Yeah, corporate structure wise, GM acts as the parent company, but Holden (and I'm guessing the same for Vauxhall) pretty much act independently. It's definitely not like Toyota which is more centralised.Mekstizzle wrote:
Yeah, alot of GM Marquees started off as independent manufacturers. Same goes for Vauxhall and Opel. It's just that GM bought them so they'd have a local established brand in their respective markets. They may have cars designed and built outside of the US but they've all been under GM for a very long time now so it's not really completely individual to that country. Vauxhall isn't really a British car company and neither Holden to Australia.
But I suppose, it's Australian enough. It's not like there's much else. Same goes for Britain and its car industry.
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Charger
Ford Explorer
Nissan Altima
Pruis(I've only seen Traffic cops with this)
And of course the generic crown vics/fords/chevys.
Ford Explorer
Nissan Altima
Pruis(I've only seen Traffic cops with this)
And of course the generic crown vics/fords/chevys.
nice rides, but fucked up paint jobs. shouldn't they just get rid of that whole 'to protect and serve' bullshit tho'?
thas the shiznizz right there.
What an awesome thread! I bought a second hand Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) Senator 2 weeks ago (will post some pics when I get home from work) and was going to brag about it but didn't think many people here would know what it is!
It is the 2006 Mark Skaife signature edition and has the LS2 V8 engine that produces 297Kw (about 405 horse power) and a huge amount of torque. I'm lucky in that the company I work for pays my fuel bill, which has increased significantly from my Volvo S60 that I traded in! It is the same engine you'd get if you bought a Corvette.
It is a black car (bitch to keep clean!) and comes standard with 19" rims and racing suspension.
http://www.hsv.com.au/news/2006/zseries_le.html
As I said I'll post pics tonight.
It is the 2006 Mark Skaife signature edition and has the LS2 V8 engine that produces 297Kw (about 405 horse power) and a huge amount of torque. I'm lucky in that the company I work for pays my fuel bill, which has increased significantly from my Volvo S60 that I traded in! It is the same engine you'd get if you bought a Corvette.
It is a black car (bitch to keep clean!) and comes standard with 19" rims and racing suspension.
http://www.hsv.com.au/news/2006/zseries_le.html
As I said I'll post pics tonight.
I did this course...Crown Vics with Mustang engines in them. The sound coming from the hood is amazing.
Ahh, I saw a HSV Signature Edition on the weekend. It wasVspyVspy wrote:
What an awesome thread! I bought a second hand Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) Senator 2 weeks ago (will post some pics when I get home from work) and was going to brag about it but didn't think many people here would know what it is!
It is the 2006 Mark Skaife signature edition and has the LS2 V8 engine that produces 297Kw (about 405 horse power) and a huge amount of torque. I'm lucky in that the company I work for pays my fuel bill, which has increased significantly from my Volvo S60 that I traded in! It is the same engine you'd get if you bought a Corvette.
It is a black car (bitch to keep clean!) and comes standard with 19" rims and racing suspension.
http://www.hsv.com.au/news/2006/zseries_le.html
As I said I'll post pics tonight.
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