Test drove new Holden Commodore SSV
08-21-2006, 03:58 AM
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i read in the age online today at work that the HSV's will all be sub 5 second cars to 100km/h...should be interesting to see if they actually will be or not.
08-21-2006, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by cgkms,Aug 20 2006, 06:28 PM
The guy coudln't tell me how thirsty they were...I actually asked him and he said, he had no idea cos they had just come in...and all the info that he got was on the brochure....
Cornering was good...the 19s helped it stick well I think.felt like a big car, but not as heavy as the Falcon XR8 that I drove earlier....
Cornering was good...the 19s helped it stick well I think.felt like a big car, but not as heavy as the Falcon XR8 that I drove earlier....
I also don't understand why people care so much about fuel economy when they are looking to purchase V8s? and why Corolla owners are complaining that there's no LPG conversion kits avaliable for their cars...
08-21-2006, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TAAXED,Aug 21 2006, 12:20 PM
looks like a big astra to me 
how was the cornering?
how was the cornering?
ive seen a few around already , has the look of the preceeded Astra , with flared guards .
however, i must admitt the SSV range looks really good . The car has alot of road Presence.
DavidM Posted on Aug 21 2006, 07:18 PM
and 5.36 secods 0-100km/h times for the manual - eeek!
Keep in mind that was a 'press release' car. Somehow the press release cars have always been a fair bit quicker than the 'real' cars when they get to test them again.
From the look of it the SS will have a hard time braking into 5s, but I would expect very low/flat 6s. Either way, it'll a quick car ... not sure if it's quicker than the superceeded cars though (in particualar in manual form).
Keep in mind that was a 'press release' car. Somehow the press release cars have always been a fair bit quicker than the 'real' cars when they get to test them again.
From the look of it the SS will have a hard time braking into 5s, but I would expect very low/flat 6s. Either way, it'll a quick car ... not sure if it's quicker than the superceeded cars though (in particualar in manual form).
not too sure on the figures , but its making 270kws from its 6L V8 i think , the car is now heavier too . So i would be suprised if it was capable of the sub 6sec 0-100 . If i get the chance at a set of lights i will be dropping the clutch at 7000rpms to see how the S hold's up
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