DethLok

Australian HSV now offers LS3 engine Radmeister, the Falcon 4.0L inline 6 turbo might be 10x better, but it's gone by 2010 and replaced by a US V6, and it's not (currently) exported from Australia at all, so if you want one, you're out of luck. It seems GM at least realise that other countries might have good ideas and abilities to design decent cars (using US engines in GMs case) but Ford US certainly hasn't heard the penny drop, if they are selling the new Mustang with a (cough) live axle when a Ford Falcon taxi in Australia has IRS and 6 speeds... (and runs on LPG). And like NISMO says, if a single cam and 2 valves per cylinder give decent HP and torque, why add costs and complexity (and service costs...) by adding 3 more cams and doubling the valve (and spring etc etc) count? The DOHC 32 valve 350 Corvette of some years back has less power and torque than the pushrod LS1 350 motor fitted to, well, everything GM makes? If you only need 1 cam and 16 valves in your V8, why add more? All you do is add cost. Though I'll grant I lust for an Audi RS6 Avant with the twin turbo V10 and 426kW... But a Commodore V8 with a blower gets the same power for about 25% of the cost... And goes just as fast... Oh, the Australia branch of NISMO got 1000hp out of that 4.0L inline 6 turbo motor of Ford Oz... though the motor ended up costing $60,000 Ozbucks after all the mods.

2009 Pontiac G8 GXP to use 6.2L Corvette Engine http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080326.005/australian-hsv-now-offers-ls3-engine Well, the rumour was true, assuming HSV export to the USA (they export to the Middle East and UK so it would seem likely?) And the G8 isn't an American car, of course, being built in Australia, where it was designed.