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Originally Posted by ShockWaveXR6na
I just think they should have atleast had 2 varients of the V6, one for the cheapies and one for the VRX and GT, specially considering the NZ one has more KW? why is that?
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We have the whole euro 3 compliance, they don't.
Motor suggested that the 175kw figure was conservative - it maybe, but I wouldn't see it putting out over 185kw. Anyway, apparently MMAL were getting those 190kw figures but this got reduced due to emission laws and noise.
As for not having two different levels of engines: I've heard reports that MMAL wanted to, however they didn't have the development dollars to support two different engine levels, so they just developed the high output engine and put it across the range.
Your concerns regarding the VRX and GT are quite valid, however if you want to play devil's advocate then you can also say you can get the best performance from the best selling base model. I think there is a market for the VRX and GT though - some people will be enticed by the supposed levels of touring comfort.
If we also look at the TJ to TW models, there was a variance of 7kw and 1NM between the VRX/GTVi and the standard models - the VRX and GTVi basically got their 7kw gain from a high flow exhaust, although they also had the bodykit, 17s etc. In my own opinion, there are quite a lot of VRXs from this series on the road, and I wouldn't entirely say the 7kw gain was to thank, probably more the bodykit and bigger mags, but regardless, I can understand your concerns! It will certainly be very interesting to see.