January motor: what happened to the pro holden bias?

[flappist]

I just received my Jan '07 MOTOR with the PCOTY results.

My copy is faulty. It shows the GTS & SSV being beaten by Fords.
Not only does it show the GTS being beaten by TWO XR6Ts and the F6 but ALSO by the SSV.

Surely this is not the actions of a totally pro holden biased magazine.

Surely the GTS must beat all of these.....or did HSV slip up and send a standard as delivered to customers one......

And my favorite bit of all:

F6 0-100 km/h 5.6.
GTS 0-100 km/h 5.5 (I thought they were 5.0 in the brochure?)

F6 0-400m 13.7 @ 173.3 km/h
GTS 0-400m 13.7 @ 170.7 km/h (Must have left the spare tyre, seats and whatever in it)

F6 0-1000m 24.5 @ 223.1 km/h
GTS 0-1000m 24.6 @ 218.4 km/h

F6, bottom of the range FPV, $60k
GTS, top of the range HSV, $80k

Got to be rigged.........

/me sits and waits for slick troll's reply

[Jock260]

damn dude thats awesome, morley must not of had anything to do with issue

[CSV_LS1]

Well i'm happy hehe.

So..... who won?

[Scott]

Originally Posted by CSV_LS1

Well i'm happy hehe.

So..... who one?

who two?

[CSV_LS1]

Originally Posted by GMH8TR

who two?

Spelling mistache fiksed :hihi:

[Scott]

Flappist - you have finally smoked too much crack. There is no way a Ford can beat a Holden in any Australian Magazine. Go and check yourself into rehab buddy, all the best - drop back in when an F6 is getting beaten by a Viva.

[csv8]

Did FORD drop in the Hurricane V8 ?

[flappist]

Results:
1) Audi RS4
2) Porsche 911 Turbo
3) BMW Z4 M
4) Porsche Cayman
5) Evo IX
6) Merc CLK63 AMG
7) BMW M6
8) BMW M5
9) FPV F6 Typhoon
10) Sickem STI
11) Nissan 350Z Track
12) Golf GTI
13) Lotus Exige S
14) Commodore SSV
15) Golf R32
16) XR6T (man)
17) XR6T (auto)
18) HSV GTS
19) Liberty GT-B
20) XR5

[Scott]

Awesome, the GTP must be in the next class above!

[Smoked]

Motor not bagging Ford?

I'd say your copy is definately faulty. Take it back to the dealer and have it replaced under warranty.

[ADSXR8]

Originally Posted by Smoked

Motor not bagging Ford?

I'd say your copy is definately faulty. Take it back to the dealer and have it replaced under warranty.

Maybe the magazine will be RECALLED. Will have to fix some glitches and try again.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Smoked

Motor not bagging Ford?

I'd say your copy is definately faulty. Take it back to the dealer and have it replaced under warranty.

Hahaha
If a ford couldnt take it out im glad the RS4 did they are such an underestimated car and drop dead sexy too

[Dave_au]

Bloody hell the RS4 took it! That Audi is the most under-rated, most oblivious, psychotic performance sleeper car out there.

Interesting the M3 didnt get a run.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Somethings definately wrong with that car.

Good to see how well the Ford V8s did.

[uranium_death]

A lot of the Holden hoo-ha is just bandwagon stuff. Like the Boxing Day Test. Like the Sydney Swans.

Despite the VT being some great car, the EL was better in many areas, especially safety. But people don't want to know about that.

I told some "Holden fans" that the Commodore wasn't Australian designed until the 2006 released VE whereas the Falcon has been uniquely Australian for almost 25 years.

But nobody wants to hear that.

Good result for Ford. Ford has true pedigree.
Just a lazy marketing department.

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

A lot of the Holden hoo-ha is just bandwagon stuff. Like the Boxing Day Test. Like the Sydney Swans.

Watch it. The Boxing Day Test is not bandwagon stuff. It is an environment meticulously crafted to enable massive numbers of blokes to drink way too much and be even more jolly than Santa!

[Conrad]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

A lot of the Holden hoo-ha is just bandwagon stuff. Like the Boxing Day Test. Like the Sydney Swans.

Haha. Another Victorian angry that their entire state can't play their own game... Anymore.

[gtfpv]

wow . about time . but where are the ford v8's.

[flappist]

Originally Posted by gtfpv

wow . about time . but where are the ford v8's.

P in PCOTY stands for PERFORMANCE not BLING....:

[in_flames]

Originally Posted by flappist

P in PCOTY stands for PERFORMANCE not BLING....:

GOLD.....

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by flappist

I just received my Jan '07 MOTOR with the PCOTY results.

My copy is faulty. It shows the GTS & SSV being beaten by Fords.
Not only does it show the GTS being beaten by TWO XR6Ts and the F6 but ALSO by the SSV.

Surely this is not the actions of a totally pro holden biased magazine.

Surely the GTS must beat all of these.....or did HSV slip up and send a standard as delivered to customers one......

And my favorite bit of all:

F6 0-100 km/h 5.6.
GTS 0-100 km/h 5.5 (I thought they were 5.0 in the brochure?)

F6 0-400m 13.7 @ 173.3 km/h
GTS 0-400m 13.7 @ 170.7 km/h (Must have left the spare tyre, seats and whatever in it)

F6 0-1000m 24.5 @ 223.1 km/h
GTS 0-1000m 24.6 @ 218.4 km/h

F6, bottom of the range FPV, $60k
GTS, top of the range HSV, $80k

Got to be rigged.........

/me sits and waits for slick troll's reply

Why? Would it matter what i said captain feather sword?

[BlueRaven]

I for one welcome our new Ford overlords.

[Rev28K]

How did it go in lap times?

[Polyal]

OMG look how far down the GTS is, thats unreal!

I started that other thread, firstly, I was talking about Wheels. Motor, while not the best journalism but seems to tell it as it is a bit more than Wheels.

Also, my gripe with wheels was the additional bonus' and such, not the content.

Anyway, good results, perhaps ford should just drop the V8 again..LOL

[MrSparkle]

RS4 deserving winner, and such a desirable piece of machinery. Truly, insanely desirable. Like an automotive Jennifer Hawkins. If I had one I'd ... ..... ok maybe I'll take this offline for a few moments!

Interesting to see how well the Golf GTI did too, beat both the XR6T's. This could only mean one thing - Motor has a bias toward VW! :

[Sledgehammer]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle

RS4 deserving winner, and such a desirable piece of machinery. Truly, insanely desirable. Like an automotive Jennifer Hawkins. If I had one I'd ... ..... ok maybe I'll take this offline for a few moments!

Interesting to see how well the Golf GTI did too, beat both the XR6T's. This could only mean one thing - Motor has a bias toward VW! :

Put it back in your pants.........

Are you ready for your ride?

[MrSparkle]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer

Put it back in your pants.........

Are you ready for your ride?

Yes sir! :Reverend:

Interesting read actually (for those in Sydney CBD, you can get it on the Tuesday arvo before release at the newsagent right near the turnstyles at Wynyard station). It's not only the GTS that had some surprising results re. numbers, I was surprised at the high numbers on the STi, 350z, and equally impressed by the performance of the Z4M.

For the locals, yet another great performance for the F6 - these seem to be consistently strong in all the recent articles they are in, which is pretty much goes against the typical see-saw "flavour of the month" we normally see with local performance cars - great one month and rubbish the next. Well done to FPV on this front!

Now, back to the RS4... good lord what a sexy beast - there's a black one in the CBD that I catch probably three days every week, driving down Hunter St and into Pitt, and I fear that one day I might just have to stop and carjack him. :sm_drool: :

[Polyal]

Oh and good to see that the MANUAL XR6T was rated higher, and that they felt the need to have auto and manual there again. :monkes:

[fritz2006]

Hi all

Would anyone have the times for the XR6T man and auto.

Cheers

[Morpheus]

might have to buy that issue...