Comments on: Fifth Gear Test the VXR8

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:57:39 +0000

Wanna see the F6 go over there and see what they think of that!! No longer will they say how little hp/litre we produce. To be honest I gotta wonder why HSV cant consider making their own V8 engine that focuses more on revs than torque. Surely a good 4.5L HSV V8 with a modern overhead cam set-up could torque the chassis along whilst providing plenty of high-rev entertainment. Even a modern road- version of the 5.0L V8 supercar engine might fit the bill. This will also give Australia a chance to veer away from the outdated and nonsense Americans who haven’t seemed to grasp the fact that not everything is about saving the most dollars. Holden with their belief of building good cars cheaply does seem to work well and of course keeps the price down but surely there can be some more impressive sophisticated engineering involved that can leave the Americans begging for our technology.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:28:04 +0000

the britsh better be ready for 6.2 liters of v8 muscle.
bye bye bmw there is new kids on the block

By: Snerd

Snerd — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:12:56 +0000

What is it with the “Australian == crude” nonsense? Lost me right there, and I’m hardly a F/H bigot.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:26:08 +0000

QUOTE = I cringe everytime I hear the word Vauxhall.
For gods sake couldnt HSV/Holden send it over badged as a Holden or HSV.

Yeah Im sure the yanks would have also said the same thing when they came to Australia, couldnt they have just called it General Motors!!! Its called branding, fools people into thinking the car is a local.

As for the review, I dont watch much of Fifth Gear mainly Top Gear… nice car though that General Motors R8.

By: George

George — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:39:25 +0000

Actually Bavarian Missile, Top Gear is the original. Top Gear was canceled after poor ratings which many credit to the loss of Jeremy Clarkson. When restarting the series, the BBC wouldn’t allow the use of the title ‘Top Gear’, hence 5th Gear was born.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:58:47 +0000

Fifth Gear’s budget is approx half that of Top Gear mention the bank vault the BBC is paying Clarkson to hang around.

I also enjoy Top Gear and yes I find both Clarkson and Hammond more entertaining than Tiff and his mates but Vicki is also entertaining.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:39:19 +0000

I thought this was about how good the VXR8 was rated,bloody good by her ,……..I thought anyway, and I dont even like them. Vicki rocks!!

Not saying Top Gear is crap,but its marketed a lot better world wide. 5TH GEAR is the original though.

By: jdm102

jdm102 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:09:52 +0000

while tiff and vicki might be better drivers, doesn’t naturally mean they are better presenters. Clarkson and his fellow presenters are the more creative ones, just the flow of TopGear, even though I’m sure its scripted but just the way its presented with that natural charisma and flow is brilliant. The races they have in TopGear, the stunts they do.

I go so much quarter of the way through an episode of fifith gear and it makes me wonder, why did I bother in the first place. Last I read online too, TopGear got the more better vote almost everywhere I could search on google :thumbsup:

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:33:14 +0000

I cringe everytime I hear the word Vauxhall.
For gods sake couldnt HSV/Holden send it over badged as a Holden or HSV.
By the way, I should e-mail clarkson and tell him while the average Brit was driving their poxy Triumph Toledos and Hillmans around- we were driving our Aussie Premiers and Fairmonts. I’m sure as hell glad I wasn’t born and bought up around Pom cars like this garbage and what about their “panda (cop) cars”
from the same era? Garbage like Escort Populars and rotten 1100s.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:30:23 +0000

LOL, I saw this video over the weekend on Ford Forum.
Hubby asked what I thought.Well I don’t mince words when it comes to my dislike on VE’s but I thought Vicki did a great job impressing me with that car. Hubby said he’s of to sell the GT ………RIGHT !

Loved the old 5th gear shows.

Looking forward to the new Top Gear episode season 8 on the 2.7.07 .