Landrover Discovery . . Then a v8 Range Rover. . pos both
gjmman,
Jul 28, 3:53am
Well in 1995 you could buy one at auction for $420.Wish I hadn't.
pebbles61,
Jul 28, 4:59am
Lucky bugger lol
My dream one would be a Wolseley 18-22, a very rare car!
00quattro00,
Jul 28, 8:55am
Ive owned 3 jappas, a corolla, camry and an integra and they were the most horrible, urelaible pieces of shit that I have ever driven, needless to say I stick to euros
kevymtnz,
Jul 28, 9:07am
dont know what planet you came from but it was the 1st decent car Holden put out prob cose of the nissan motor it has very few extras but pretty good as i have one 320k kms rb30 and it prob still be going after my 2000 car has done its time i had many earlier ones and what a mistake they were
franc123,
Jul 28, 9:27am
Agreed, the VL was what pulled Holden back from the brink, Holden as we know it may not exist today if the VL hadn't been a success. OK the build quality wasn't wonderful but the Nissan drivetrain transformed it. Its a shame that Nissan wouldn't let Holden develop and manufacture and enlarge it to a decent size as was talked about at the time (RB35 or 38DE anyone!), it would have easily outpowered and outtorqued the Buick V6 rattlebox that got used in the finish. And done so without vibrating the whole car either!
phillip.weston,
Jul 28, 9:57am
it would have been too expensive for Holden to continue purchasing engines from Nissan due to the strengthening yen at the time. The Buick V6 was far cheaper to source for the VN. Holden could have even used the 3L DOHC 24V inline 6 from the Opel Omega the Commodore was based on, but probably too expensive and complex.
franc123,
Jul 28, 10:02am
Exactly, importing the RB30 as it was cost a truckload at the time. But was necessary for survival. If local production had been allowed it would have done much longer service in the Commodore. But hey off topic.
969pnz,
Jul 28, 10:50am
Holden Barina.A German car (Opel) made in Spain, with an Australian badge! Bought brand new and nothing but trouble.Sold it at 35 Ks. Lots of little faults needing repair or replacement including engine,gearbox,steering,aircon- ,etc,etc USELESS! service under warranty,for example the service manager tried to tell me it did not have power steering so could not be faulty! A pity because it was amazing to drive.
the worst of those! I guess the escort but I was only 15.so not so bad
dracs,
Jul 28, 11:21am
85 corolla gt hatchback. The nz new model with no fancy electrics. Had 160k on the clock when I bought it but had to have done double that. Horribly faded red carpet. Trashed leather seats then drivers one broke while I was driving. Constant electrical and cooling system issues. Big problems with rust, roof was almost lifting off by the time I sold it. Having said all that, it was my first performance car and I had a lot of fun in it. 4age engine bulletproof. Other bad ones of note:180sx converted to Sieighty in someone's back yard - serious electrical issues, heat shielding in firewall failure.right foot became very hot while driving. Mk 2 Golf Gti.South African assembled, unreliable mechanicals and impossible to find spares as the parts were different to German assembled.
00quattro00,
Jul 28, 12:46pm
SA Mk2 and German Mk2 are identical
dracs,
Jul 28, 1:20pm
Not in my experience, but I did spell sileighty wrong and you missed it.
strobo,
Jul 28, 6:44pm
http://forums.finalgear.com/post-your-car/1971-fiat-850-sport-coupe-24649/ A 1970 Fiat sports coupe 850ccthe worstof 30 odd vehicles iv'e owned, motor in back end , Air cooled ! the x cooked iton thepoint highway , everything in the car was flimsey ,door openers & control stalks , would bust off in ya hand , micro foot pedals , geez what was i thinking thenlol
sifty,
Jul 28, 7:17pm
Acually the old XF Fairmont was a bit of a dog come to think of it. Drivers power window never worked properly, and door handles failed repeatedly.
On the plus side it seemed to have about 100 cig lighter sockets dotted around. That was awesome when spotlighting for rabbits, shame I never smoked though.
splinter67,
Jul 28, 9:10pm
The headlights were bloody useless as well
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