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Nightcrawler

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We're not Andrew, but others on here are!

Only in an attempt to highlight the folly of such a comparo in the first place!

Bottom line is everyone that loves their Skylines should pretty much love the new GTR. Its a worthy successor.

The only ppl I have found so far that DONT like it are those that reckon a $160,000 Commodore with a 427 in it is a ripper car :P

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lol yeah thats good value 160k commodore with leather trim and a computer that tells you how much fuel your 7lt engine is sucking down welcome to the 21st century holden owners :nyaanyaa:

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Then again... VW have done a very reasonable job of making an engine that's short on displacement punch well above it's weight. VW call it TSI, but it makes more sense when I say... a supercharger and a turbocharger combined to work as one.

The VW Golf GT/TSI runs a 1.4L four cylinder TSI engine that makes 125kw and 240nm of torque, the bulk of the later at just 1500rpm till 5000rpm. Driven 'normally' it can also return figures of under 6.0L/100. It's even more fun when it comes with a DSG gearbox.

Not exactly R35 GTR territory, but good for the daily commute, very impressive economy (handy when paying 1.50+per L) and much quicker than a few fleet Commodore owners were expecting :banana:

Definitely.. I saw one put the foot down only the other day. Sat up and lunged away rather briskly. Actually looked more like 160kw odd. :nyaanyaa:

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I love the 7ltr just not the price tag of the 'commodore'.

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hmm, I'm definitely not a Commodore lover but cubes are my weakness, lol.

I wonder what production numbers are anticipated and if they'll reflect a massive drop in price approx 5 years after release (as in typical Commonwhore style).......if so, for around $50 grand I could see myself with one.........then hanging a couple of snails off it.

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A couple of snails is a must..

I'm not sure I could go back to the N/A power delivery. There's just something about that part throttle throttle feel as its coming on boost.

My only concern would be would if it ends up like my last v8 manual commodore.

Broken gearbox's, broken diffs and IRS subframe splitting through the diff mounts. :S

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surely they would address driveline issues given the 7lt capacity

I agree with that "on boost" feel, nothing beats it.........noticed it even more so now that I'm in 2WD and the back end snaps suddenly to the left as it comes on boost

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was that a w427 and a gt3 i saw u cruising thru the adelaide hills with today, i didnt get a good chance to look????? i almost crashed the company car staring at the gtr!

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Lets invite a W427 out to the next track day & see what some "old school" GTR's & the new R35 do to it in the real world.

Long weekend sound's good. PM for details...............

BTW. I just took a new BMW M3 sequential box for a spin in the Adelaide hills......... OMG Get some turbos or something.....

those thing are F^%*N weak.. sorry. Its the truth. Get some Power.

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4 Litre V8! 7 years since the last one....... 400nm... the detuned 335i makes that with its manifolds

tied behind its back. Where is the new 4.4L twin turbo V8? (Stuck in the new 7 series or X6 - headroom anyone?)

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Lets invite a W427 out to the next track day & see what some "old school" GTR's & the new R35 do to it in the real world.

Long weekend sound's good. PM for details...............

BTW. I just took a new BMW M3 sequential box for a spin in the Adelaide hills......... OMG Get some turbos or something.....

those thing are F^%*N weak.. sorry. Its the truth. Get some Power.

haha John, I remember just a couple of years ago you wanted to splash on a new M3 - I was like "wtf you get an R34GTR VSpec Nur for just over half the price ...." :) .... all Beemers are weak :D j/k your 550 is pretty porno :)

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