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By Top Gear Australia editor, Stephen Corby
We love a debate here at Top Gear Australia as much as the next parliamentarian, but we didn't realise we were starting such a furious one by popping the HSV W200h on our March cover. We've been accused of everything from plagiarising Citroen - not something HSV's ever faced before - to the hideous crime of ... whisper it... putting an Australian car on our cover. Albeit not a real one.
Were you enraged by the idea of a hybrid muscle car, or are you enraged by HSVs in general? Let us know, if you haven't already.
We've also been told off about our choices of 10 Drivers' Cars You Might Actually Be Able to Afford. Those who've abused us, however, are best described as "people who are wrong". We've also got our backstage look at Top Gear Live this month, which hasn't made anyone angry. Yet. So, if you haven't bought the March issue, get thee to a newsagent now, and if you have, tell us how much you loved it. We need a hug.
Email us at topgearsite@acpmagazines.com.au, or leave us a comment below.
If you bought your Top Gear Australia Magazine at Woolworths this month, then click here to enter the competition to win one of a 100 $100 Wish Gift Cards!
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I don't know really, what the problem is. I kind of do think the HSV looks like the GTbyCitroen (and man do i hate typing that), but if you're not going to build a bloody car, then drop it, otherwise ill draw a picture of a 911 for my art project, and then porsche will actually have to get a design team.
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The HSV W200h from 2015 does look a lot like the GT by Citroen shown at October 2008 Paris Motor Show. And, as luck would have it, will also weigh 1,400kg. The GT by Citroen has four electric motors (not just one) powered by a fuel cell. One styling departure is that the Citroen has a duck's bum whereas the HSV W200h has no spoiler to speak of. I suppose that we will be driving the HSV on our PS3s some time soon?
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Why don't the boffins at General Motors-Holden, just use CLAY models instead. Then they will be able to use the money saved to bail out the parent company in the U.S.A.(or should I say, help out the executives with extra bonuses).
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sweeet free dvd !!!!!!!!!
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Honestly this has got nothing to do with any car, it's about the DVD's you send out e.g. Top Gear Revved Up. Why didn't you send out DVD's in series order instead of have clips from series 1,2,3 and 4 or whatever. Sure I really like your show honestly it's so important to me that I would miss anything for it. But why didn't you do the DVD's in series episodes so you can have every episode after the other and you would earn a lot more money as there would be more DVD's to sell. currently you have 9 DVD's out and if you did it by series you would have 12 so far and hopefully many many more to come.
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I loved the magizine, but was pretty miffed about the DVD. It only contained 9 min shorts of the races. They're actually about 20-30 min. Not very happy bout that. Oh, and keep featuring stories from TG UK mag. Means I don't miss out on them, and dont have to pay $19 for the UK mag.
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Hey!!! Where is my free DVD. I subscribe to the mag (which is AWESOME) but no DVD was sent my way. I only saw them in my local Woolworths. Aside from that, i'm loving the mag. Especially the lifers section on the Chrysler 300C SRT8. That is a sweet car. Looking forward to seeing the results.
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Hey guys the mag is great. What i dont understand is that the Ferrari F430 Scuderia is allowed on the road when the Ferrari enzo is slower than the 430 scuderia on the same track and the enzo isent allowed on the road. Oh and guys, just gotta say that the new Bugatti Veyron with 827Kw would probably be undriveable!!
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its a very great magazine i recomend it
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the one thing i really liked about the issue, was the One-77. i love aston martins, and the One-77, apart from the new v12 vantage, is my favorite
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03 March 2009
Loved the mag, especially that ute thing. It was awesome
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