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The last Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo highway patrol car in Australia poised to set auction records for ex-police examples, as homegrown performance vehicles continue to fetch big dollars.
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Forget the obvious Aussie concepts like the Efijy, Hurricane and Commodore Sandman - here are five slightly more obscure Aussie concepts that we really wish had made it into production. Regulations set down by FISA, the international governing body at the time, stated a minimum of 500 road-going versions be built for Group A homologation, but HSV only managed to produce 302. However, this didn’t affect the Group A SV s homolgation, because the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) gave Holden special dispensation, in the hope of bolstering thinning grids in the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship. While the current bid of AU$306,000 is still far short of the colossal AU$1,057,509 (NZ$1,133,814) a 1985 HDT VK Group A SS recently went for, there are still three days to go, so it could well get closer. Although that particular Group A was the personal car of a bloke called Peter Brock, which no doubt influenced the price somewhat.
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Both models have air vents to all three rows, but in the Kia the back seat is ventilated by foot vents, which are less effective than the roof vents in the Toyota Kluger.
Both models have the convenience of an electric park brake that releases automatically if the driver’s seatbelt is engaged.
The Kia Sorento’s cargo hold is generously sized, yet the Toyota Kluger’s boot is even bigger.
According to our tape measure, the Kia Sorento has a boot floor length of 390mm with all three seat rows in position, 1060mm with the third row stowed, and 1940mm with the second and third rows stowed. The cargo hold width is 1370mm.