Chuck,
Thank you very much for the images. I was interested in whether the one
you had is a variant of the Aussie designed Zeta platform (the
'limousine' version of the Zeta was exported for 'black and white' cars
in the US - we call them the "Statesman") which is apparently the last
GM rear-wheel-drive 'large car'. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is.
Top gear (UK) tested a Jag-S, the Chrysler 300 & the Vauxhall Monaro
(was also sold as a GTO for a little while in the US - uses a 6 litre GM
V8), and the Monaro left the others in the dust despite the complaints
of lower build quality.
davidt
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 08:52:26AM -0400, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> OK, here are 3 shots of the Vauxhall
> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Vauxhall/index.htm>
> The first is taken with the Samsung pocket camera @ 28mm equiv, the
> second with 5D and Tamron 24-135 @ 24mm and the third with 5D and Tamron
> 20-40 @ 40mm.
>
> I don't know the model year of the car but these photos were taken in
> the summer of 2011 so it can't be newer than that.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 3/29/2013 8:30 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
> > Chuck,
> >
> > if you have a shot handy, I'd love to see the Vauxhall :)
> >
> > davidt
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 08:19:21AM -0400, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >> You missed my admission that Piers was indeed correct... it's a Jag XK
> >> as evidenced by my returning to the original image and blowing it up
> >> enough to see it better and also read the name plate. I was easily
> >> confused because the Vauxhall we rented was a fastback sedan and the
> >> same dark blue color. I do have other photos of the Vauxhall but not
> >> posted. It was a comfortable car for 4 people with luggage.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3/29/2013 7:29 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> >>> Piers wrote
> >>>>
> >>>> That doesn't look like a 4-door sedan to my eye, Chuck. And it doesn't
> >>>> look like a Vauxhall either. Come to think of it, with the registration
> >>>> number GSB 200 I doubt that it is a rental at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jaguar XK, perhaps?
> >>>> http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/01/IMG_0962.jpg
> >>>>
> >>>> Nice looking for sure, I can understand why you would have taken the
> >>>> photo!
> >>>
> >>> I wondered about that too, but since it is many years since I had a weekly
> >>> subscription to the best car magazine in the world ( Autocar, (UK)) and I
> >>> am
> >>> completely out of touch with car models now, I didn't have a basis for a
> >>> query. Jag looks credible. Have Jag taken to re-badging their cars as
> >>> Vauxhall?
> >>>
> >>> Brian Swale
> >>>
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