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Uh, you obviously mistyped that 1/4mile ET - 405hp doesn't get you down the 1/4
in 5.3 seconds (unless the car weighs about 600 lbs) - in fact, my car takes
12.7 or so at near 400hp, and it's not a heavyweight.
Now, 0-100kph in 5.3 I can believe - that's about on track for 400hp on a
2-wheel drive car. Of course, if you have AWD like me, it pulls that down to
the low 4s ;-)
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Eli Donati writes:
> > what is this thing, the, automobile?
>
> Well, you aussies have something pretty nifty in that score... the Holden
> Commodore as tricked out by HSV. 405 HP from a production automobile, does
> the quarter mile in 5.3 seconds, tops out around 170 MPH or so, 6 speed
> manual, red and black leather bucket seats, and only costs 40K. (of course
> the engine is tricked out in the states and shipped back but hey, what did
> you expect?).
>
> Now if only GM would import some to the US. Right now you can only get them
> greymarket and they're righthand drive.
>
> ++Lar (commies rule, see this month's _Automobile_ magazine for a review)
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