Uncomfortably accurate...

[LyleXR8]

I would have no dramas in owning an XR8 or GS or GT with a 3 litre turbo diesel V8, as long as it sounds like a V8 and hauls **** WHO CARES of it's capacity or fuel, imagine the torque they would make when cranked up. I know the yanks like there cubes but some if there pickups ie ford with 7.3, 6.4 &6.0, chev have 6.6 duramax and dodge having the 5.9 cummins. These guys are cranking out upto 1500 rwhp and god knows the amount of torque but it's plenty enough to click through the auto to top gear, let off the brake and smoke 35-39 tyres for a few hundred metres without touching the brakes, surely if these engines were only 3 litres or so in capacity they could still punch out 4-500 rwhp, same torque figures as worked boss 335 and LS3 and pull 6L per 100 sitting on 100kmh. Let's not forget most 4wd weather ute or wagon are all around 2000kg, turning 4 wheel drive systems, pushing an object shaped like a fridge through the air and geared to be fairly revvy on the highway, yet still return 7L/100km for a new Colorado/Dmax and navara 4 wd utes, put this in a lighter 2WD, streamlined falcon or commodore, and I'd be first to park my A R S E in either brand