Agree with others that more could of been done but and the end of the day, How can you not love the XR8 for what it is. a GT R spec with out the stripes. When you drive these V8 machines, they put a smile on your dial....

Rest of the range boring thou..Oh G6ET is priced well.

http://www.carsguide.com.au/head-to-head/commodore-ss-v-redline-vs-fg-x-ford-falcon-xr8-20141205-30402#.VIF0I5ZknCQ

^^^^ the closing paragraph is pretty much what I have said for a while, it's a lot of car for the you price tag and will be so much fun your not likely to care its a bit dated and down on tech.

Its always been about performance when it comes to xr8 vs ss, and in the final battle the xr8 has one punch ko'd the ss, and its about time as the ls engines have had the measure of ford Australia's offerings for quite some time. VF probably wins in the handling department but in the real world driver ability is going to effect any potential match up more rather than the knifes edge performance of each car.

Edited December 5, 201411 yr by barnz

This poor sod does care that its dated and down on tech as going fast gets a bit boring after a while

yea but to much tec can confuse the simple like me. fast or nothing. that's why im thinking of getting my bike license. fast for cheap.

that's why the go is to own several cars and bikes

There are plenty of good cars out there, maybe not as fast as the SC, and turbo brigade, but as BP says, going fast looses its apeal after a while(and a heap of fines/points)

I have 5 different brands of cars, and get most of my enjoyment out of the least powerfull. Driving pleasure, and comfort sometimes win hands down IMHO.

^^^

Your gay

I have 5 different models of trucks and sometimes its not about power or handling but about a enjoyable rough ride unladen around my local suburbs venting my exhaust brakes everywhere............

Is that the noise they make that is like a thousand BOVs venting at once? PPPCCCHHHEWWWWWWWWWW

that's the air brakes Steve, exhaust brakes or "Jakes" are like BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARP, usually used when not required and in the quietest part of suburbia possible.