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AHA! Very cleverly disguised in the movie, the '73 looks like our home market Torino! Hmmmm....

And a 351 Cleveland, eh?

The '98 XR6 sorta looks like our Taurus with a psuedo Jag front end on it (I *like* it!)as based on the Falcon/Torino here.

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HachiRoku
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No way man, Windsor. Ford Windsor mill. 351. Similar but not. See this page for LOTS of info on the Mad Max cars:

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That's the... EF from memory. It basically is... but its RWD. Not tooo bad, but not many EF XR6s can keep up with the VN/VR/VS Commodore with the

3800... but thats only in Auto form (the most common kind).

Nick.

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Nick Trounson

Hehe, that's a VC! They were the FIRST Commodore, replaced the older HQ type deal. Have a Google for Holden HQ, you'll find all manner of stuff I'd imagine.

The newer stuff is powered by virtually the same engine as the Pontiacs you mention, but Holden were wise - the cars are built to take the punishment Aussie offers, and not only that, they don't have the freaking plastic intake manifold - its aluminium (see photos on my website).

And they're RWD. They do FANTASTIC burnouts... you couldn't match it with your AE86. :-P

Nick.

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Nick Trounson

I'd like to try!

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HachiRoku

Howcome all these cars are RWD in Aussie?! I'd love to have a car like that with RWD!

Don't you guys believe in FWD?

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HachiRoku

I prefer rear-wheel drive cars, they fit my driving style and expereince. That's also among the reasons that the Ford Crown Victoria is used almost exclusively in police patrol work in the United States.

This brings to mind NASCAR. Try to find any of the cars out there that are front-wheel drive like the cars they're pretending to be... :>))

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TOM

Many under 35, who were raised on FWD believe that because FWD is good in deep snow or mud that FWD is superior to RWD in all driving situations, when the opposite is generally true. RWD is far superior to FWD when traction is less than ideal like when driving on plowed or wet roads or when cornering. In those situations the simple act of taking ones foot off the throttle produces engine braking that can cause the front end to lose traction on a FWD vehicle.. Generally the most successful luxury, sport cars and sport type cars have always been RWD. Cadillac and Chrysler are returning to RWD vehicles, because of its superior handling and lower build costs over FWD. In the seventies because of perceived oil shortages in the US they built FWD vehicles to be able to offer smaller vehicles, with a larger interior, for fuel economy. Today, technology allows manufactures to build the larger safer vehicles that buyers demand and still get decent fuel mileage. From what I hear for my friends in the industry, I believe that in the not too distant future in the US the only FWD cars will be in the subcompact and compact class so manufacture can hold down build costs against tight retail prices in the very competitive US car/truck market. If Ford had it to do over their new 500 would be RWD. The 500 began life in 1997, over seven years ago, when FWD was still the rage. The AWD system was added along the way to development as a stop gap until the new RWD models, now in development, can come on line in 2009 or 2010

mike hunt

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MajorDomo

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:07:29 -0400, "Mike Hunt" top-posted:

Like a stopped clock is right twice a day, "Mike" is right on the money in regards to rear-wheel drive. It's better. All the best cars are rear-wheel drive.

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dizzy

Yeah, really. Let's see them get 500 miles at 220 MPH with Front Wheel Drive!

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HachiRoku

The 500 is a go? Will it be like the Black Beauty featured in Auto Week last summer (if you saw that?)

Should be Rear/AWD for a car that size.

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HachiRoku

:>))

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TOM

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