2002 HSV Senator Signature VY 5.7L V8 from Australia and New Zealand
Summary:
Beautiful car
Faults:
Very little. The premium brake package is very very powerful, but prone to warped discs, which is annoying.
Headlight performance wasn't impressive until I upgraded to xenon globes.
Front sway bar links failed - normal problem. Cheap to fix.
General Comments:
I have now replaced this car with a VE Senator after the truly decent run I had out of the VY.
The VY was comfortable, very well equipped, and totally reliable in the time I had it. It required normal servicing and a battery in 3 years and 60 odd thousand kms.
Coulson seats were superb. The VE seats don't come close.
The transmission could have been smarter, but did the job.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 23rd March, 2011
6th Sep 2012, 02:04
Dudes, I just bought the Senator because it had the one of the best Vette engines made, but after going through Lewis Pass and just driving around, it's going to be very hard to go to ANYTHING ELSE LMAO. But once I get mods done, watch out woohoo, and plus I know for a fact 300000 miles is easy before fixing anything, as it's the same base engine they use in Chevy pickups, and mine lasted 320000 before I needed to put in a fuel pump LOL.