so how do i get a australian car to the us? i got a friend that lives down there so he can find me one. just i need the whole getting it over here

 

It would cost A LOT of money. Not only the shipping, but I assume you would need to get some special permits or something becuase the car will be "Australian tuned". Emisssions might be different, safety regulations might be different. Also, I'm not really sure how you get a left hand drive vehicle to be legal in the US? Besides, you wouldnt be able to go through drive thrus! haha.
I bet, the cost of getting the vehicle here and making it legal here would be almost as much as the car.

 

If you like the way the Commodores or HSV's look then buy a G8 and then swap all the body parts with some one over here who has an Commodore or HSV!

A lot of guys over here like the way the Pontiacs look so that would be a cheap way of doing it. If not then buy all the body parts from Holden.

 

It would be cheaper and easier to buy an American G8 GXP, import the bodywork and interior of the W427 (or just go with the VE GTS parts, which I actually like better), and drop in a crate LS7.

I'm actually debating right now over which car to replace my WS6 with this winter. It's going to be either a C6Z or a G8 GXP and the necessary parts to convert it to an HSV GTS. On one hand I really want the kickass-ness of the C6Z, but on the other hand I want seating for four and something really original. Decisions.

 

no right hand drive.

and someone said something about emissions. but isnt australia a lot more strick on emissions. that is why like the 05 gto over here was like 400 horse and yours was like 3?? somthing

 

that's because all your 05 & 06 GTO's had LS2's and only our HSV Monaro's had LS2's and the rest had LS1's

 

well what did your ls1 put down?

 

Depended on the variant.
The Holden Monaro had ~310hp originally, but HSV also sold up to a 400hp version of the LS1 (it was a Callaway engine).

As for emissions, Australia is a little more lenient than the US, but not by much. The biggest thing in Australia, is you don't have to do any "smog" checks in any state, all you have to do is do some inspections to prove the car is safe to drive.

If you wanted this vehicle in the US, it would be easiest to just get a second hand G8, and put an LS7/clutch/transmission in it out of a crashed Z06.

 

Yeah, I agree if you want to have anything like the W427 without paying a fortune then you'll have to make it out of different pieces of a few cars :

G8 + HSV + Z06 = W427

Getting the HSV bodykit all the way over there might cost a bit though but At least you would have a unique car!

 

lol still not right hand drive. any way i can make g8 right hand drive?

 

Why do you need right hand drive if the car is gonna be in America? If your using a G8 then it'll already be on the side you need!

Just in case I'm confused, when you say right hand drive do you mean the side of the road your driving on or the side of the car that the driver's position is?

Over here when we say right or left hand drive we are usually referring to the driver's position in the car.

 

over here we mean samething. i would like to sit in right side of car and drive. always wanted a right hand drive. and your right the g8 is on the correct side for america. but i like my stuff different. so i wanted a aussie car

 

Im doing the holden body swap as soon as i get my GXP....i like the way the pontiac looks but i love he way the holden looks, plus it would be nice to drive down the road and have people say WTF is that car??!?!?!???!

 

^^^ amen. and just think if you were in the passenger seat driving( right side of car)

 

Probably easier to get a CTS-V trans, wouldn't it? Isn't the vet's tranny connected to the diff?

 

our emmisions over here must be harder then u guys, u have heaps of turbo cars etc... we struggle to even get a turbo ls1 etc with permits etc...

 

well last time i got check for emmissions was . . . . . . . wait i havent. but i dont live in caly where the problem is.

 

i know it goes by states etc... but over here, im not sure exactly, but if u get pulled up and they look at your motor and see a turbo with no permits, ( which is next to impossible to get ) thats it, take it all off before u can drive again etc...

do u guys have states where they will / wont allow it?

 

what about importing a lumina ss there located closer then Australia. doesnt look like the w427 but still cool and different. its gotta be cheaper. and people import skylines from japan over here all the time.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...N%26start%3D72

 

daaayaaam....

forget moving the car here....lets move the designers here...