danja
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also danja, you did say any v6 commodore, so a vx xu-6 with a s/c6 is not out of bounds? at least that would be a fairer comparision. still not the best though, the turbo astra has a few advantages.
I rather meant N/A 6's, but the turbo vs. a stock s/c would probably be fair, and I think I'd still pick the Astra to win.
As for towing, I used to tow a 500kg trailer in my 1985 1.6L Corolla, with it's whopping 52kW of 4-banger power, it still got there fine, doing the speed limit on the freeway. I'm not going to say the engine wasn't trying pretty hard, but all this "4-cyls can't tow" nonsense is just that, nonsense.
Don't get me wrong, I like a nice V8 (hell, I own one), but I'm not that tribal that I can't tip my hat to some who's done something impressive to a different car. In my mind a RWD, V8 powered hot hatch sounds like it would be an unbelievably fun car to drive, and people dismissing the idea "because it's an Astra" just goes to show how close minded and camp some people are.
As for the HSV thing, I think you need to learn how to take a joke, I don't think anyone was seriously suggesting this would be a commercially successful production vehicle, but the guy who made it obviously built it to his own liking, so it's a fine vehicle in it's own right.
PS. There is already an HSV Astra