W427 - Autocar first drive

[WPUK]

Matt Prior of Autocar was in Australia last week and wrote this article:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Ho...
Regards
Phil.

[ringram]

How many are you bringing in Phil? One for yourself?

[tim the pool man]

Article says they are not going to sell them in England, I thought they were? I was interested to see just how much cheaper you would get them there, can't imagine them selling at our £70K price...

[Raggyman]

I thought that they had all pre-sold?

[MyM8V8]

Waste of good hard earned IMHO.

[ringram]

Yep, ls1.com.au shows a dyno with only 385rwhp from it.
Pathetic.

[MyM8V8]

Anyone parting with this kinda wedge for that car wants certifying:

One LS2 VXR8 demo car £20K, one LS7 crate motor £8K, bits and pieces £5K. There you go one "W427" , but it's still only 505BHP (FW). Can't blame old Tom for taking the piss, sorry money, off the dafties though.

Now if they'd had blown it as well, it gets a little more appealing (NOT).

[ringram]

Almost exactly what I did

[S600VXR]

MyM8V8 said:

Anyone parting with this kinda wedge for that car wants certifying:

One LS2 VXR8 demo car £20K, one LS7 crate motor £8K, bits and pieces £5K. There you go one "W427" , but it's still only 505BHP (FW). Can't blame old Tom for taking the piss, sorry money, off the dafties though.

Now if they'd had blown it as well, it gets a little more appealing (NOT).

Try 13k! for a VXR8 in the Auto Trader yesterday.

[ringram]

Mistake surely!

Bloody hell, there is one listed at £16,900 today! Bargain.

Edited by ringram on Monday 15th December 15:42

[MyM8V8]

S600VXR said:

MyM8V8 said:

Anyone parting with this kinda wedge for that car wants certifying:

One LS2 VXR8 demo car £20K, one LS7 crate motor £8K, bits and pieces £5K. There you go one "W427" , but it's still only 505BHP (FW). Can't blame old Tom for taking the piss, sorry money, off the dafties though.

Now if they'd had blown it as well, it gets a little more appealing (NOT).

Try 13k! for a VXR8 in the Auto Trader yesterday.

Send me a link Rog mate. At that money I might just pitch in for a "W427"

[ringram]

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/VAUX...

[ringram]

Not quite sure how the older HSV model owners think they will get £16k on theirs now. Puts all the early models well under £10k imo.

[MyM8V8]

ringram said:

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/VAUX...

Where's the £13K one?

[ringram]

Roger must have bought it
Or it was a mistake. Just offer that dude £13k cash.

[MyM8V8]

Must admit to liking the idea of dropping a genuine Zee06 LS7 in one just for the hell of it. Are the ECU's the same Rich?

[ringram]

Certainly are, plug and play.
You might want a wet sump though, or mess about with the dry one like HSV did.
I cant see the driveline being strained too much with the stock 385rwhp..

[MyM8V8]

ringram said:

Certainly are, plug and play.
You might want a wet sump though, or mess about with the dry one like HSV did.
I cant see the driveline being strained too much with the stock 385rwhp..

Who said anything about stock rwhp?

[monkfish1]

Mmmmm, LS7, some choice forged bits and some forced induction. Now that could be good! Who will be the first?

[S600VXR]

Sorry Gareth - had a look and its gone. It was one after the 16k one but someone must have snapped it up.