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VF Ute around Nürburgring

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I would love to see what the GTS would do.

More power, better setup, more weight over the rear, it would fly.
 

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Yep, I am going to buy a new VF ute just so I can brag about it beeing quick around a track 95% of us will never see, let alone drive on.

WHO GIVES A TOSS.
 

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Nürburgring lap times worked wonders to reinforce a righteous claim to performance for every other sports touring vehicle manufacturer, seems appropriate that Holden put their money where their mouth is to me.
Announcing lap times in a stock ute makes a subtle satirical statement with dry outback wit to the high falutin bragging of others.
No need to complicate a toothpick, the VF is clearly remarkable.
 

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Looking at the lap, I think they could have reduced the lap time to the low teens.
 

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Yep, I am going to buy a new VF ute just so I can brag about it beeing quick around a track 95% of us will never see, let alone drive on.

WHO GIVES A TOSS.

You've missed the point. If it's quick around the 'ring then it's quick and performs well in general.

Plus, you can benchmark it against times from other manufacturers around the 'ring.
 

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What point have I missed??? Its a bloody ute, not a sports sedan. I am sure that now we have this video, there will be a rush to our Holden dealers to buy every SS ute going. Bull.
 

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Yep, this benchmark track definitively proves a stock SS ute is within just seconds of some of the world's best production cars:
8:09 Audi RS4
8:09 Audi R8 e-tron (Fastest electric car)
8:09 BMW M6 E63
8:09 Honda NSX-R
8:10 Porsche Boxster S
8:10 Dodge Viper GTS
8:10 BMW Alpina B6 S
8:11 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
8:12 BMW Z4 M Coupe
8:13 BMW M5 E60
8:13 Ferrari 355 GTB
8:13 Mercedes-Benz_C63 AMG
8:14 BMW Alpina B3 Biturbo Coupé
8:15 BMW 1 Series M Coupe
8:16 Honda NSX (NA1)
8:16 Renault Mégane RS R26.R
8:16 Porsche Cayman S
8:17 Porsche Boxster S
8:18 Lexus IS-F
8:19 Holden VF SS Redline Ute Rob Trubiani April 2013
8:20 2010 Camaro SS
8:22 Nissan Skyline GT-R R32
8:22 Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG
8:22 BMW M3 E46
8:22 BMW M Coupe E36/8

Puts paid to the Holden haters in my book.

Pretty farkn sweet to have an Aussie built car up there as one of only 8 non European cars..out of the top 25 lap times.
 

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What point have I missed??? Its a bloody ute, not a sports sedan. I am sure that now we have this video, there will be a rush to our Holden dealers to buy every SS ute going. Bull.

Many (probably most) buyers of SS utes buy them for the performance, not for lugging tools around.

I reckon its relevant, albeit hyped up by Holden.
 

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Down our way, a lot of SS, and SSV utes used by the tradies. All a tax break, why not have the best.
 
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