http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/ Autoblog Comments for Vauxhall VXR8 gets LS3 V8 http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
Lotus designed these engines originally, on contract for GM]]>May 6th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
No question, the M3 is the superior car, but by what percentage? Is it subjectively 15% better for 100% more money?

-Jeff]]>May 7th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
However I think at this stage in the game if you want to really rock the automotive world you have to get those kinda figures with a zero emmissions vehicle.
If a tuner can get over six hundred ponies out of an electric Mini then I'm sure the General (who can make some great electric cars) can get that and more.

Plus, seating for five with more power then the Vette or the AMG next to you at the stoplight and zero carbon?
Pretty sweet.]]>May 6th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autobloggreen.com
There you go buddy.]]>May 6th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
Battery technology isn't there yet.

And I'm not anti-electric car. I drove a Tango a week ago. 0-60 in under 4 seconds.]]>May 6th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
That said, I think I want to move to Australia. It's a beautiful place and they have a great automotive culture as well.]]>May 6th 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
Oh well, I still would rather move to Australia than Britain.

]]>May 6th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
At some point, I found myself stuck behind an Infiniti FX45 in Switzerland and I really wondered, after lightening my pocket filling the Meriva, how the heck someone could keep something like that FX, the abovementioned VXR8, or cars like the M5/E63/RS6.

It's like how I can't imagine paying millions of Euro to live in the Left Bank. Well, no, I could imagine that. I just couldn't do paying six to eight dollars a litre for fuel in a car that gets ~16mpg in the city. ]]>May 6th 2008 9:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
Whether or not the G8 gets a built in NAV is debatable in light of On-Star, but starting in 2009, the G8 will at least be getting XM Satillite radio and Bluetooth phone integration. The NAV is no biggie.. Garmin sells better units that are cheaper to buy and update, and are significantly easier to use anyway.

Agreed on the analog gauges btw - they look cleaner and more upscale when compared to the over-sized digital counterparts on the G8. A minor quibble, but it's little details like that which add up to complete the whole package. Even so, a G8 GXP in stick is my idea of a good time. :)]]>May 6th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/May 6th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/
On a side note, I can honestly say I like the Pontiac grill/front end better than this, although the Holden beats them all.]]>May 6th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/vauxhall-vxr8-gets-ls3-v8/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn7Z-iLa8h0&feature=related]]>May 6th 2008 7:28PM