At the risk of sounding like your mate PD here - I dont think they need to sell a car that 'runs 12s out of the box'.. You can buy a Clubsport for well under 70k and thats alot of car for the money.. unless of course you need it to say 12 on a timeslip so you can: quote - 'upend your mates at bbqs'
Forget Davo for a moment (if only....)
When I have handed over +$45K for a new Holden/HSV V8 - which I have done half a dozen times over the past decade - it has been because it GOES FAST FOR THE MONEY. In my limited experience folks buy V8s for performance, not for really any other reason. Maybe I am wrong, and maybe not
If you are charged twice the premium you NEED twice the performance....or your mates will upend YOU at bbqs![]()
Last edited by Martin_D; 12-04-2012 at 09:19 PM.
Oh I forgot
Aren't HSV sold as a Performance car
Now to determine performance
1. Must beat opposition ie ford which it doesn't
2. Equal or better your main competition
It doesn't in some ways
3. Achieve what/ which manufacturer you claim to be of equal ie C63 it definitely doesn't
Ok now we got that sorted what are our objectives
1. Charge a premium and give fark all
Achieved
2. Live on our racing achievements/ heritage and hope no one realises nothing has been done
Achieved
Don't get me wrong I would love an HSV but only if it was worth it
Under a bonnet listening for knock with my earmuffs on
I think he means Ford.. C63 will run 12.3/12.4 down the 1/4 mile
From memory Mustanger's AMG C63 ran a 12.0 or 12.1 at Heathcote at 119 or 120mph, with just a tune and slight exhaust mod exactly as it was driven to the track.I also remember reading somewhere (here I think?) of someone running a 12.1 in a stock one.
OK guys...a bit of "clarification" here.
When I said "12 secs"...I meant it in the literal sense....ie "12 seconds"....no more, no less. I gather when you guys say "run a 12", it could be 12.00, or it could be 12.99?.....big variation there.
Anyway, to be honest, I don't know what a STOCK GT335 will do, but I do believe that "Motor" have tested a C63 at 12.6.
Cheers, Pickles.
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