Wheels - June 2007

[sleekism]

While it is fair to compare two new cars on the market the problem was there was hardly any space given to the Typhoon it was more of a review of the GTS than a comparo.

Also the reference to the GTP was just stupid: they might as well whinge about the crappy Holden SV6.

I actually own the original Wheels review of the FPV GT where it is praised for it's bucketloads of low down torque, it's ability to rev and it's brilliant handling while Holdens 5.7 was bagged for it's wheezy torque lacking Chevrolet V8 and now all of a sudden the bored out 5.7 is brilliant while the EXACT same Ford V8 is now crap.

It's obvious that Wheels has Holden bias I have been a long time buyer and only stopped because they kept putting a Holden on every fruckin cover and the Holden was continuously praised for being innovative smart blah blah Holden exports Monaros to America..........heres some interesting info: The Monaro was a flop in America and Holden lost a lot of money on it.

I find Motor is the best multi marque car mag and I still read the All Aussie Adventure from a few years back as it was a good Holden and Ford comparison from XR6 all the way to GT including utes and sedans.

It was also an interesting read too that in the test the SS was quicker than the Clubsport and on the Dyno the most powerful car was not the 297kw Holdens but the 290 kw GT.

Of course the Clubsport GTS won the comparo over the Typhoon but what was avoided by the journo was that the Typhoon was only about 0.2-0.3 seconds behind in the quarter and the 0-100.

What also should be highlighted is that the Chev donk is a highly stressed motor reaching peak power output with the only way further increases could be made is by further increasing capacity.

The Typhoon on the other hand is a average joe long stroke six built for highway cruising and towing witha turbo sitting on it. The engine is designed for longevity and reliability and is very understressed and also detuned as not to embarass the GT (don't believe have a look at the valve timing the DIVCT is not even utilised they could have probably had the same result if they used the SOHC motor out of the EL).

Typhoon can compete with the GTS without even trying. Bring on Orion.