[Petrol] One for the bush-pig and the prickle ...

[dancefloorlandmine]

Last night on Top Gear the Vauxhall Holden Monaro was deemed deeply desirable. A 5.7l V8, rear-wheel-drive muscle car, coming out in the UK for around £33K ... It was doing 60 at 1500 revs ... I've driven cars that would stall trying to do any speed at revs that low ...

Not ideal for town driving, admittedly, but for petrol-heads living in the city, who only drive when they've got long distances to cover ... (They also liked the S-Type R, but it cost about 10K more. The evil Chrysler 300C Hemi was judged a near miss, due to poor ride and iffy brakes.)

Comments

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] It was pretty (in a streamlined, slightly brutish way). Then again, I also liked the threatening nature of the 300C, and I still quite like the S-Type (from any angle but the back).

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

Seen this bugger?

http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/models/gallery.jsp?model=sixteen§ion=photoExt&df=y

Only a concept.... at the moment.

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

13.6l and 1000bhp - that was a fighter plane in the 30s ;)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Want. One. Now.

Then again, I quite liked the "New Edge" concept Lincoln - all sharp edges and shiny blackness.

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was very disappointed when the Ford Five Hundred - which I thought would take cues from that - turned out to be a clone of the VW Passat with a Mondeo grille on it ;)

All the good looking cars seem to be coming from the States these days though, Euroboxes (supercars apart) are all so bland! It's amazing what a bit of American excess does to the girly-looking Merc SLK, f'rinstance - there's a Chrysler Crossfire in the car park next to our offices and it looks like it's doing 120 standing still!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] I nearly got splashed by a Crossfire that was merely parked in a puddle. I will freely admit that I rather like much of the Chrysler output.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

*gasp*

Need.

[trizia.livejournal.com]

Brute of a car. I like :-)