Cruising Sydney In An Iconic VL Turbo! Hectic Habib Spec

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    Welcome to another Episode of Ross Reviews AU on this weeks Video we go for a cruise in this 1987 VL Turbo! its hectic, its fully sick & i absolutely loved cruising in this piece of aussie history! what do you think of the Iconic Holden VL Turbo...
    Cruising Sydney In An Iconic VL Turbo! Hectic Habib Spec
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Комментарии • 115

  • @pgilb70
    @pgilb70 6 месяцев назад +19

    The VL drove great. Even the non turbo. Wonderful engine- smooth, gutsy. Had a few for work.

  • @shanesmith9356
    @shanesmith9356 6 месяцев назад +16

    Love the VL Commodore. Brings back good memories from 2007 when I had a VL the same colour. Wasn't turbo but I still loved it. I would still have it but was side swiped by a shit truck driver near Herne hill.

  • @steveallen1340
    @steveallen1340 6 месяцев назад +5

    Beautiful spec, not crazy over the top, just a car to enjoy getting around in on a Sunday afternoon.

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely loved it 🔥💪

  • @Antonchigurh69344
    @Antonchigurh69344 6 месяцев назад +2

    How that interior looks like that without a re trim is insane it’s sooo clean !!
    I’d be itching to add a bit more power to it lol
    Those number plates are mad too !!

  • @MitchTube
    @MitchTube 6 месяцев назад +1

    When the VL turbo came out there was a lot of talk about the potential. A bmw mechanic friend bought a VL turbo new. Having no internet he had to play with the setup himself to make more power. Soon it had a set of Simmons wheels, Koni shocks, lowered and we were off to Bathurst. In a time before the licence points system, with legal radar detection and emptier roads it was an epic trip chopping toranas, falcons and even some more exotic bmws, jags etc. Good times 😂

  • @thatguyben3128
    @thatguyben3128 6 месяцев назад +3

    _wow, it’s been decades since I’ve seen a stock looking VL … ya gotta love a cool sleeper ❤️😴 congrats to the owner 👏🏼👏🏼_
    _well done Ross on the find_

  • @bigcazza5260
    @bigcazza5260 6 месяцев назад +12

    "hectic habib spec"
    good afternoon my friends, ross reviews here again

  • @ThanosFromTitan
    @ThanosFromTitan 6 месяцев назад +7

    That intro was fully hectic

  • @pete508
    @pete508 6 месяцев назад +3

    The hectic Habibi VL you reckon mate lol,nah I love VK’s & VL's I actually had a stock VK & it drove like a dream,this brings back great memories as a kid growing up in the 80's in western Sydney,so I really enjoyed this review cheers brother 🙏

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад +1

      Good to hear mate I loved cruising this icon

  • @xstremcarsausz7727
    @xstremcarsausz7727 6 месяцев назад +3

    Nice cruzer great to see another old school aus 🇦🇺car the VL brings back memories when they where new 👍cool bro Vz Glenn 🏎

  • @jeremykinniburgh8254
    @jeremykinniburgh8254 6 месяцев назад +3

    The iconic vl turbo, this one’s gonna be good

  • @dazzashazza39
    @dazzashazza39 Месяц назад

    there was a wheels road test mag back in the day where they had the speedo fully around and of the clock at holden proving ground

  • @dazzashazza39
    @dazzashazza39 Месяц назад

    had a vl for a few years back in the day, that nissan 6 cyl eng was fantastic !

  • @GTRFREAK17
    @GTRFREAK17 2 месяца назад

    The VL will always be one of my favorite cars overall - even before watching Fat Pizza I thought they looked handsome and sounded fully sick! ;)

  • @MegaRetr
    @MegaRetr 6 месяцев назад +3

    Awesome video love it 😊

  • @CurrsedGaming
    @CurrsedGaming 6 месяцев назад +3

    "The cars they have now are nothing compared to this" ----------- Wait and see, people will be saying that about the VF in 30 years.

  • @johncarter591
    @johncarter591 2 месяца назад

    Miss My VL Calais best car I ever have had even though it wasn't Turbo version but with extractors and a homemade cold air intake it went well

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  2 месяца назад +1

      Amazing cars with character turbo or NA

  • @jordanscarreviews6164
    @jordanscarreviews6164 6 месяцев назад +3

    Awesome 😎 VL Turbo review bro 😎.

  • @dubya85
    @dubya85 6 месяцев назад +4

    Fully sick mayyyyte!

  • @Egyptiansoulja
    @Egyptiansoulja 6 месяцев назад +3

    Fully sick bro

  • @WINKERS76
    @WINKERS76 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great video really enjoyed it RR😉🇦🇺👍

  • @jb7591
    @jb7591 6 месяцев назад

    It was cheaper for Holden to source a different motor than to retool for a new local motor. Keeping in mind the Buick V6 was considered for VL, eventually it found its way into VN.

    • @johncameron6864
      @johncameron6864 6 месяцев назад

      GN Buick turbo would have been nice

  • @restotime392
    @restotime392 4 месяца назад

    All jokes aside, 7.6 0-100 wouldn’t feel to slow, id imagine with a tune this would make well over 350nm of torque at the wheels so it would feel pretty quick. If it was manual with a lightweight flywheel, it would be pretty fast id say

  • @bobfrog7
    @bobfrog7 6 месяцев назад

    Caetano Bodyworks are still doing awesome ground up builds. Hit them up if you need high quality work!

  • @ElijahTichborne
    @ElijahTichborne 6 месяцев назад +2

    Hectic as

  • @rafitolamatito8203
    @rafitolamatito8203 6 месяцев назад +2

    What a sic crunt!!

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад +1

      Cornflakes 🤣

    • @rafitolamatito8203
      @rafitolamatito8203 6 месяцев назад

      @@RossReviewsau I had to google the full clip after watching your video 🤣

  • @mydogzty
    @mydogzty 6 месяцев назад

    Got got a morning blue calais in melbourne, just sitting there. Damn fuel system rusted out, fixed the car 3 times over. Would sell it to get in on the crypto. Everyone knows its just hnaging aorund, always asked if its for sale haha guess people just want them

  • @WeveGotBush
    @WeveGotBush 6 месяцев назад +2

    Sic mate sic Subwoofer.

  • @radius4914
    @radius4914 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great video!

  • @SHOCKcustoms
    @SHOCKcustoms 6 месяцев назад +1

    Fully hectic brah

  • @paulllacey1344
    @paulllacey1344 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love how people say vl commodore is a fully sick Holden. Most of it wasn't Holden, was Nissan you Clowns.

  • @brothacompton4447
    @brothacompton4447 6 месяцев назад +1

    What a hectic car

  • @slotxz9859
    @slotxz9859 6 месяцев назад

    Love it!

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks!!

    • @slotxz9859
      @slotxz9859 6 месяцев назад +1

      Think the vl is the only car ive heard u say low power is the way to go !🤣

  • @samartz
    @samartz 6 месяцев назад +1

    So rare to see these days...

  • @trento8397
    @trento8397 6 месяцев назад +2

    😂😂😂 title

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад +1

      Habibi

    • @trento8397
      @trento8397 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@RossReviewsau hectic Habib spec 🤣

  • @rustybogans2508
    @rustybogans2508 4 месяца назад

    In the 90s my mums friends son bought one and we just couldn’t believe it was faster than my mates 253 Vh Well we found out pretty quickly what turbos were and that you didn’t need a v8 to go fast

  • @Peter_T123
    @Peter_T123 6 месяцев назад

    Was this a factory turbo?

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад +1

      Originally a NA but made to Factory turbo specs

  • @ssj3meister
    @ssj3meister 4 месяца назад

    I hate the grey interior 🤮thank god you could also get 'em with a blue or red interior 🤩

  • @chrisnewton2325
    @chrisnewton2325 6 месяцев назад

    I sold a factory vl 5 speed turbo in 2011 for 3 grand 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @markspin4596
    @markspin4596 6 месяцев назад +1

    They handle like a bucket of shit unfortunately...

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад

      It’s a cruiser that’s almost 40 years old what you expect

  • @WarmGlassOfBatteryAcid
    @WarmGlassOfBatteryAcid 6 месяцев назад

    Yuck.

  • @riz984
    @riz984 6 месяцев назад

    "hectic habib" cringe.change the name of this video.

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад

      No I’m good he’s funny as

    • @riz984
      @riz984 6 месяцев назад

      @@RossReviewsaugronk

  • @elmin2323
    @elmin2323 6 месяцев назад +1

    Shit box

    • @cl9_616
      @cl9_616 6 месяцев назад +2

      You probably drive a NPC ass car

    • @elmin2323
      @elmin2323 6 месяцев назад

      @@cl9_616 ye not a old rust bucket modded ruined shit

  • @coopsnz1
    @coopsnz1 6 месяцев назад +1

    you in sydney come to chatswood in northshore on sunday i meet ya to drive my 99 gc8 sti

  • @mrporsche4236
    @mrporsche4236 6 месяцев назад +5

    The non turbo vl auto did 100 kmh in 8.1 the turbo auto 7.2 the manual turbo 6.4. Just for the record. The were beasts

  • @J.W.F.
    @J.W.F. 6 месяцев назад +4

    Beautiful VL! I'm a Ford guy like you, but I'd love to drive a VL again

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад +1

      You should! I really enjoyed it

  • @seanmac3666
    @seanmac3666 6 месяцев назад +4

    Nice clean example and set up - great cruiser!

  • @jamesaustralian9829
    @jamesaustralian9829 6 месяцев назад +4

    The good old Lebanese Lamborghini

  • @philip4193
    @philip4193 6 месяцев назад +3

    These came out when I was finishing high school. At the time the VL Turbo was the fastest Aussie-made car in current production and did 218kmh from memory on the test track (my wife's Mazda SUV is probably faster than that these days) and was quicker than the 5 Litre V8 versions at the time . I was driving a '78 Torana back then and absolutely lusted after these things.

    • @Lotus-S70
      @Lotus-S70 6 месяцев назад +2

      I reckon it would've been the gearing that held the VL back, if you look at 90% of cars before the 90s they didn't have proper highway gearing unless they were German, slap in some new diff gears and a nice stretch of road and I reckon a VL T would hit 230 or a little higher

    • @johncameron6864
      @johncameron6864 6 месяцев назад

      What are you taking about man, the speed limit is 100 it's all about how quickly you get there 👍​@@Lotus-S70

  • @jrbuch
    @jrbuch 6 месяцев назад +1

    Our family had a dark blue VL Executive sedan back in the day as a family car. Lots of memories in that car. It was written off when an EL-GT Falcon failed to give way to my dad, who was towing sheet metal in his trailer at the time. The VL was written off, I don't think the EL-GT fared any better sadly (Bet the owner of the Falcon felt like a goose)

  • @victorpeirce4753
    @victorpeirce4753 6 месяцев назад +1

    *Fuly Sik Sub Woofer Mate!!*

  • @jaradrockley
    @jaradrockley 6 месяцев назад +2

    Another wicked video man 😊loving the Aussie cars on this channel ✌️

  • @mrdoiii
    @mrdoiii 6 месяцев назад +2

    My father had a brand new one in 87 . Dark blue Berlina non turbo

  • @OLDS98
    @OLDS98 6 месяцев назад

    Thank for sharing another Holden. You two are right. They have got away from building cars like this. It is interesting years later Oldsmobile had that front end styling on its cars. It is all GM.

  • @wtfisthis2316
    @wtfisthis2316 2 месяца назад

    "Back in the day this thing would have been an absolute rocket" 😂😂😂
    No dude!! The owner told you at the start, this was N/A until he got a turbo kit done to it. So this wouldn't have been a rocket at all back in the day!! It would have been slow!!

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  2 месяца назад +1

      IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT WAS LIKE HOW IT IS NOW!

    • @wtfisthis2316
      @wtfisthis2316 2 месяца назад

      @RossReviewsau oh yeah if it was factory turbo back when it was made, would have been awesome, but unfortunately the early years was naturally aspirated. Looks and sounds amazing in your video though

  • @Mr-gl1di
    @Mr-gl1di 6 месяцев назад

    What’s the song at the start?

  • @maffuoh436
    @maffuoh436 6 месяцев назад

    that's not the proper dose.

  • @Jaydoss8274
    @Jaydoss8274 6 месяцев назад

    Do an Ecotech N/A pleasee

    • @victorpeirce4753
      @victorpeirce4753 6 месяцев назад +1

      Why bother? Everyone already knows they are shit.💯%

  • @l3n221
    @l3n221 6 месяцев назад

    Thinking of selling my vl calais. What are worth now

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад

      Bad time to sell

    • @l3n221
      @l3n221 6 месяцев назад

      @@RossReviewsau everyone saying to put it greys online auction site. Do you knoe much about the process there?

  • @firstworldproblems6064
    @firstworldproblems6064 6 месяцев назад

    my na fg barra still alot faster

    • @victorpeirce4753
      @victorpeirce4753 6 месяцев назад +1

      *No one cares about your crappy na Barra. VL Turbo much cooler than your drone na Barra pussbucket.*

    • @RossReviewsau
      @RossReviewsau  6 месяцев назад

      And