Top Gear Vauxhall (Holden) VXR8 Bathurst S Review

Season 13, Episode 7

[@alexgeier7326]

My old vs commodore made that noise, just a power steering pump

[@mickeydee3595]

😅🤣

[@phizzle24]

Factory option post VL era 🤣

[@mickeydee3595]

@@phizzle24 my VE SSV has a slight whine. Really noticeble on cold starts

[@phizzle24]

@@mickeydee3595 had it on my VXII R8 and my VYII SS 🙃

[@mickeydee3595]

@@phizzle24 yeah I think its just a GM thing haha

[@Ward1706]

Remember, in Australia, we couldn't get this spec from the local HSV Dealer: we had to go to Walkinshaw and spend even more money on it.

[@mickeydee3595]

we did get the LSA's in the VF HSV's though. But yeah not on the VE

[@bluewatersign]

Walkinshaw UK built them here for Vauxhall.

[@kenvanlit402]

Yeah. You had to go with bath hurst full of money.

[@rhythmnstealth]

Ours weren't standard spec. We had to pay a lot for this.

[@alexbeuerman7608]

In the US we also had to go through Walkinshaw. It was called the G8 SLP Firehawk over here.

[@neelparmar6690]

0:35 best description of the Bathurst 1000 I’ve ever heard

[@obiwankenobi3375]

real haha

[@specialized29er86]

RIP - Australia Holden.

[@justanotherrandomperson1359]

Good memories of riding my VY commodore around a suburban steel on a Friday night with 4 girls in the car

[@covidwearsamaskaroundme5210]

😪

[@drift__kang1019]

Fuck GM

[@Linusgump]

When was Holden axed, in the crash/restructuring of ‘08-‘09?

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

@@Linusgump no it was axed in 2020 and they stopped making cars here on October 20th 2017, however the writing was on the wall then because Holden were gonna build a whole bunch of cars on the Zeta platform that underpinned the Commodore however GFC hit and there was no money left from GM to use and no matter how much the Australian government threw at it after GFC they were leaking like crazy.

[@splatman1150]

I love watching Bath-Thirst with all its Vauxhall Commodores

[@Alex-rm4qc]

called bathurst and they're holden commodores

[@splatman1150]

@@Alex-rm4qc i know, im australian. I was joking.

[@splatman1150]

@Cameron Heidelauf I know, the point of the comment was to trigger people trigger people.

[@MusclesGlassezz]

Love a bar thurst

[@noelroberts8199]

@@splatman1150 The Poms don't have a sense of humour, they're all freezing cold, they need thawing out in our lovely climate.........

[@greysonrozga8973]

I live in Bathurst and I love top gear but I'm a little affendead of the way they say Bathurst

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

GREYVROZGA 63 when you go to England you don't visit Barth... You visit Bath you muppet!

[@foxclonan4098]

Same

[@wufongtanwufong5579]

@Ocatavian But it isn't the "Bath". It's the Bathurst. It isn't prounced barth-urst. It's Baf-hurst

[@nate2611]

I'm a little offended by the way you spell offended.

[@tobywilliams6285]

It's because Richard isn't from Northern England. If you're from Southern England you pronounce "Bath" as "barth" whereas northerners don't add an 'R'. Passport/Parsport; Laff/Larf, Glass/Glarse, Path/Parth and so on.'

[@freshmaker0088]

Took me a while to realise the bar thirst was actually bathurst

[@westaussie965]

Yes😂😂😂

[@NoobNoob1986]

Lol

[@jmaros15]

Your comment saved me time. Cheers.

[@nosurrender4321]

Love that supercharger sound. I think I might have one in my car because I can hear it If I go fast enough in my civic in reverse

[@FMC-ie3qn]

No Surrender not sure if this is a joke but that’s the straight cut gears

[@1953beetle]

Or the sound of a worn diff.

[@bigcazza5260]

@@1953beetle only sound i know is flogged gearbox, hole car shudders and then it grinds as it grabs lmao

[@1953beetle]

@@bigcazza5260 😂

[@bigcazza5260]

still more teeth than a collingwood supporter

[@TheJoe999Man]

"You got the tenor of the supercharger and then the bass of the V8" ~ Richard Hammond.

[@turkishstig8489]

Sir Brellin he plays bass guitar so its safe to say hes got a good music ear. Just search top gear red light spells danger

[@rodwilliams4170]

Prefer the supercharger whine over a whining pom!!😎

[@callofduty3807]

Oh, shit son.

[@acemccool]

BOOM 🇦🇺

[@paulliddelow993]

Oo yer

[@johnniethepom7545]

Rod , while Australia is a member of the Commonwealth you have security of an alliance , without it . . . 280 million Indonesian's eyeing off your land ( they're already taking your fish ! ) , then there's China 🇨🇳 whom are trying to populate Australia by stealth .

[@brocksinclair66]

@@johnniethepom7545 lol the indos arent shit. we have to give them billions each year so half of em dont starve

[@planetdisco4821]

Had the 2012 SSV series II 6 litre V8 ute but had to sell it over Covid to make ends meet. Damn we made good cars here. RIP Holden. Going to pre order a 2023 raptor now that I’m working again. As a footnote I’d like to add that these aren’t a businessman car. They’re a cashed-up bogan vehicle, and we love them lol

[@kristianspencer1978]

Hammond is a very lucky boy. That car is the only car I would buy if I could afford any car, 6,2 v8 supercharged, 0-60 in 4,0sec and close to 200mph. And with a manual gearbox. The perfect car. And now u can get one for £35000.

[@aussieaussie4848]

Good luck trying to get one for that now 😭

[@kristianspencer1978]

Aussie Aussie probably £40000 now.

[@oceanblue3050]

0-60 in 2.8 seconds with stickys on the rear

[@tonybrowne7220]

Kristian better get in quick a friend of mine paid $100,000 for one of the last off the line and prices are going to go through the roof if people get tempted to cash in their investment. Million bucks in a couple of years but it’s still just a car.

[@larjkok1184]

@@oceanblue3050 No.

[@turkishstig8489]

I keep coming back to this video just for this line: 2:04 Goddamn I miss the old top gear

[@mha2263]

That supercharger whine sounds so good

[@markrabone6584]

No EV will ever be this much fun to drive

[@the-boring-car-guy]

The original hellcat

[@dallasfrost1996]

Yup lol

[@WindowLickingDeer]

Been looking for this for a year. I have finally found it!

[@WindwolfBlog]

Stunningly gorgeous, and makes all the best noises. I give it an 11 out of 1 -10 scale.

[@TheyCallMeMrMaybe]

Every holden I see them gawk at, it's nothing but smiles and laughter, and it's wonderful. I have an '04 GTO now and let me tell you. These cars were amazing.

[@arthurgrigoropoulos9874]

Love the sound of the supercharger.

[@zoltek7]

well: -relability of vauxhall -speed of m5 -very good noise -good mpg -fast 0-60 -lots of hp the perfect car

[@margay34]

+ᶍᶎɵᏝtᏋϙ© #PayItFoward I wouldn't say good mpg. Plus it is Australian.

[@zoltek7]

Occa Drumma yeah ur right, it does 22l/100km xd

[@senv2073]

+Occa Drumma does it being Australian make it bad?

[@margay34]

Im a Kiwi so yeah Kiwi vs Aussie banter :), Na I love the VXR8 that super charger whine though :)

[@margay34]

Yea bro I am a Ford guy myself but Holdens are great :)

[@picdu2891]

Fist ever Top Gear video I saw, more than 12 years ago. Hooked ever since.

[@agents6629]

Loved my rebadged Holden Commodore (G8). Oh if I had that beautiful sounding supercharger. But I did drop an LS3 6.2 C6 crate engine in it. Miss it dearly.

[@randomisedjacob]

Best description of Bathurst I've ever heard

[@philipmann9548]

My hz 202 made that noise. It was the power house stromberg carbie falling off the inlet manifold. The studs had striped so it was tied down with wire for about 100000ks. It sounded so real we made a sticker for the rear window “ supercharger equiped” in the same look as the old “ hollie equiped” stickers. Was a great conversation starter. That beautiful car was quick. Zero to 100 in 5. Minutes.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

I love that supercharger whine! It sounds epic. The car is amazing. It’s a fast four door salon in the Jaguar XJR, BMW M5 and Maserati Quattroportre mould. Sadly, I think it is no longer available in the U.K. I don’t think we’ll ever get a new model of it, as it is now the days of turbo charging, smaller engines and hybrids.

[@Drunkonair12]

alphabetaxenonzzzcat no it’s actually cause the commodore has been killed off

[@mathewdeering]

Yeah, that and Australia no longer makes their own cars.

[@davidshepherd265]

Holden as a whole unfortunately no longer exists. A couple of years after GM closed down the factory they wound up the whole operation sadly. The new car market here in Australia is boring as Hell now, just an endless sea of soulless SUVs and dual cab utes.

[@cooncheese212]

2:50 if this was shot in aus all he’d have to say is “drug dealers and p plate hoons”

[@tobiasjames6949]

Im proud to own a VE wagon, the HSV E series and E2/E3 are some of the best looking cars in my eyes

[@gillybuzz]

the VE be looking kinda cute tho O.O

[@larjkok1184]

Yeah, but not in wagon form.

[@tobiasjames6949]

@@larjkok1184 Wagon's look better than the sedans both in VE and VF I think, also much more room in the back to carry stuff

[@Barra.The.World.]

​@@tobiasjames6949fuckin ugly n box bruh

[@bghoody5665]

This car looks like over the top, ridiculous fun. And the noise!

[@josephlewis9237]

I love the sound of the Bathurst. It sounds amazing. I love the Vauxhall VXR8. It reminds me of the Lotus Carlton. This should have been nominated for car of the year 2009. Whether it's the normal Vauxhall VXR8, the Bathurst or any other model of Vauxhall VXR8, I'd have it over the BMW M5 any day.

[@daz6936]

I remember watching top gear when Jeremy was taking the Mick out of the vauxhalls, I don't think he would do that on this occasion 😄

[@jorgerodrigogomezflores5711]

I don’t understand why GM and Ford can’t make great sedan designs for the whole world when Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen can do it so easily, they prefer to make one design for the US and a completely unrelated one for Australia and then ship some of those to Europe and the US.

[@boromiszajano]

Damn, that supercharger makes some sweeet noise! ❤️

[@DuckReach432]

Anyone in Britain lucky enough to have one of these today, check the value. In Australia, after Holden closed, you would have thought secondhand values would plummet. The opposite is happening. There are fewer cars on the market then people wanting them, so prices keep climbing.

[@Vonkunken]

The final generation literally showed you your oversteer angle and time, so yeah, I would say it was good at going from oversteer to oh deer we've just crashed.

[@joshuapatrick682]

My Closed Captioning calls this the Bar First edition and that’s probably the most accurate CC ever..

[@Suprastar77]

Ohh that walkinshaw sounds soo good

[@rhythmnstealth]

I have one of these, absolutely love it. ❤️

[@davidr4332]

Build like no other HOLDEN BATHURST HSV

[@lordmaul3]

Here in the U.S. this car was sold as Pontiac G8. Not many Americans know about, or ever heard of Holden and Vauxhall.

[@Sean-uy3cu]

That's coz Americans don't know there's the rest of the world out here haha think they are it and abit, bit closed off to the rest of the world ;)

[@sueneilson896]

Basically an up to date Mad Max ride.

[@simonainscough619]

they were basiclly the last of the v8s for us in oz GM used all our home grown tech in their cadillacs and nascar has adopted the suspension setups. These cars and their lesser brothers are absolutely world class vehicles its just scales of economy and greedy coorperate parent companies that doomed us

[@liamcoarsely6560]

Had one of these bad boys roar past me scared the shit out of me

[@vinnybaldwin]

That supercharger tho!!!!!!

[@noelroberts8199]

Barthhurst sounds like a little town in the north of England, not our famous BATHURST race at Mount Panorama Australia. Get it right RichHARD..............

[@jswaggart01]

Where’s the bit where he does the Ute afterwards? Oh never mind, I’ll just watch it on my DVR 😎 🤪

[@Vinaykumar-cn1iq]

Promise to make sure you are really looking forward for your analysis

[@queenslander954]

Jezza bagged it anyway, I remember him slagging us off on Top Gear say. aaaaah ‘what has Australia-ever invented ?’ While his phone was going off in his pocket , all the while connected to WI-Fi that Australia’s CSIRO invented , hilarious.

[@GarryOzols]

Despite the atrocious pronunciation of Bathurst all through this story I Loved a fast Holden, regardless of what badge it was wearing. BTW its not Barth-herst its Bath as in Cath and it finishes with an est so Bathest . I should know, It was my local hoon stomping ground for 59 years.

[@MagnificentSpeed]

0:01 That's what a car should sound like :D

[@andrewroberthook3310]

With a speed limit in Australia Of 110 km per hour And laws that impound your vehicle for spinning wheels And fuel prices that go up 50 cents in one day One would question the motives of those that make the rules

[@noelroberts8199]

Should go to Northern Territory where speed limits don't exist........

[@simonainscough619]

but if your lucky enough to be driving one who cares about such things

[@mr.sunnyg5510]

There's a reason the hsv slogan is "I just want one". Miss holden

[@redishina]

whats wrong with roots blowers? Their total efficiency is lower than a centrifugal supercharger but they have other advantages like constant boost pressure whereas a centrifugal blower builds boost in relation to turbine speed like a turbo would. They are also cheaper, simpler and more reliable.

[@1mNotoriousTG]

Imagine driving that through London at 3 am

[@432htz3]

Sideways around the roundabouts LOL

[@1mNotoriousTG]

@@432htz3 theres another way to take a roundabout?

[@432htz3]

@@1mNotoriousTG Yes, drifting sideways with smoke pouring off the tyres and going around it a dozen times ..........at 3am.

[@sachinmb6479]

Does anyone know the link for Holden Maloo vs Audi A6 drag on top gear

[@Aileron90]

the irony that car lovers love the whine of a supercharger, but hate the whine of an electric motor..... they sound near the same

[@sidewaysonhighways]

I want that supercharger!

[@unquietvoid]

Youre wrong, its originally a holden hsv clubsport supercharged by walkinshaw performance, or holden "Super Clubby"

[@1337flite]

The "Bath" bit of Bathurst rhymes with "math".

[@khoale4755]

'The Bath-Hurst' LOL 😂

[@rogergreen9861]

This is the car you'd see 5 of parked in the front yard of the Mcmansion bought by the family of westies that just won Lotto.

[@krankymann]

Holden, beautiful one day, replaced by boring Korean SUV's the next.

[@dangerousfreedom4965]

Great car

[@taviazzt3410]

put an Opel badge and make the haters stare :)))

[@redishina]

ah my bad mate, i thought you were pissing on roots blowers. I have one on my car too. I have some videos uploaded as well.

[@user-sf6kl1dx3e]

Never seen falcon on topgear try f6 thyphoon

[@brendanbarnes3076]

??????? Because ford never exported a car to the uk and gm exported hsv’s there so that’s why

[@lsdxr6]

Have not drove it yet need to save $70000

[@johnwesley2943]

Reminds me of the sound of Mad Max's Interceptor.

[@tonybrowne7220]

Mad Max had a supercharger on that absolute beast of a Falcon also.

[@hoilst]

Hoooo boy, don't say that out loud down here...Max had a Ford.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

@@tonybrowne7220 it was a fake blower actually

[@kristianspencer1978]

600 bhp at the wheels and nitrous. Monster of a car.

[@splatman1150]

Also Rip Holden completely. Maybe Ford will be First On Race Day for once.

[@bartandaelus359]

Ah yes, the boganmobile itself.

[@drwgalabuschagne3287]

I can't imagine that thing if it had a Whipple or Procharge...

[@roboatsmatromix]

Love these car comments especially if it’s about Holden. Car Enthusiasts unite.

[@ianstewart8243]

Barth-urst?

[@Redzone208]

Well, to tell you. It's a Centrifugal Supercharger, probably one of the best sounding turbo chargers out there. ;)

[@charlesbrain3872]

The Australian manufacturing industry was likened to an old friend; gave everyone a job and kept people employed and looked after our manufacturing sector. Shat on by politicians. A bloody disgrace

[@Funkteon]

There were junior factory floor workers at Holden on more money than American foreman with 20+ years of experience. Australian workers priced themselves out of the manufacturing industry, not the politicians. Aussies like to blame everyone but themselves, but your monetary greediness lost you your jobs...

[@TheGustavFTW]

@@Funkteon spot on.

[@charlesbrain3872]

@@Funkteon the price can only be high in comparison to what you allow to become the alternative in my opinion

[@coconutbruz3025]

Love holden

[@bjw4859]

Just a pleasure to listen to.

[@Shadow_x12]

Also that vxr8 has a cousin the Vauxhall Carlton (Lotus Carlton

[@acemccool]

Take the speed governor off 👌🏻🇦🇺

[@kevinklei3005]

Where the bloody hell is BaRRthurst in Australia is it near BatHHurst ?? in N.S.W.

[@leecoates4082]

d tuned english version of a real road god check out tekno performance version its nuts

[@mittinss]

The Australian police use these as there high speed units. Yep.

[@3TQVK]

Nah, standard SS's. But alas BMW's now. Holden V8's GONE. No production is Australia any more

[@jimhalpert2791]

And ive even seen vw passat wagons as undercover cars

[@deathnights-bane3301]

Comadore fans must be exponentially pissed by the XR8 featured in the name of the car, as it most notably belonged to their rival the Ford falcon

[@kristianspencer1978]

@@deathnights-bane3301 vx /r8

[@deathnights-bane3301]

@@kristianspencer1978 still close enough

[@carldavies9080]

i love that bathurst

[@rodeduivel1000]

holden = vauxhall , vauxhall=basically brittish opel (even pontiac would probably have made this if they still existed) , why doesnt opel make those cars in ''left steering europe? '' that car is awesome

[@rct3terminator1000]

Too Fun for Germans Perhaps... ;)

[@tafadzwasanya1616]

brugesboy 1997 Vauxhall same as Opel ,Holden,Pontiac and Chevrolet.

[@glosstech1]

..Thats a 1 billion dollar , Aussie designed , Aussie built brute Nothing about this car is Vauxhall

[@flyingdutch9818]

“Barth-hurst”. Hilarious. So sad Aussie Holden is gone but they brought it upon themselves with decades of woeful decisions.

[@dunc_n_fr]

The normal VXR8 doesn't have the supercharger, does it?

[@wrathofthebuff6444]

Chief Ray it does

[@simonstovebolt]

In Australia its a VE , VX was a lot earlier model 2001 just for interest sake

[@dunc_n_fr]

@@wrathofthebuff6444 So the normal one sounds the same?

[@xXEurybiaXx]

MM nice songgg i want the caar!! xD

[@BlackshacksBushcraft]

Someone needs to teach the fridge magnet how to pronounce Bathurst correctly! 😂

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

If you can get Ur hands on a wilkonshaw do it. They are worth it.

[@nicholasnolan4143]

do the hsv clubsport r8 have a supercharger ?

[@coopsnz1]

Yes lsa version 400kw . But the $80000 Aud here .

[@coopsnz1]

Vf but not past ve hsv had supercharger

[@kevinsmith7669]

the the hsv gts has 435kw from lsa and the gtsr w1 has 470kw from ls9

[@felixu95]

1:33. Is that a Hind in the background??

[@christopherhampson265]

BAR THIRST !!!!! GOTTA HAVE A V8 MATE 😁

[@filthybstard]

Got to love that 'bath-hurst' edition eh!

[@ruthparks3380]

Australia’s favourite cashed up bogan car😂

[@WeerAllCrazeeNao]

Definitely not, I'd kill for this car. I'll check yours out

[@CherylKimberleylover]

Is there a Holden HSV Bathurst S too?? or only a Vauxhall??

[@coopsnz1]

No . Clubsportr8, gts , senetor , maloo , grange from 2008

[@coopsnz1]

Hsv range

[@hyper2high]

This actual car is for sale right now

[@kristianspencer1978]

How much.? £45000.?

[@306champion]

A place as famous as Bathurst and yet you call it Buthurst or even Barthurst. It's BATHURST with an "A". And it's a bloody HOLDEN.

[@darrenknight443]

coming from the poms, that's a bit rich, with their generational reliability failures, by a jag, better by two, to get around

[@the-boring-car-guy]

If Hammond likes this he’ll love the hellcat

[@randal4609]

S G this is a far better handling cat

[@MrRohanThomas]

Both good looking cars, I wouldn't mind either of them its a 50/50 for me

[@the-boring-car-guy]

@@randal4609 true

[@maverick8296]

what a posh way how he says Bathurst lol it is so wrong