Top Gear's Richard Hammond throws the Maloo around.

TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S greatest performance offerings, exported to the UK for sale as the Vauxhall VXR8 and the Vauxhall Maloo, were the stars of this week’s Top Gear UK.

The VXR8 - sold locally as the popular HSV Clubsport R8 - is the special Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst Edition. This [...]

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Autoexpress are reporting that HSV’s W427 will be heading to the UK, where it will become the high-priced headline act alternative to the VXR8. We were lucky enough to see the W427 at its Melbourne Motor Show debut and while first appearances might fool those not in the know, it is under the hood where [...]

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Here’s one for the Aussie readers - well actually anyone interested in a Corvette engined, Australian built sedan being sold as a Vauxhall in the UK. Jeremy Clarkson takes the Vauxhall VXR8 (HSV Clubsport R8) out to the Top Gear test track and after the usual array of lurid slides and tyre smoking shenanigans determines [...]

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It would seem that our home grown VE Commodore is adding some more silver to its trophy cabinet, this time overseas. CAR Middle East magazine has named the Chevrolet Lumina SS as the “Best Sports Saloon” of 2007, as part of its annual Car of the Year awards.

The judging panel was made up of six [...]

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HSV’s E-Series Clubsport R8 has recently been spotted in North America and the Middle East sparking speculation over possible new export markets for their V8 performance range. We now have unofficial confirmation that HSV will be shipping the R8 to the Middle East or at least thats what the GM Middle East 2008 product list [...]

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As they did with the previous Monaro VXR, the folks at Vauxhall in the UK will be adding a supercharger option to the VXR8 menu next month. The supercharger kit is expected to increase the standard 6.0-litre LS2 Chev’s output from 307kW/412hp to a whopping 402kW/540hp.

We all know that the Vauxhall VXR8 is really our [...]

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By now you have all seen Vicki Butler Henderson from Fifth Gear drive the Vauxhall VXR8. This time its Car Magazines turn to smoke the tyres. Interestingly the two VXR8’s featured are wearing Victorian number plates.

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In the age of the internet you don’t have to endure too many days without word of a good rumour and we have come across a ripper. It’s general knowledge that our home grown performance saloon producers are looking abroad for sales opportunities and HSV are certainly more advanced in this regard than FPV who [...]

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Vicki Butler Henderson squeals with delight at the plentiful oversteer action offered up by our E-Series HSV Clubsport R8, sold in the UK as the Vauxhall VXR8. The really good news is that this means a Top Gear review can’t be too far away…

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We don’t need an excuse to feature one of our all-time favourite cars and a little snippet of news came our way today…enough to put together a brief article and show a few more pictures!

The Alfa 8C Competizione is going to make it’s UK debut at the Canary Wharf Motorexpo from the 11-17th of June. [...]

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One of CarUpdates favourite Aussie made cars is heading for the UK. The Elfin Clubman and Streamliner will go on sale in the next few months where they will be sold through two specialist Vauxhall dealers who are currently gearing up for the arrival of the Vauxhall VXR8 (E-Series HSV).

It is a logical move given [...]

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HSV’s latest E-series Clubsport R8 is being exported to the UK. Vauxhall, GM’s UK subsidiary is expected to take around 300 Clubsport R8’s a year. They will be re-badged and sold as the Vauxhall VXR8.

The VXR8 will replace the old VZ series Monaro which Vauxhall sold as the Monaro VXR. Obviously William in Vauxhall’s ‘Corporate [...]

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