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I read this in the April edition of Motor Trend.
"Apparently prompted by competition in the form of the Grand Marquis-based Mercury Marauder, General Motors has approved importation of a version of the Australian-market Holden Commodore SS as the next Impala SS. The rear-drive sedan features a Corvette-spec (350-hp) Gen III 5.7L alloy V-8, six-speed manual gearbox, ABS, limited-slip differential, and 17in. 235/45 V-rated tires. This would seem to doom plans for an SS based on the current U.S.-market front-drive Impala---but that hardly weems like much of a loss."
As quoted from Motor Trend, page 28.
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Sweet, a six speed! Maybe that will be my next car..even though I'm madly in love with the 96 SS!
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About time!
That'll be my next car if they don't change the shape/look of the car and make it look like a hat-full of arseholes.
US car manufacturers have a bad habit of taking a good looking car and making it uglier. i.e. the Mondeo - Contour!
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Um Don't they drive on the wrong/opposite side! There is going to be a lot of conversion work!
-Andy
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Originally posted by Andy W.:
Um Don't they drive on the wrong/opposite side! There is going to be a lot of conversion work!
-Andy Just hold the plans up to a mirror... 
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Originally posted by L8 Apexing Aussie:
a hat-full of arseholes.
Now that is something I don't like to think about. Seriously this is good news. I can't see myself in a GM though.
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nu uh! damn have any of you seen this car? it is one badass ride. i saw it in an old edition of car and driver. it is so damn sweet. i cant wait to see it. hopefully gm will leave it looking the same as it does now. peace.
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Well, personally this still doesn't make a sports sedan. Sorry, but I want more than a 4-door Z28 Camaro.
If they see markets for these types of cars though, why can't they see the market for a SVT Contour-mold sports sedan in the $25-28K range?
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Originally posted by svtcarboy:
Well, personally this still doesn't make a sports sedan. Sorry, but I want more than a 4-door Z28 Camaro.
If they see markets for these types of cars though, why can't they see the market for a SVT Contour-mold sports sedan in the $25-28K range? If a six-speed, four-wheel indepdent suspension with 350 hp, and the physical size somewhere between a 3 series and 5 series BMW doesn't make it a "sports sedan", what does?
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As I recall, the Commodore's a full sized car, not between the 3 and 5 series BMW, but bigger than even the 7...
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1997 Cadillac Eldorado
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