Motor: Aussie PCOTY

[fpv_gtho]

Originally Posted by Peter PaP

The Aussie no shows were:

Elfin Streamliner
Ford Focus XR5 Turbo
HSV Astra Turbo
VE Commodore SS

Statistics from MOTOR magazine 2006 PCOTY.

For starters, the Elfins are low production and the VE isnt released yet.

The Focus and Astra arent even Australian...

[Blitz_]

Cheers for posting them up. No suprise that Ford's are still slow. Don't get me wrong, im a blue oval fan, but still, they are overweight bastards with a much needed visit to weight watchers or a good detox. Guffaw! even the SS out gunned the GT around Winton. Fuel wasn't suprisng as well, ss snapped that one up, xr8 is pretty woeful at 17.0L/100km.

About the colour, it just seems to me that most comparisons they give the Ford a vibrant, rich colour, and the Holdens a neautral, silver metallic colour, as if to draw the readers eye to the Ford.

[Peter PaP]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

For starters, the Elfins are low production and the VE isnt released yet.

The Focus and Astra arent even Australian...

Dont know thats what was in the book?

Originally Posted by Blitz_

About the colour, it just seems to me that most comparisons they give the Ford a vibrant, rich colour, and the Holdens a neautral, silver metallic colour, as if to draw the readers eye to the Ford.

hahahh i seee.. *shifty eyes*

[Blitz_]

Just curious, i'm not too well informed about the whole technical aspect of cars, but what does an AWD system do for fuel efficiency, say for normal surburban / city use.

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by Blitz_

Just curious, i'm not too well informed about the whole technical aspect of cars, but what does an AWD system do for fuel efficiency, say for normal surburban / city use.

Erm.. the two aren't necessarily related, but I would imagine the added energy involved in providing power to 4 wheels instead of 2 would hurt fuel mileage, but not by much.

[nota]

Originally Posted by charged

Nota I work for Telstra and you can get Satelite, its bloody expensive though . If youe more than 4 kays from the exchange ASDL is useless as the signal degrades can go a bit further with a repeater, but not sure on the final figure. There should be some more towers going up everywhere very soon, I have seen the figures for the 3G roll out and to say its huge is an understatement. We have over 200 upgrade/new sites just for S.A. At least it will keep me in a job for a while. My nephew in the same boat with ADSL he is too far away from the exchange and lives in the Burbs. BLOODY TELSTRA

Thanks for the relevant info mate the 4 kays bit seals the deal for us I fear as we're on 3800 acres with 3km to the front gate. I guess I'm home alone - might invest in some skyrockets

In recent years since the sellouts Telstra's done a series of job putches so well done for surviving. That NT remote community tale of yours raised a wry grin wouldn't be surprised if the resident got the bond back and all

[motorsportnerd]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

For starters, the Elfins are low production and the VE isnt released yet.

The Focus and Astra arent even Australian...

Here's the reasons from the mag itself.
They wanted an Elfin , "but the Streamliner is currently undergoing aero testing".
They acknowledge the VE isn't released and mention it because it will get a start as a "wild card" in the Grand Final Performance Car of Year in the December issue.
As for the Focus and HSV Astra - not sure why they are including them as Aussie cars, but they and they will get wild card entries for the December Grand Final. I'm sure that readers will point out the Euro origins of these two, but I'm guessing they've been included under the Aussie flag since FPV and HSV will "Australianise" both cars.

As a further note, Motor has decided that there will be four issues each year devoted to finding out a World Champion Performance Car. The April issue features the Aussie cars - a shoe in for either a performance Ford or Holden every year.
The June issue will feature the European Performance Car of the Year contest. Maybe time for the Aston Martin Vantage V8 and Porsche Cayman to make it into that contest against the M5, CLS55, etc.
The September issue will feature the Japanese/US Performance Car of the Year. No doubt featuring the Evo 9, Impreza and Liberty STi and updated 350Z representing Japan and the Chrysler 300C SRT8 for the US. Possibily the Mustang since it is available as a low volume private import in Australia. The Evo 9 would seem a very short odds favourite to win the Japan/US contest.
The December issue features the Grand Final. The top 3 cars from each of the three rounds will get automatic entry, along with a provision for wild-card entries launched later in the year. Hence, the VE, Astra and Focus will get a start. And even if the AM Vantage V8 and Cayman aren't launched in time for the June 2006 Euro round, they will be on the market by December.

[motorsportnerd]

My apologies - the Cayman and AM Vantage V8s are already available - so will be in the June shootout and hence the early favourites to win the Euro Performance Car of the Year.

[fpv_gtho]

I think the Cayman's the pick there - its been described as a better handling car than the Boxter, which was described as better than a 911. The AMV8 wouldnt surprise me if it loses out on the track

[SlickHolden]

Originally Posted by charged

When I first joined Telstra it was a flat fee no matter what infrastructure work was needed. Now with f--kin user pays it out of reach. Did a job 4 years ago in the NT for a 2 house remote community, we layed 40 kms of fibre,solar panels, digital trans equipetc,etc for 1 telephone, dont know the cost but it wasnt cheap. Once the job was done working etc, the person in the house with the phone burnt the house down and moved to another community, certainly makes you wonder.

So if I'm up for a big pay out burn it?
I think I'm close by so i hope it's cheap finger crossed they said they will tell me once they find out themselves.

[Revolution]

I don't really like the new layout of PCOTY, I used to like to get one big hit of it and then have normal articles to peruse until BFYB in October. Also, this way I have to wait until December to find out the Performance Car Of The Year!

[fpv_gtho]

well theres still the final of sorts thats ALMOST like the old PCOTY. Maybe with less cars they can focus more attention on picking the right winner

[SlickHolden]

I would love to get this on DVD one day

[fpv_gtho]

I dont know if they could fit it all on 1 DVD anymore

[SlickHolden]

Go double and I'll share