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[Dr Terry]

The metric system confused them. To the point that the 253 should have been badged as a 4.1 (but they didn't want the V8 to be the same size as a Ford 6).

If you think that was bad, what about Ford.

In XT they badged the 302 V8 as '5.0 litre'. In XY they went back to inches with '302'. In XC they went metric again, this time the 302 was only 4.9 litres.

I guess this was probably so the public didn't directly compare it to the Holden 5.0/308 which was a better performer.

BTW, for EB to AU the 302 was 5.0 litres again.

Dr Terry