Vauxhall VXR8

[levan100i]

lol very ugly woman...

[cxnMedia]

lmfao at the effects hahah

[LukeRobertWare]

Umm why only go to 5th gear?

you still have one more gear.

[loowylewis]

What the hell does she mean based on... it is the bloody HSV, just rebadged.

[caramellkidd95]

change the badges back please!

[SuccessionLockon]

I test drove one of these yesterday and its nothing like she makes out. While cruising it nice and comfortable. But on the open road its a monster. The one i drove was the 6.2 supercharged 2009 model. Love it

[TheSuprisebuttsecks]

What do you mean based on the holden hsv?, it is the holden hsv, just with different badges

[srgdomingues]

girls driving, please no

[hsvsv8]

What the fuck!? At the end did she just say, "Thank you very much Vauxhall, for building this car."

Vauxhall didn't build it. HSV built it. All Vauxhall did was import it & stick their badges on it. Ugly badges too, I might add.

On a side note. 5th Gear is crap compared to Top Gear!!!

[SYN3RGYV4]

@hsvsv8 yea, she says that Vauxhall made the car with is complete bulls*** because as you said they import the HSV and stick some gay badges on it. If they had at least tried to re-model the car like pontiac in america then they could call it semi made vauxhall car but they are taking the credid from Holden and this stupid woman tries to host a show with false infomation. Fithgear is a disgrace of a car show and vauxhall cant make good respectable cars so they import and take all the credit.

[hsvsv8]

@SYN3RGYV4 pretty much. whilst she can drive she should just keep her mouth shut in regards to talking about an aussie made car. its brutal & makes no compromises. as far removed from a vauxhall as it could ever be.

[chinchillawrangler]

@hsvsv8 arent they both those companies just subsidiaries of GM?

[hsvsv8]

@chinchillawrangler they both come under the GM flag, but that doesnt change the fact that the Vauxhall VXR8 was made by HSV, not Vauxhall & is therefore not a Vauxhall made car. Which is what the woman mistakenly states towards the end of the clip.



[chinchillawrangler]

@hsvsv8 so GM just owns them and gives them a budget but they do their own thing when it comes designing?

[hsvsv8]

@chinchillawrangler yes & no. the entire VE project was a clean slate design. holden designed & manufactured the chassis, the panels, everything that went into the entire VE range (including HSV), except for the drivelines. holdens strength in the GM world means they are not financially restrained by GM as other manufacturers are (such as Vauxhall), considering its growth not only in their local market, but on a global scale due to their export program. usa, arab emirates, uk & now asia.

[chinchillawrangler]

@hsvsv8 ahhh ok. ive never seen a vauxhall or holden in the states. how could i get one of those aussie ford falcons???

[hsvsv8]

@chinchillawrangler well you have seen Holdens. The Monaro went over badged as a Pontiac GTO. The VE SS sedan went over as a Pontiac G8. But, since the collapse of the Pontiac brand, Holden exports slowed momentarily. But our Caprice is either now or going to be used as Police cruisers & the SS Ute is going to be the new SS ute in the states, an alternative option to pick ups. check out 50 Cents custom Pontiac G8 (Holden Commodore VE SS).

Ford Aus dont have an export program to the states.

[chinchillawrangler]

@hsvsv8 eh. i was never a fan of the pontiacs. seemed like GM just took the easy way out by giving it pontiac badges and calling it good.

[hsvsv8]

@chinchillawrangler well the Pontiac GTO came about because the US market was after a 2 door coupe, but GM, in the states atleast, didnt have 1 on the books or 1 that could be made out of the current cars at the time. so they did the smart thing & just jumped on the Monaro. Holden converted it to LHD & US compliance was all taken care of by Holden. All GM had to do was drive them off the ship at the docks.

The US Camaro actually uses the zeta architecture/chassis that Holden designed & built

[Xlongliverock1969]

@hsvsv8 there should be a "." in front of the "5" because its half of what top gear is

[Siegetower]

Australian cars. Good value. Tough and fast. And you can take it on the track or down the shops just as easily.

[Tesco71]

i would love that lady to take me for a spin

[poligon333]

Women , women , women, why everywhere must be a women, mans sport, mans toys and so on ? It totally destroyed this video and I had to wait through a commercial for this.

[twilightandnewmoon10]

top gear is way better

[visionit2007]

You morons come to the decision she's racist, stupid, ignorant and stuck up from a 3 minute video... you clearly don't know her at all. What vile people you are...

[rrrcorvesco]

Race to the kitchen, bitch! Food ain't gonna cook itself!

[bobodd5]

stinks in here

[327rebelradio]

it,s just a fuckin vauxall badge you stupid cow, made in australia.... so get fucked pommy cunt

[Aliasify]

@327rebelradio haha, it may be built in OZ, but it has a yank engine, and HSV was a private venture of Tom walkinshaw, a BRIT and his racing company. Besides how does it make a diffrence to your pathetic excuse of an existance what badge it has on it?

[MsSloppyseconds]

@Aliasify Australian made means it's Australian you can't understand that?

[Aliasify]

@MsSloppyseconds American owend means its american. You cant undertsand that all the money that partiotic aussies spend on an "aussie" car goes to laughing board members of GM in Detroit.

[MsSloppyseconds]

@Aliasify Are you 12? copying what I say. It's an Aussie car which if you didn't know means it's Aussie not a pom or yank car.

[Aliasify]

@MsSloppyseconds you really do belong in in the funny farm you rae that retarded you dont understand the conecept of who owns holden and HSV

[MsSloppyseconds]

@Aliasify Yes GM owns Holden but GM doesnt build Holden cars Holden builds Holden cars not GM. Work on your spelling too.

[nugzarmikeladze]

@MsSloppyseconds there is no real difference because nowadays cars are built by robots

[Siegetower]

@Aliasify Errr. The laughing board members do not build the car. Holden builds the car with Australian steel in Victoria. Engineered for Australian conditions. Holden developed the global platform that is then exported to other GM markets and cars including the Camaro. The completed cars are delivered to HSV who take the basic parts of a GM LS3 engine and rebuild it to something better than the US produces, and install it into the otherwise completed car. Lots of Aussie jobs. Some US dividends.

[Softrockman]

You can tell by the way they write here they are descended from a bunch of convicts.

[ExtremalZ]

Fuck this bitch.

Men should review V8 cars.

Bitches should review Mini and Smart.

[XjerichoX12]

i waned this car for a long time but this bitch is so fucking annoying

[lockednliftedgq]

Ugly, racist, hoarse, ignorant, stuck up bitch, needs a face fucking.

[scarblade234]

racist blonde bitch much...

[geckoisgiko]

woman dont know how to drive, wtf is this

[abax84]

So was the car any good? I fell asleep

[grogadile225]

Gents/Ladies I luv Top Gear and some UK motoring,OK review but crikey she should test an Austin 1800 Land Crab or do a tappet adjustment on a 1975 Series 3 Landrover. At least the EH in '64 had hydraulic lifters as did the Ford XM in '65. Yes us colonials do things differently than Europe, BM Trouble You and Mercrap, but bugger me you generally can fix it when it breaks. Cross 3 and 4, backfire through the carb (a good Stromy or Rochester)she's good another 1000. Chevs the best stuff the rest.

[XXB4XX]

yeah, her buckled mouth when she speaks turns me off.. but a chick with blonde hair doing a burnout still made it wiggle a little..

still a shit show and host though. - Top Gear is where it's at.

[MrEaman12]

Top Gear is better.

[tasman763]

er ....Vicki.....darling......the BRAINS are supposed to be in the DRIVERS SEAT , and not in the car . Anyway, if Tom Walkinshaws brains are not good enough for you , then tough luck sweetie. I think you should do a few LAPS ( of u know where ) in Murphs car , and then in Skaifies car ( for comparison ) , .....that'll get ya sorted girl !

The engine is designed to HOLDEN specs, and MADE " over there " . Holden is a GM subsidiary , it is not " owned " by GM . Nissan motors anyone ???

[who919]

@tasman763 subsidiary:owned or controlled by another company ▪ a subsidiary corporation Holden is another company controlled by G.M Just like Opel.

[tasman763]

@who919 it is , in fact a MERGER which took place in 1931 , and created the GM-Holden Company . But to say that Holden is " owned " by GM is a gross oversimplification. And if you know of another GM vehicle that has the name Walkinshaw stamped on its supercharger, please .....let me know . Toms name is all over that car . And Tom was a Jaguar man ! ( thats FORD ! ) . Do you think that GM would have allowed that if they had a choice ???

[who919]

@tasman763 Yes GM is know to do a lot of stupid things, how come we see Holden cars as GM product around the world if GM did not control the company.

[who919]

@who919 Known

[who919]

@tasman763 Just in case you was wondering about GM and how they do stupid things like taking a Subaru wrx and re-badging it as a SAAB 9-2x just cause they own 20% of Fuji Industries

[IrvsZazza]

I think they should pay attention to the better "Gear" show, TopGear.

[nick41824]

fuck that chick needs to learn something about cars... she is fucking clueless ! and she needs to understand what a frigen holden is... best car in the world!

[originalRADMAN]

Ummm... Holden is 100% owned by GM... so - why is it said the only thing about the G8 is the engine? If a Japanese import (say a Honda Civic SI) is made in Canada and sold in the US... Is THAT a Canadian Car?

[thakewlmuzik]

Its not based on a holden it is a holden lol

[im0rtalm0ral]

IT"S A FUCKING HOLDEN NIGGERS

[dilawer321]

VICKY YOUR FUCKING SCREAM DOES MY HEAD IN SHUT THE F#CK UP!!!!

[ozzroadrunner]

@dilawer321 can you imagine her in bed?

[kompleti]

PONTIAC G8 GXP GETS 6.2 FROM CORVETTE LS3 ENGINE

[kompleti]

pontiac g8

[LukeNAESA10]

Haha you Aussie dicks lost the Ashes.

[bgordon647]

god fifth gear was terrible

[35yearoldboy]

WHY,OH WHY can`t they make a lefthad drive OPEL VXR8 and ship them over to the rest of Europe?? Or "Opel-countrys"... Every other vauxhall has a Opel-sibling

[123dodgecharger]

@35yearoldboy Its a rebadged Holden not a vauxhall

[35yearoldboy]

@123dodgecharger I know.But we NEVER see any Holdens up here,so when they decided to make a Vauxhall out of this wicked car they SHOULD make an Opel too:( And the Monaro ofcourse.... I am not very familiar with ANY Holdens,but i think i have seen one that (at least on the outside) resembles the old Opel Commodore...... ?

[35yearoldboy]

@123dodgecharger BTW i can see why aussies hate brits."All brawns,no brain" and "you can tell it`s australian.It has NO finesse". I get that countries have a "neighbourly feud" with another country,but on TV,testing a car (wich she likes)?That`s not necessary......

[moossee32]

The auz spec car (HSV Clubsport R8) can do around about 290 km/h. I think is about 170-180ish mph.

[shakeitbeforeubakeit]

She screams like a girl 1:24

[lffit]

"all brawn and no brains", I am also from the "cultural desert" as the English like to often mention!

The French cop it also, for different reasons.... ah well nobody is as perfect lol

[hamdanae]

rofl,how many ppl say to the women driver "go back in the kitchen" and "go make a dinner" funny comments,and for the guy who says she cant drive,u blind dude,she actualy can and drift too lol

[hamdanae]

rofl,how many ppl say to the women driver "go back in the kitchen" and "go make a dinner" funny comments

[MrHeyfuckoff]

plus bugger off the monaro also is thunder from down under another one from holden and hsv same with your astra and if use have commodores

[MrHeyfuckoff]

thank u vauxhaul dont you mean thank you holden and hsv

[mujrfster1234]

AHHHH FITH GEAR NOOOO I THAUGH WAS TOP GEAR GET IT OFF THE SCREAN

[forr3st32]

All brawn and no brains huh? The poms always like to think that Australians are a bunch of backwards hicks and that they are so civilised and superior.

Well thats just fine with me because I live in Australia and I love it, if they need to believe there are a bunch of people in the world even more ignorant than they are to boost their self-esteem then thats just fine by me.

And if snobbery and jingoism is all you have to offer then for gods sake dont come here.

[CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

Seen You Im Very Tempted too. XD

[camjor01]

if that were badged as a holden like it should be, that hussy wouldnt even be allowed to ride in the back seat.

[BMWpower414]

its a Pontiac G8 with a different badge and logos.

[ozzroadrunner]

@BMWpower414 No it isn't, it's an Aussie Holden rebadged and so is the Pontiac, AUSTRALIAN!

[holdenls1ssz]

This dumb ass cant drive for shit. No wonder she cant handle a v8.

[CajunDieselMan]

should sell those in the united states.

[ozzroadrunner]

@CajunDieselMan .They do Pontiac G8

[XXB4XX]

There is a lot wrong here..

1) It was not a replacement for the Monaro.. It replaces the R8 Before it.

2) It's not CHEAP and Cheerful, it's expensive and Cheerful

3) We want brain driven cars, you wouldn't be buying a Holden, we buy them for fun.

4). You're a chick, get back in the kitchen and give the car back to your husband.

[XXB4XX]

There is a lot wrong here..

1) It was not a replacement for the Monaro.. It replaces the R8 Before it.

2) It's not CHEAP and Cheerful, it's expensive and Cheerful

3) We want brain driven cars, you wouldn't be buying a Holden, we buy them for fun.

[fishboy1989]

"thank you very much vauxhall for buliding...." wtf?? the cars a Holden, built in Australia??? they just rebadge it.

[dmancar570]

Car is great. Driver comment= idoit!!!!!!

[cantelom]

fifth gear is shit coz they let women drive cars like this...... go make me dinner bitch

[ozzroadrunner]

@cantelom Idiot!

[number9ninja]

it's limited to 155 all brauns no barins? Coming From the brits? tha place that,oh yes ALMOST EVERY AUSTRALIAN CAME FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats my veiw australians are actually smarter than brits(fact btw) decended from the brits(year 4 learnings,fact btw)and oh yes developed faster than the brits so dont fuck us off just kuz u guys are every bit as arrogant as americans(no offense to america i know how much you guys have developed and grown to undertsand other ppl but the old values)

[manta400uk]

@number9ninja your one ignorant fuck

[ozzroadrunner]

@manta400uk . Speaking of ignorant, it's "you are" or "you're" not YOUR which indicates ownership.

[ElliotSpear1]

get back in the kitchen you shouldn't drive that

[Neonspinnazz30]

It's better on Top Gear...

[samnelso]

Wow she sits close, hope that airbag never goes off.

[kryptnite1]

1: This is a 2007-10 HSV VE R8 Clubsport. Not a VXR8!!!!

A VX R8 is a 2001 model HSV Clubsport.(LS1) 5.7L

2: And Vauxhall did not build this car, GMH Australia did!!!

Stupid Vicky bitch!!!!! Do your homework !

[Neonspinnazz30]

@kryptnite1 No Fifth Gear sucks in general, they never get anything right. They say the Prius is the greenest car on the planet...BULL...

[wwenaveed]

@Neonspinnazz30 Absolutely, Top Gear for the win, even though they are firing The Stig because he wants to reveal his identity

[Neonspinnazz30]

@wwenaveed They'll find another racing driver...kill off white Stig before he talks, either make some other color or bring back black Stig?

[wwenaveed]

@Neonspinnazz30 Maybe, but I think Top Gear had been too bad to him because they didnt let him do any documentaries and didnt pay him much, hence why he is leaving, but oh well, maybe they will make a scene where he explodes and dies just like black stig in water

[Neonspinnazz30]

@wwenaveed White Stig was getting kinda old anyway, especially with Schumacher wearing the suit and all...And now Stig's time was beat...They always find some clever way to kill off something and bring in the new. RIP Lacetti...

[ArinOngunTV]

vauxhall sucks 

[tomasko832]

its possible get in europe? in slovakia?with left drive hand?

[F0rg0tMyN4m3]

that all braun no brains comment...the fact that she loves it so much, does it mean shes into retards? stupid brit...

[mystato]

@Aliasify .. haha , who gives a fuck about f1? i wasnt talking about that , just keep ripping our aussie built cars..

[StabbyMcKillsAlot]

Fuck me, no wonder Top gear dominates so hard. That woman is unbearable.

[AMMGTRS]

@StabbyMcKillsAlot She used to be on top gear so, yes, Fuck you!

[nickh1974]

@StabbyMcKillsAlot Thank god someone else thinks so. I thought it was just me. The most annoying twat on TV

[daibadrumu]

@StabbyMcKillsAlot YES! Thank you!

[mystato]

@djrowley1 , hey dick head , why dont you put the peice of shit you drive against this, then that will shut your big mouth... ya wanker. The poms can rebadge a HSV and claim it as their own, they wouldnt have the brains to come up with a car like this...

[Aliasify]

@mystato Yeah right, dont have the brains? What the fuck? Are you that stupid. Your obviously not aware that most of the technology in F1 is designed, developed and buitl in the UK by UK companys.

[ghm89]

Cool car n all..Some of the comments from Aussie's are a little OTT, I'm Scottish, it's the English you want to be mad at not the " British "...I still prefer my Seat leon Cupra K1 if im honest but in a few years when I can afford the bloody insurance for one of these! dayum a V8 for £29,000+ ( after some haggling ) - is value for money..

[SuperJonny20]

had a vauxhall once NEVER AGAIN! was TURD!!!!!

[mrgabbo]

wat a dumb bitch... thank to vaukhall for building ...etc......its a holden u fuck

[H31995]

holden HSV , lol

[AustraliaTwo]

To: Vicki Butler-Henderson - what an ill informed fake blonde bimbo who wouldn't know shit from clay. The only reason the car is cheap in your opinion is the over-inflated pound to aussie dollar ratio love. The VE Holden is the VETA / VE RWD platform for GM USA. Go drop some more eckys and slam some more boys love!

[AshaDasha299]

bred with all corvette parts .... wrong

[painfullpoo]

@NeilMag83 My Bad! haha

[painfullpoo]

Which dickhead gave the keys of a blokes car to a woman?

[NeilMag83]

@painfullpoo that aint no ordinary woman, that's a racing driver, plonker :P

[SINSSTER]

all braun, no brain nothing wron with that we Aussies can actually drive our cars we dont need all that electronic crap doing it for us...and cheap and cheerful a HSV, I farkin wish they were cheap!

[TheSethDavis]

@SINSSTER I agree with you. I love the feel of a true sports car. The less electronics the better the feel is. I don't care about going 150mph around a corner, I just love the natural feel of a car that can handle without all that electronic poop. Simplicity is #1 in my book.

[MrPhilk77]

whats wrong with her mouth n lips only 1side works like shes had a stroke.

[Danielhsv0]

The Fucking fast thuner from the legends down under

[americanman911]

cool car bred with all corvette parts

[MrPhilk77]

@americanman911 typical american comment no facts just talk, only part close to american is the engine which is made in mexico!

[mrgabbo]

@americanman911 well ur fucking dum rnt u

[elit34]

smug bitch

[australianmade74]

these stupid poms test drive audi and bmw's all time then get into an affordable car and think its cheap. well they are but so is the price tag, you cant get thousands of dollars worth of electronics for less than a years wages. test it for what it is, a ordinary mans preformace car.

[Skyworka]

I love the arrogance at the end... "Thanks Vauxhaul for building a bargin petrol heads car"

Vauxhall rebadged it and apparently thats building it? I'm gonna go make a Lambo... rebadge it and market it as somehting else

[timmehtard]

And being an aussie watching this i can safely say i am PROUD

[ThePenguin360]

sucks compared to how the original top gear crew review the cars.

[attitudeplus5]

she was hot till she opened her mouth.

[raveguy07]

search youtube for this: HSV BiModal Exhaust

I couldnt share the clip directly.

[raveguy07]

Check out the new HSV range for 2010 - alot more brains!!

oh and not as overated as euro trash cars :-p

The hsv website has some nice cars, im sure you can all find the site. Check out the HSV E2 range.

[raveguy07]

Australian: All braun no brain.... a very British comment.

No wonder Aussies resent Brits!!

[timm1135]

@raveguy07 All braun no brain but make the British's girls scream in excitement

[ozzroadrunner]

@raveguy07 YEP and Walkinshaw is a POM!

[cbyam1300]

Oh for gooness sake, stop bitching you lot...any V8 is a great car..live with it . In this world of energy saving boring micro cars...lets celebrate any car with more than 100 bhp & more than 4 cylindars....

[flstf2k]

Everyone should just "pump the brakes" on the insults. It's a great sedan/saloon plain and simple. I'd love to have it if it were available in the states, which it was in G8 form, but blame GM for killing Pontiac. They should have buried Buick.

[mhawk242424]

oh and @djrowley1

Fuck off mate this car fucking rocks, yet you would know faggot ass fuck

[djrowley1]

it doesn't rock it is a pile of australian shit

[mhawk242424]

@ecbadboy

Go Australia!

the Pontiac G8 would be alive if it wasn't for holden, stupid american fuck!

[djrowley1]

pile of shite

[djrowley1]

cos it is shit simple as that

[eagerbeaver53]

nice for the price

[ecbadboy101]

Same thing as a Pontiac G8 it has the 6.0L American inspired v8. Go AMERICA

[itsdamo1993]

Haha the only thing Amreican is the engine, the actual car is 100% australian.

That's why it goes around corners.

[ecbadboy101]

True 100% Australian but the most important thing about this car is the way it handles and the performance. they made the car handle better than the Pontiac G8 but they still around the same horsepower.

[OnlinEJunkeY]

@itsdamo1993 so true

[sammyboi44]

@itsdamo1993 i may be wrong but im pretty sure that the motor is Australian built motor they have be ever since they went to the 6.0 L they use to be 350 chevs

[itsdamo1993]

@sammyboi44

Nah Holden uses chevy small blocks...L98 I think it's called.

[number9ninja]

@itsdamo1993 ummm excuse me? tha "corvette engine" in it was lifted from the original holden hsv r8 idk what ever u call thats in whatever else

[newtonmeters]

@number9ninja

No, the 6.2L LS3 V8 is out of a 2008 Corvette, Holden didn't get it until about 6 months after Chevrolet first started using it.

The last Holden V8 was the 5L in the VT commdore about 10 years ago....

[IxBroncosxI]

And yet the G8 is Aussie. :D

[huppypuppy]

@ecbadboy101

Same as a HSV Clubsport R8 too!

Joe

[7075403942]

I just love the noise!!!

[MrDaveLogan]

To see one of these getting smashed...search "Bathurst 2008: Paul Radisich massive crash"

[GTAgamer07]

Brilliant car. Love the design ;))

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Us Aussies mad the muscle car right :P

[animetodamaximum]

@fpvshitsonhsv and America just make it exclusively?

i am happy that Australians work so well with there cars. :D

[mickeykozzi]

utter shit woman, thats why i hate this show. women dont want to go shopping and have men trying to sell them dresses....she has no idea

[myFORDEracing93]

"cheap" muscle car? excuse me you sound really "cheap" when you open that mouth of yours woman.

[myFORDEracing93]

stupid female presenter...

[trojan577588]

why is this woman in a car and not in the kitchen making me a sandwich

[gielfransen]

@trojan577588 - +1, shes anoying :/

[trojan577588]

+1 to u to sir

[slkblack]

this is an amazing car but id still prefer the 6.2 ls3 v8 bathurst model

£45000 for 540bhp and 560ftlb torque

what more could u need in a saloon car

mind u id still like the wgaon version. looks cooler

[nate2611]

dumb bitch says thank you vauxhall haaaaa no thank you holden more like it

[aussieeagle2512]

What is the name of the music? Its so powerful and mighty much like the BIG car here.

[MrAvv8power]

the car is limited at 155mph

[chrismiegel]

a pontiac g8 is a rebadged australian holden VE ss. look it up. this vauxhall model is a rebadged Holden Special Vehicle (hsv) G8, though it could be GTS, but i doubt it

[StarsMarsRadio]

its a pontiac g8