90130_ Report This Comment Date: March 25, 2008 04:34AM
Eh. The Holden Commodore SS by another name. Cool car, but I'm hoping that GM
will get it right and build the new Chevy Impala SS with the 400HP LS2 or LS3
they've been promising us stateside. At least its rear wheel drive instead of
all the front drive shit they've been building for years.
I'll keep driving the last great rear drive sedan they ever built, the 1994-1996
Chevy Impala SS. I own two.
BTW, Select middle Eastern markets get the Commodore as a Chevy Caprice SS.
90130_ Report This Comment Date: March 25, 2008 05:00AM
Just went to the website. [
www.pontiac.com]
Looks like if you wait until 2009, you can get the G8 CXP with a 6.2L V8 and six
speed transmission. FUCK. Sign me up.
woberto Report This Comment Date: March 25, 2008 06:21AM
Oh yeah, the "Sports Truck" is based on our "Ute".
90130_ Report This Comment Date: March 25, 2008 07:15AM
Yes, the spiritual successor to the Chevy El Camino. Heh.
pulse Report This Comment Date: March 27, 2008 09:04AM
I can't stand the gob they put on it. Much prefer the Commodore..
[
www.autoclub.com.au]
90130_ Report This Comment Date: March 28, 2008 05:32AM
The Commodore SS-V certainly looks serious but somewhat plain without the
bonnet scoops and two-piece grille of the Pontiac G8, but I'm thinking that they
weren't taking any chances after the Pontiac GTO, which you Australians know as
the Holden Monaro.
The GTO suffered primarily from it's appearance, looking more like a Chevy
Cavalier on steroids. When I was at a Pontiac / GMC dealer a couple of years
ago looking at a big pickup truck, a deep rumble echoed off the wall in back of
the dealership's lot, which opened up in a full throttle V8 roar down the street
past where I was standing.
I looked around to try to determine what
muscle car was creating that
wonderful sound, but couldn't place it in the traffic driving by. The salesman
pointed to what appeared to be a boring little red subcompact and said that's
the GTO you're listening to.
I was quite amused.
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90130_ Report This Comment Date: March 28, 2008 05:40AM
[
en.wikipedia.org]
Heh..read what Wiki mentioned about the hood scoops on the GTO, Pulse.
woberto Report This Comment Date: April 08, 2024 03:01AM
pulse Report This Comment Date: April 08, 2024 04:32AM
If I could get the last model V8 Commodore at a reasonable price, I almost
would.
Cheapest VFII V8 manual is $40K on carsales at the moment, with 165,000km on the
clock. Pass.
Most expensive is $150K and has done 5000km. They're not even HSV versions.
