greenfoam
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I've been driving both these cars everyday for a few weeks now, swapping cars a few times during the day. So I thought I'd give my thoughts on the differences. Now I've been swapping into my VP 5 liter but the story is the same for the V6 apart from a bit less power.
The AU is just smooth and nice to cruise the highway on, The VP is a pretty bumpy ride but it's alot more racey on quick changes in direction due to the FE2 suspension. But I have to say the AU handles better or has much more potential to handle better because I've had it sideways accidently a few times and you can steer out of the slide way more easy than I can in the VP, in the AU one little counter steer and you are straight again in the VP I tend to end up doing a few crazy fishies up the road before I'm back in control .
So the AU wins in handling. The brakes are good on the AU, better than a VN V6 but not quite as good as the 5 litres brakes (or FE2 V6), that's probably just because the AU's a couple hundred kg's heavier. The looks.... well although it's a later series of AU and looks ok it's not as pretty as either a VN or VP, but it's not too bad these days.
The interior is black in the AU and look styling as but I don't really like the shape of the dash compared to the VN/P which is way more classic and I'd say way more drugs were involved in the design of the AU's dash. AU wins on seats and VN/P wins on dash. I like the AU's Hazzard switch hiding behind the wheel better than the stupid triangle red button on the VY/Z but the VN/P's is in a even better spot.
Fuel use, well the AU wins that standing on it's head backwards, no comparason really against either the V6 or V8, it's very cheap to run a AU (great taxi )
Power, both the V6 VN and 5 liter VP are waaaaaaaaaaaaay faster than a AU, the AU goes ok though! pretty good for a family cruising machine, it has traction issues from a standing start but even from a rolling start it's not near as quick as the V6 although it definatly has decent power, it's just the weight keeping it that second and a half or so slower to 100.
Easy of driving, The AU has less brain stress because it rattles less, well not at all. Steers easy, brakes easy all the pedals are grandma friendly soft etc. When I get straight out of the AU into the 5 liter VP im like uRGHH heavy wheel, heavy throttle, massssssssive heavy steering, push throttle harder to go forward... rip a hole in the driveway etc. It just feels so much heavier and tank like even though it's 200 kgs lighter than the AU. Anyway that's my opinions of those cars
The AU is just smooth and nice to cruise the highway on, The VP is a pretty bumpy ride but it's alot more racey on quick changes in direction due to the FE2 suspension. But I have to say the AU handles better or has much more potential to handle better because I've had it sideways accidently a few times and you can steer out of the slide way more easy than I can in the VP, in the AU one little counter steer and you are straight again in the VP I tend to end up doing a few crazy fishies up the road before I'm back in control .
So the AU wins in handling. The brakes are good on the AU, better than a VN V6 but not quite as good as the 5 litres brakes (or FE2 V6), that's probably just because the AU's a couple hundred kg's heavier. The looks.... well although it's a later series of AU and looks ok it's not as pretty as either a VN or VP, but it's not too bad these days.
The interior is black in the AU and look styling as but I don't really like the shape of the dash compared to the VN/P which is way more classic and I'd say way more drugs were involved in the design of the AU's dash. AU wins on seats and VN/P wins on dash. I like the AU's Hazzard switch hiding behind the wheel better than the stupid triangle red button on the VY/Z but the VN/P's is in a even better spot.
Fuel use, well the AU wins that standing on it's head backwards, no comparason really against either the V6 or V8, it's very cheap to run a AU (great taxi )
Power, both the V6 VN and 5 liter VP are waaaaaaaaaaaaay faster than a AU, the AU goes ok though! pretty good for a family cruising machine, it has traction issues from a standing start but even from a rolling start it's not near as quick as the V6 although it definatly has decent power, it's just the weight keeping it that second and a half or so slower to 100.
Easy of driving, The AU has less brain stress because it rattles less, well not at all. Steers easy, brakes easy all the pedals are grandma friendly soft etc. When I get straight out of the AU into the 5 liter VP im like uRGHH heavy wheel, heavy throttle, massssssssive heavy steering, push throttle harder to go forward... rip a hole in the driveway etc. It just feels so much heavier and tank like even though it's 200 kgs lighter than the AU. Anyway that's my opinions of those cars