Here is the TV ad for the new daily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=UC9qnjOUjss

Took a new Clubsport (similar but withoutSC driveline) for a test drive, really impressed with how refined it felt, but with good exhaust note.

Seats not as good as the CTS-V (damn you SW :)), hopefully GTS ones are.

Expected delivery late September.

cheers

That's a bad ass commercial, makes me want one! Looks like a sweet car. Can you get one in left hand drive?:D

Dude. That is a killer commercial. Thing sounds MEAN. :bigun2:

Great spot! Roger September isn't too far away.......yet it is!

What's the hybrid/electric car market/demand like in Oz?

No LHD HSVs, but you can get the Chevy SS, put a blower on it, some suspension mods etc. Of course you can take mine for a spin when you come down here :thumbsup:

September will probably turn in to early October, around Bathurst 1000 time. Will seem like forever.

Hybrid/Electric cars make up about 1% of new car sales here. I think that due to the longer distances we tend to drive here that they are disadvantaged, plus the higher buying price. I think some of the newer technology that increases range will make a difference. Also now they compete with a large range of very fuel efficient cars, the running costs are not as significant as previous.

From memory I think V8s were about 20% of all Commodore sales.

Thanks - I didn't think the Aussie consumer would be as gullible as the American. :D

The hybrids have real possibility but currently the range/price shortcomings are a major handicap.

I assume you'll be at Bathurst!?

Have just been advised delivery date of September 16 for the GTS :D

Here are some pics of a red one I found today (not mine), mine will have the "Super-Flow Performance Spoiler" (really that is what they called it), http://www.hsv.com.au/Gen-F/see/GTS/

I think I will change yellow badging to same colour as rims?

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I love the look of that car. Only problem I see is, the steering wheel is on the wrong side.:lol:

Looks good! Maybe delete the badging altogether?

Plenty of room for a baby seat though :)

Thought about that also, the pictured one is missing badge from lower grille

Removing the two on the trunk would really clean up the back. The one on the hood doesn't flow either. The yellow wheel centers and calipers let everyone know what it is don't they?

I striped all the badging off my Tundra pickup and don't miss it a bit! Besides they weren't paying me anything for advertising for them. :D

That thing looks good Roger... you must be counting the days....

You bet, 37 sleeps to go. The salesman at the dealership must be sick of me, I keep popping in to see any new stock of the other HSV models.

But I'm a bit sad about the thought of my old one going, didn't realise how attached I am to it. Has been a brilliant thing for nearly 7 years. Drove a similar age BMW 5 series last weekend, IMO, my Clubsport is a much better thing.