It’s a Vauxhall? But it’s good?
I was scanning over the web and happened to come across some car reviews. Now i know the car has been around since April this year, but the new Holden (Vauxhall) Monaro VXR really takes my fancy. After the initial release of the Monaro back in early 2004, the 5.7litre V8 muscle car has been improved vastly. The engine has been increased to the new Corvette C6 6.0i V8 which puts out a hansome 400+bhp and 391ft/lb of torque. This large 2 door Coupe has a 0-60mph of just 5 seconds, a top speed of 177mph (est), but is a little thirsty at just 22mpg on average. According to reviews, the suspension and handling has been greatly improved, the performance and pulling power has been unleashed to its full V8 potential and the build quality has been kept to a high standard.
Some say that this car does not compete with the others in its class, such as the Mercedes SL65 and the BMW CSL, but for value for money at just £37k, this motor wins hands down. The American/Australian engineering has been remarked as very ‘barn door’, but simple is sometimes better.
The manufacturers reputation has not been ‘golden’ to say the least, but any Vauxhall that reaches 175mph has my vote!
Hot Rods @ Ipswich
On Sunday 28th August, Sarah, Matthew, Alex (Sarah’s brothers) and I went to the 31st Street Rod Nationals hosted by the N.A.S.C. at the Suffolk County Showground in Ipswich, Suffolk. The event featured various cars from the classic american muscle cars,
to some modified drag racers,
to some all out custom street racers.
It also had a selection of american choppers,
some classy ‘lowriders’
and some well known classic TV famed cars.
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Dodge Charger
Lucy and I were walking through a local village at the week end and found this beauty between the antique shops. Not the first thing you expect to find in a rural village!
No CommentsNot bad for Aston
Despite the wonderful weather that Sudbury was enjoying over the week end most of my time was spent keeping an eye on the Le Mans 24h race.
For me this was going to be an interesting year, Pescarolo on the front row ahead of the Audi R8’s, yep that’s right ahead of them. Plus the biggest news since the return of Bentley; the return of Aston Martin in the GT1 class with two Pro-Drive prepared DBR9’s.
The first few hours were looking great for both Pescarolo and Aston with the bookies class leading favorites; Audi and Corvette, settling for second place. But the race would soon change, stop/go penatilties for the lead Aston and gearbox trouble on the Pescarolo put the thoughts of wins to the back of the mind. Some serious racing during the night and early hours put both teams back in the running until it all turned sour.
Sorry but I’m not going to re-trace the whole race but let just sum it up:
vroom
puncture
more gear box problems
another puncture
vroom
vroom
leaking Aston
Aston in pits
Aston out of fuel
vroom
whoops lost it
look out tire wall
ouch Pescarolo out
Aston out of pits
puncture, again!
not looking good
just be proud you finished!
All in a very good race and if only both teams can sort out the teething problems and increase the realibility then it could be interesting next year, except Audi will be bringing the new R8…