Australian Muscle in California

[resisted]

Here are some random pictures from a local BBQ yesterday which had no less than 20 GTO's and a couple of G8's thrown in.

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Pair of supercharged G8's
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Not to be out done, their was some American cars also
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LS3, LS7, LS6, LS3 or turbo LS2 (just visible on right side) take your pick
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Vette rear end vs GTO rear end
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Was a tad warm, 111F ~ 44 degrees celsius
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[Nidz]

Mmm.. Some top cars there.. I wish the weather down here was that good. Drool to the Viper..

[cheech09]

nice photos,

[Hman]

Oh what a sight!!. Great line up. Be nearly as good as the line up at Chevs this Saturday eh!:yahoo:

[Carby]

Awesome looking cars - how nice are those Vettes?:love:

[APCLB]

Some nice units there.
Altho,the guy with the first pictured G8 must be spewing about the dint in his door.....

[Warrior VX]

great photos mate, good to see the yanks love them as much as us.

[BEE-18F]

dam sounds like a cool bbq..

[kpop]

awesome weather, awesome collection of cars...wish melbourne would have those...

shit weather + anal driving laws makes melbourne no fun at all anymore

[Demon76]

awesome cars...love the corvettes and that viper!!

[Brandonsdad]

Some nice units there.
Altho,the guy with the first pictured G8 must be spewing about the dint in his door.....

I think its just the reflection that makes it look that way.

Nice cars though.

[brentonsav]

nice bbq but i still think the gto front is hideous!

[Brandonsdad]

nice bbq but i still think the gto front is hideous!

Big grilles, but the yanks luv em. Imagine the airflow.

[iloveholden]

mmm nice cars there aussie and american muscle is very nice :)

[Y55-7UT]

wow, great photos, i love that air intake on the viper it almost eliminates the point of having forced induction

[CarlFST60L]

Great pic's, thanks for sharing :cheers:

[Teal]

Nice cars.. good to see some yanks have nice taste in cars :thumbsup:

[brindal]

Nice cars.. good to see some yanks have nice taste in cars :thumbsup:

i'll second that! :smilesandbanana:

[gottacalais]

whats with the radio station...103.7 whatever underneath??????? maybe a song i/we have not heard before?

[Bozza_VE]

Awesome pics mate. Love the vette's

[Pickles]

GREAT photos--thanks for posting them. Maybe you can keep them coming-always good to see what our American friends are doing.
We own a HSV GTO, & I was looking at your photos & just thinking how lucky we were to own ours, & what great cars the CV8/GTOs are, but then you had to go & post pictures of the Viper & also a Corvette,--and ruined my day!
If I lived in the States, there's no doubt I'd have to own a Corvette, & I'd be doing my best to try to make sure it was a ZO6.
Just as a matter of interest, could you post up the new prices of a GTO (at time of last sale), Corvette, & Corvette Z06.
Cheers, Pickles.

[huggies]

awesome pics
i was just spent a week in pasadena,
if I'd known there was the bbq on Sunday i would of driven to it
what forum are you guys off so i can keep an eye out for next time

[resisted]

Glad everyone liked the photos, will do my best to keep them coming in the future.

All prices are in US dollars
08 Z06 MRSP: 1LZ $73k, 2LZ $75k, 3LZ $79k
08 Coupe C6 MSRP: 1LT $47K, 2LT $49K, 3LT $52k, 4LT $55k
08 Convertable C6 MRSP: 2LT $56k, 3LT $61k, 4LT $64k

Then you have options like wheels, transmission, suspension type on top of that. You can build your own at http://www.chevrolet.com/byo/build.cv?year=2008&make=Chevrolet&makeId=001&model=Corvette&modelId=030

Due to the American economy or lack of it, many dealers are offering $10k off before you even step foot in the door to negotiate.


The Australian Monaro is no longer sold as a new vehicle. Last year any new 06's on dealer lots were going for $26k~30k depending on location and options. The used car market is even cheaper again with plenty of bargains to be had. MRSP when they were consider "new" was $32k+.

Largest and most popular corvette forum is http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zeromain while the GTO variant is www.ls1gto.com, www.ls2gto.com (both point to the same server). For the new G8 you can visit http://www.g8board.com/forums/

I would love to own a Z06. However I haven't been here long enough to establish my credit rating for a loan and had to pay cash for my car, so 08 LS3 it was.

Hope I've answered all the questions :bow:

edit: no idea about the radio station, I wasn't paying attention and could have easily been a new song.

[Febs]

Very nice. :)

When did the G8 come out in the US? I was there in May and didn't see any.

Cheers,
- Febs.

[resisted]

Very nice. :)

When did the G8 come out in the US? I was there in May and didn't see any.

Cheers,
- Febs.

March/April if I remember correctly. I've only seen 3 on the road since their release.

[Pickles]

Thanks for the info.
Well, it looks like the Z06 @ $79k plus options is about 2.5 times the price of what a GTO would have been new.
Going on the RRP of our Aus GTO (say $80K), that equates to an Aus price for a Z06 of around $200K-a bit out of my price range too!!- But not far away from what new converted ZO6s are selling for in Aus--around $220-240K, I believe.
(keep the pics coming!)
Cheers, Pickles.

[The_Guardian_01]

The G8's look really Hot and don't look out of place amongst all the other Amercian Muscle cars.
I'm still a Corvette man though...
LOVE THOSE CORVETTE Z06's!... droooool
373kw... who could complain...

[M.E.C.]

wow

amazing photo's keep up the good work

they look great without front number plates (lucky buggers)

[RobboXR6T]

Great photos. That's awesome. And just looking at the pics makes me feel a little warmer.