Impressive. It's not easy to leave a Chrysler hemi in the dust.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/29/2013 9:20 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
> 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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