Gts-r

[Morpheus XIII]

Anyone have the nuts to recreate this masterpiece with the Caddy that zigs?

Hmm... so that's what the first Catera commercial meant when it had german influence. It's an Opel chassis, am I right?

[Chris]

The Catera is pretty much the same as teh opel (Vectra, I think).

[Morpheus XIII]

Yeah, I figured as much. It's far too small to be homegrown.

There are two distinct sounds that a Caddy should make:
1) The desperation of the starter
2) The painful force of gravity fighting the power windows when UP is depressed.

[Downunder]

The commodore was based on an Opel Omega but the only thing they share are the door handles. Everything else the commodore is bigger. So it's not a Catera.
The GTS-R is called a GTS here in Australia and is not a limited run.

The reason that they are not imported to the USA is because it might take sales from other GM cars and also the unions complained about losing jobs if it happed and threatened to go on strike. But word is that the commodore might be imported in the next few years with the Monaro commodore coupe.
The monaro:

[Downunder]

rear

[primera man]

Originally posted by Downunder
But word is that the commodore might be imported in the next few years with the Monaro commodore coupe.
The monaro:

Are they finally going to built the Monaro ????

It will be a very sort after car downunder if they do go ahead with it.

[Downunder]

The Monaro is going to be unvieled at the Sydney Motor Show in October. It will have a different front and back to the current VX model and will hint to the looks of the facelift of the commodore for next year. It will be in production from November but won't be sold until late January early Feburary because they want to stock up so there isn't a huge waiting list. But i think it will still happen.

There will be some new colours:
solid orange
solid yellow
highlighted green(i think)
and the blue from the VT series 1 will be back which is a dark blue metallic

[Downunder]

Also they plan to build 3000 cars per year.

[primera man]

Lets hope they send some to NZ

[Downunder]

Maybe just one

[primera man]

Bloody AUSSIES !!!!!!:finger: :finger: ...LOL

J/K

[Downunder]

It will be great to see in the flesh especially the HSV and Corsa versions

[Racer 20]

I just noticed that the HSV GTS-R is $41k not $30k like it says on the poll. Anyway, is Corsa a tuner for HSV????


EDIT: Corsapref.com has crap for Vettes and Vipers!! :o I should know about this!! lol

[Downunder]

Corsa is not part of HSV. They do the same thing as them but are a smaller company but have more extreme cars and bodykits. I prefer them more than HSV. Corsa has a 330kw range topper that beats the GTS and its diff ratio is a longer 3:46 instead of 3:9 compared to the GTS and that says alot for their tuning .

Soon to be released from Corsa is a LS1 stroker from a 346 cubic inch to 383 which will put out 380kw+.

[Chris]

I just noticed that the HSV GTS-R is $41k not $30k like it says on the poll

I took the 30K as american dollars as stated by Automobile.

1KW=1.7hp (I think)