You can tell that they're itching to mention cricket. And we're absolutely certain that more than once over the next three days a muttered "Pommie bastard" will be bitterly gulped back.But we're down here in Australia to drive the Vauxhall VXR8, and we're not going to let the Aussie contempt for an English writer like us get in the way of driving this 411-horsepower sedan. It spins its rear tires hard enough to choke the boys from Down Under with tire smoke, and we can't wait until it's magically transformed into the 2008 Pontiac G8.
So we'll get through the smack about cricket from the Aussies and just drive the car. At least the Aussies like beer, so we should get along when the driving is all done.
The Sun Never Sets on the (GM) Empire
GM's Bob Lutz promised everyone at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show that a version of this Australian-built car is coming to the States next year as the 2008 Pontiac G8, and we're betting that the Vauxhall version meant for Britain might give us some clues about the way GM will refine the package for America.
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