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A family member of mine bought a brand new vf hsv clubsport. He optioned up the 340kw option.

I was a little dismissive at first, why didnt you buy the fpv GT or f6? Or the chrysler srt8?

but I took the car for a spin earlier today. Interior is well ahead of the ford/fpv, prob more jazzed up than the chrysler too. A good bit of kit inside.

the car has the mild bootlid type rear spoiler and looks very nice. Its much more subtle than the old ve series 3 autobarn GTS.

car has ample grunt, the ls3 is an awesome powerplant, sounds tough and feels like a big motor up front. 0-100km/h is pretty much flat 5s and woukd do a flat 13 second quarter or maybe even dip into the 12s.

I know the fpv and srt8 has been demonstrated as quicker but is it that much quicker? Noticable??

When you step back and think about what you get... you cant argue with a ls3 6.2 litre v8, 340kw is massive power and 550nm of torque.

this buyer is unlikely to do any mods but a ls3 makes for a evil base to mod. Easy power to be made here and will more than hold its own in any company.

I was very impressed with the car and willing to concede I would just about buy it over the srt8 or fpv GT/f6 despite the alledged performance gap.. surely its not that much anyway.

great all round car. A very serious contender in this market space. I could only imagine how nice the LSA hsv GTS would be.