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Oh yeah further proof that Skyline drivers lose 87% park skill when on a cruise:

Remember the old Monaro ad for the final edition where the museum curator drives the Monaro in and out of the glass case? The sound of the Monaro actually came from a Ford Boss V8...

Oh yeah thanks for organising the cruise big sis!

How fast were the Exige/Elises and M5?

Pics: http://users.tpg.com.au/jycteh/Wisemans/

Another day, another concept car Wake me up when it actually goes into production

No I was answering bobo's question (hence the quote)

Mazda MX-5 (NC) won the last one. It's even more impractical than the 350Z!

Nissan 350Z Unless you need a backseat, the 350Z is easily better than COTY Mazda RX8 The main reasons the RX8 won was because it had those novelty suicide rear doors and also because it was a rotary.

I'm glad you didn't get murdered.

Evo 3 and 4 are not able to be imported/complied as they are too similar to the locally sold Lancer GSR. Evo 5 no-one bothers with as you can import/comply the Evo 6/6.5 which looks nearly the same as a 5, and is better and newer.

Joint winners don't count (okay I just missed it)

Toyota & Nissan have NEVER won car of the year. 1963 Renault 8 1964 Morris 1100 1965 Ford Falcon (XP) 1966 Ford Falcon (XR) 1967 Chrysler Valiant (VE) 1968 Holden Monaro (HK) 1969 Holden Torana (LC) 1970 Renault 12 1971 Chrysler Valiant Charger (VH) 1972 Award withheld 1973 Leyland P76 V8 1974 Volkswagen Passat 1975 Holden Gemini (TX) 1976 Volkswagen Golf 1977 Honda Accord 1978 Holden Commodore (VB) 1979 Award withheld 1980 Mazda 323 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SE (W126) 1982 Holden Camira (JB) 1983 Ford Telstar and Mazda 626 (joint award) 1984 Mitsubishi Nimbus 1985 Mitsubishi Magna 1986 Award withheld 1987 Honda Prelude 1988 Holden Commodore (VN) 1989 Mazda MX-5 1990 Lexus LS 400 1991 Honda NSX and Nissan Pulsar 1992 Mazda 626 and Ford Telstar 1993 Holden Commodore (VR) 1994 Subaru Liberty 1995 Honda Odyssey 1996 Mitsubishi Magna/Verada 1997 Holden Commodore (VT) 1998 Subaru Liberty Wagon 1999 Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2000 Subaru Impreza 2001 Holden Barina (XC) 2002 Ford Falcon (BA) 2003 Mazda RX-8 2004 Ford Territory 2005 Mazda MX-5 (NC) Honda & Mazda have multiple winners though!

Colour looks really good.

Expensive Euro cars actually hold their value quite poorly and have a high rate of depreciation. And BMWs/Mercs having a good reliability record is also false.

The projector headlights look alot nicer than the reflector ones. Wonder how much the Nismo version costs.

Nah wasn't me. Wasn't in that area at all on Saturday

Yup!

Oh yeah that's right it was the Fish Market! This was just before the Fish Market underneath the Anzac Bridge overpass.

x 10,000 Okay maybe somewhere else but I did see you! I swear!

Oh yeah also spotted RUSSIA on Saturday heading toward Manly Beach

Looking at Motor's BandForYourBuck article, Wakefield times VZ HSV Clubsport DTS - 1:10.69 350Z - 1:12.15 VZ Holden Commodores SS - 1:12.70 They are for VZs so I can't be 100% sure of course.

Okay lets compared a HSV to a 350Z (the flagship of the Nissan sports car range right now) Price HSV Clubsport R8 - $63,000 Nissan 350Z - $63,000 0-400 Nissan 350Z - 14.37s HSV Clubsport R8 - 14.01s No track times but I'm sure the R8 would be faster. Of course the new GTR will be faster than any HSV or Holden but its a totally different range of car.

Ahh what car were you in? I saw some imports on the way there