I've been um'ing and ah'ing over a VE Maloo for a while now. Had a drive of a VZ R8 (Still 6L) Maloo a while back and gave it a flogging, no where near as sure on the road above about 140 as a rex and floates around a bit when you go further, but was still fun. There just not as sharp in general, but the torque is bombed, any corner, almost any gear foot down and happy times!!! (With T/C off of corse
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Cornering is nothing like a rex, however modern commo's can be made to handle very well. New active suspension in the GTS would be good to test out.
From mates and general talking to people who have driven/own the VE's they are much improved over the older models. I'm yet to drive one but will soon.