Move over Porsche and Ferrari, here come the supercars disguised as sedans.

[merlin]

Originally Posted by Steffo

One important factor to consider when comparing them in speed is that the German cars are engineered to regularly be driven at 180-200km/h+ speeds (read: Autobahn), whereas the HSV is engineered for Australia, ie: 110km/h absolute max. The structural integrity and high speed stability of the other two is light years ahead of anything made here, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out, its just part of the reason they're $220,000, not $80,000.

Spending $30,000 modifying the HSV won't bring it to the same level as the other two. Sure, you could make it spank them in a straight line, but methinks the engineers at M and AMG tend to make vehicles quite universally capable, as opposed to being simple drag rockets. It'd take ALOT of money put into a local product to be brought on par with those two.

I agree with you on this one - In one of the mag tests a while back they got an XR6 Turbo to do over 300km/h for not many $$$ - however they said it was wandering all over the place, very unstable, felt like it was going to spear off the road ect.