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Old 15-10-2005, 02:06 AM   #1
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 02:45 AM   #2
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ford has the new xr5 turbo dude
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Old 15-10-2005, 02:51 AM   #3
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Both cars look like trick little things

pity they will be a tad expensive
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Old 15-10-2005, 03:07 AM   #4
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yeh just checked out the xr5 turbo..
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Old 15-10-2005, 04:41 AM   #5
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A better version of the previous model's Astra Turbo.
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Old 15-10-2005, 07:58 AM   #6
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is fwd or awd?
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Old 15-10-2005, 08:53 AM   #7
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 08:53 AM   #8
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i like it. looks good.
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Old 15-10-2005, 09:21 AM   #9
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Where's the temp guage?
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Old 15-10-2005, 09:28 AM   #10
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Where's the temp guage?
yeah thats a bit weird... probably get a warning light that you cant even figure out wtf it means until after yourve cooked the motor.

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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Old 15-10-2005, 09:50 AM   #11
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 10:39 AM   #12
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 10:48 AM   #13
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 11:08 AM   #14
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 11:31 AM   #15
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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
he never had a go at ford AT ALL dude,
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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Old 15-10-2005, 11:41 AM   #16
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 11:59 AM   #17
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 12:39 PM   #18
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 12:59 PM   #19
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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?

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Wait a sec, the VXR220 (RR), the Astra VXR (FF), and Monaro VXR (FR)?!

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Old 15-10-2005, 01:57 PM   #20
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 02:29 PM   #21
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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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Old 15-10-2005, 03:23 PM   #22
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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.
I dont see how it would be copying.

The 2 just have similar names thats all.
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Old 15-10-2005, 03:33 PM   #23
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no different than XR8 and R8 really in terms of copying.
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Old 15-10-2005, 03:35 PM   #24
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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.

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Old 15-10-2005, 06:12 PM   #25
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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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Old 16-10-2005, 02:58 PM   #26
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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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Old 16-10-2005, 03:00 PM   #27
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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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Old 16-10-2005, 03:41 PM   #28
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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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