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| Thread ID: 92292 | 2008-08-05 02:30:00 | It's About FORD Again! I Told Ya So! | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 695004 | 2008-08-05 07:33:00 | GM are not doing too great either and lets face it holden is no more an Ozzie car anymore | gary67 (56) | ||
| 695005 | 2008-08-05 08:13:00 | Really, I find australian made cars crudely built and blandly designed. They don't have the same build quality as japanese made cars, or the style of many european cars. I have owned a holden before and never again, unreliable and rusted badly, and bits of the trim were always coming off. Even worse that Fiat and Skoda build quality. Maybe the older ones....the BA/BF Falcons and VZ/VY Commodores are pretty sturdy from what I've heard. Their higher-performing subsidiary cars, FPV and HSV are even better in quality too. I usually don't care about quality unless money is a matter (which it always is), so I only go for looks. And Fords and Holdens are what I fancy. When I get rich, of course. These days the wallet can only be squeezed for cheap Toyotas and Nissans. Some Holden/HSV cars are exported overseas. VE Clubsport R8, Vectra and Astra are exported to Britain and some other European countries under the name Vauxhall; Ford's Mondeo and/or Focus is exported too I think. The Falcons aren't though, even though I think they're the best-looking car Ford has ever produced. I prefer Falcons over Mustangs any day. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 695006 | 2008-08-05 08:30:00 | haha the falcon would look odd with a "POWERED BY NISMO" banner on the back window no? :eek: not as bad as the idiots putting "TYPE R" Stickers on their Si Civics :confused: Holden ran a nissan motor in the mid 80's I think, in the commodore. Skyline motor I think, I even remember seeing a turbo one at some point. So maybe not as odd as you think. |
plod (107) | ||
| 695007 | 2008-08-05 10:09:00 | Holden ran a nissan motor in the mid 80's I think, in the commodore . Skyline motor I think, I even remember seeing a turbo one at some point . So maybe not as odd as you think . yup you are right :thumbs: The VL Commie ran a mixture of Nissan RB30's as the aussies couldn't make the current engine at the time the Holden 202 (3 . 3 L) meet emission regulations anymore and asked the chaps at nissan to make a Bigger version of the RB25 for their saloon - and the RB30 was born :D no such thing as a twin cam turbo RB30 (RB30DET(T)) from the factory - you need a Twincam RB25 Head at minimum to slap on the 3 . 0L Block and you get the best of both worlds :D and not that ridiculous either as the RB30 had a history of Cracking heads cause of air locks so slapping on a Twincam head would be a good upgrade in that scenario :D oh shi- im waffling :blush: |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 695008 | 2008-08-05 19:34:00 | Some Holden/HSV cars are exported overseas. VE Clubsport R8, Vectra and Astra are exported to Britain and some other European countries under the name Vauxhall; Ford's Mondeo and/or Focus is exported too I think. Err actually its the other way round the Astra, Vectra was built in Europe way before appearing here I know I had an early Astra over there then when I moved here I discovered they weren't here yet. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 695009 | 2008-08-05 19:44:00 | Err actually its the other way round the Astra, Vectra was built in Europe way before appearing here I know I had an early Astra over there then when I moved here I discovered they weren't here yet . :waughh: :waughh: :waughh: The complex ownership of car shares really coffuffles with the whole car thing . . . . never really know who makes and own what . . . . . Astras and Vectras are also named Chevrolet and Opel in some countries . \ The VE Clubsport R8 though is definitely Australian (with an American engine) and is exported around Europe . |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 695010 | 2008-08-05 20:17:00 | What about Jag now owned by tara of India. Very British,is the world upside-down or what? |
Cicero (40) | ||
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