25Deg, N/A Hum, 1010mb | Willowbank Raceway 7/12/16 Tickford EL Falcon XR6 RIP  -- Factory Manual -- Best E/T: |14.991 @ 92.71mph | R/T: 0.607 | 60': 2.215 | 660': 9.665 |13Deg, 86%H, 1024mb, 184RA @ Willowbank Raceway |
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15-10-2005, 02:51 AM
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Both cars look like trick little things
pity they will be a tad expensive |
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15-10-2005, 03:07 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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yeh just checked out the xr5 turbo..
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15-10-2005, 04:41 AM
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A better version of the previous model's Astra Turbo.
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15-10-2005, 07:58 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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is fwd or awd?
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15-10-2005, 08:53 AM
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Perfecting the 1-2 change
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Both the VXR and the Focus are FWD.
The Vauxhall VXR is already on sale here in the UK. It goes hard, but has some pretty serious torque steer.... lets go left! |
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15-10-2005, 08:53 AM
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...fairly odd
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i like it. looks good.
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15-10-2005, 09:21 AM
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Where's the temp guage?
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15-10-2005, 09:28 AM
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...fairly odd
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i know fords made some dumb decisions over the years but i like the fact that you can qoute some guy from HSV saying that theyll never go the turbo 6 route and that theyll only focus on V8s... and now they are selling a turbo 4.
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15-10-2005, 09:50 AM
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I think the Honda Jazz has the same thing, warning light for cold, warning light for hot. Bloody stupid if you ask me.
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15-10-2005, 10:39 AM
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wacthed the guys at Top Gear do a review on the vauxhall VRX(no im not gonna call it HSV)...and they panned it. Impressive stats no doubt, but actually getting that power down and staying in a straight line proved near impossible for them...so i await the nightly new reports of yet another HSV going off road ...hehe
BTW they rated the comparatively down on power VW Golf GTI the head of the class in the "hot hatch" sector. |
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15-10-2005, 10:48 AM
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VW GTi is a great car went for a drvie in 1 a few weeks back has got abit of grunt dont mind the new focus but as aimzes holden/hsv had a go at ford/fpv for the turbo six and now they have a turbo 4 wtf 1der if fpv will release a version of the XR5
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15-10-2005, 11:08 AM
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I think for the monet on the new HSV i would rather spend it on a XR6T or the new XR5
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15-10-2005, 11:31 AM
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he said its funny how you can quote some guy from HOLDEN for saying they would never go down the turbo 6 route and they'd stick to the V8's....now they have a turbo 4 pot |
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15-10-2005, 11:41 AM
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320Nm is alot of torque for a stock 4 Cylinder Turbo.
I think its a good move by Holden to add a 4 Cylinder to their HSV range now all they need is a Turbo 6 and i'll be happy.
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15-10-2005, 11:59 AM
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Doesnt handle well and a magane 225 + new golf gti are better.Whats the xr5? any links/pictures.
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15-10-2005, 12:39 PM
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Check here http://www.ford.com.au/newfocus/xr5/ but you'll prob find more info on the Euro site.
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15-10-2005, 12:59 PM
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Man, I was just about to post a thread on this, check out the game for the Vauxhall VXR http://vauxhall.co.uk/vxr/game.jhtml .
It sounds like they're trying to take back the small/medium-sized turbo from the Subaru... but where's the AWD? [EDIT] Wait a sec, the VXR220 (RR), the Astra VXR (FF), and Monaro VXR (FR)?! Last edited by Biggoggs; 15-10-2005 at 01:16 PM. |
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15-10-2005, 01:57 PM
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FPV will get a Focus of its own, but it will be the RS.
Now, THAT, will be a while off. |
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15-10-2005, 02:29 PM
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is it just me or is HSV tryin to copy the XR5 name.
Correct me if im wrong but the ancient roman number for 5 was V. VXR = 5XR which is pretty much the same as XR5. the xr5 looks better though. |
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15-10-2005, 03:23 PM
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The 2 just have similar names thats all. |
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15-10-2005, 03:33 PM
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no different than XR8 and R8 really in terms of copying.
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15-10-2005, 03:35 PM
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Or XU6 and XR6.
I think its just a way of competing with eachother by having similar names of cars in the same catergory as one another. Last edited by Ryan; 15-10-2005 at 03:55 PM. |
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15-10-2005, 06:12 PM
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The VXR has tourqe steer problems as many people have noted, Ford are better than Vauxhall at making hot hatches, much better. and this is a prime example.
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16-10-2005, 02:58 PM
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Bring back the Phase
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I think FPV should stick to the large cars at the moment and wait until the Focus or Fiesta sell more models before a hot hatch is released.
Thats like HSV bringing out a hot adventra and expecting it to sell... oh wait it flopped miserably didn't it
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16-10-2005, 03:00 PM
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building the xe...
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that focus looks quite good...
they lok like the new fpvs though... designed by the same people? i know the bars are built somewhere else and shipped... so maybe? personally, fpv should do a 4wd one... that would be good, but well be in wheelchairs before that happens... |
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16-10-2005, 03:41 PM
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The focus XR5 has better figures on paper than the VXR, It beats it to 100 by one tenth of a second. It also looks a shoitload better while it does it.
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