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Report: 2010 Audi Ur-Quattro Draws Nearer To RealityHSV HAS CONFIRMED it will be bringing in a raft of new changes to its E Series lineup, which comprises the Clubsport R8, GTS, Maloo, W427 and the Statesman-based Grange and Senator.
The major upgrade will be a multi-million dollar exercise for the Clayton-based manufacturer and will constitute a comprehensive revamp of its range of performance [...]
WORD ON THE STREET is that Holden Special Vehicles will be bringing in a number of cosmetic and mechanical changes for its E-Series range of performance sedans in the near future.
A key component of these changes consists of mechanical refinements to the 6.2 litre LS3 V8 used by the E-series range, which should see power [...]
FOR THE MOST PART, your garden-variety LPG system isn’t synonymous with tyre-smoking or track days. HSV would like to change all that; its engineers have been busily working on an integrated LPG system to add some environmental and ‘hip-pocket’ benefits to its high-performance catalogue.
The HSV system, dubbed LPi (liquid propane injection), takes an advanced [...]
Auto shifter into sport mode, ease off the brake, right Blundstone to the floor and… WOOOOOF!
Yes, HSV’s fourth-gen LS3 has the grunt to turn even the most stubborn of non-believers into cubic inch converts. It’s one hell of a mill.
And if you get a chance to stretch it out behind the wheel of the Clubsport [...]
If you’re one of the moneyed-up few who’ve got little compunction about paying AU$155,500 for HSV’s self-proclaimed ‘Aussie Supercar’, the W427, then you’d better hurry up.
Holden Special Vehicles has announced that prospective buyers have until April 28 to place their order for one of the 375kW V8 monsters, before the books close for ever.
“We announced [...]
Opel’s tuning division OPC has put the iron to the Insignia, if evo magazine’s spy shot of a performance-tuned version is anything to go by.
While specific details are thin on the ground, the performance version of Europe’s Car of the Year will supposedly make 238kW from its 2.8-litre twin-turbo V6, sent to the ground via [...]
With HSV having capped its W427 program at 200 units, reports indicate that Holden’s performance division is now looking at introducing a new ‘halo’ model to take its place. Little is known of the proposed vehicle’s details, but if our information is accurate then HSV will be looking to price the range topper at the [...]
HSV chose the 2008 Sydney Motor to launch two new models – the ’40 years of GTS’ and the Senator Signature SV08.
First appearing on the HK Monaro in 1968, the Gran Turismo Sportivo (GTS) nameplate has been part of the HSV range since its return to the market in 1992 in the form of the [...]
HSV CEO Scott Grant has resigned from his role at Holden Special Vehicles, having spent just 14 months in the top job.
The sudden move by Grant was confirmed in a statement released by HSV, which referred to Grant’s resignation as being “effective immediately”. The statement also confirmed that Grant will be returning to Sydney, where [...]
When the covers first came off the HSV W427 at this years Melbourne Motor Show, the limelight was stolen by Holden’s Coupe 60 concept. The first production ready 7.0-litre LS7 powered HSV sedan ran a distant second to the sexy new coupe in the level of interest that was shown.
But that has all changed today, [...]
HSV have announced the arrival of their R8 Tourer, basically a Clubsport R8 version of the soon to be released Holden Sportwagon.
Details are scarce, with HSV yet to release specifications and pricing or even an image of the rear of the Tourer.
With the entire E-Series HSV range recently being upgraded to the 6.2-litre 317kW [...]
Autoexpress are reporting that HSV’s W427 will be heading to the UK, where it will become the high-priced headline act alternative to the VXR8. We were lucky enough to see the W427 at its Melbourne Motor Show debut and while first appearances might fool those not in the know, it is under the hood where [...]
Last year we saw a mint example of a 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III set a new sale price record for an Australian car, a massive $750,000. Not bad you might be thinking. Well, that record has been comprehensively smashed with the $920,000 sale of a Monaro based HRT 427, one of only two [...]
HSV have today announced their move to 6.2-litre LS3 power, a running change that they will be introducing to their E-Series and WM Grange models. Production of LS3 powered HSV’s is underway and they will be a feature on dealers lots from April onwards.
The upgrade will see the ClubSport R8, GTS, Senator Signature, Maloo R8 [...]
Holden Special Vehicles unveiled their new W427 at the Melbourne Motor Show last Friday, the car they claim is the final instalment in the company’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
The W427 is finished in the same Panorama Silver as the car that started it all for HSV, twenty years ago, the original Group A SS VL Commodore.
HSV [...]
Once again Holden and HSV have trumped the opposition at the 2008 Melbourne Motor Show. First the covers came off the oft rumoured, much anticipated LS7 7.0-litre powered VE based hard charger. No, its not being called the GTS-R - HSV have dubbed it the W427 and then the Coupe60…more on that next.
HSV are suggesting [...]
Could the new VE Commodore based Pontiac G8 include an LS3 Corvette engine option? Well, the folks over at G8GT.com seem to think they have the evidence to suggest that it will. Pictured above is a pic posted from GM’s inventory controls website and the LS3 appears to be an option.
Holden and HSV fans are [...]
It would come as no surprise to the average Aussie car enthusiast that bold pictures of HSV’s and FPV’s on the covers of our local car mags does more for monthly circulation figures than pretty much anything else – such is the popularity of these brands amongst the everyday folk.
In the lead-up to the 2007 [...]
By now we all know that 2007 was a bumper year for car sales in Australia with the magic one million sales mark being surpassed for the first time ever. It was also an astonishingly successful year for Holden Special Vehicles who recorded the best ever year of sales in the company’s history, with a [...]
Here’s one for the Aussie readers - well actually anyone interested in a Corvette engined, Australian built sedan being sold as a Vauxhall in the UK. Jeremy Clarkson takes the Vauxhall VXR8 (HSV Clubsport R8) out to the Top Gear test track and after the usual array of lurid slides and tyre smoking shenanigans determines [...]
The car that we were all hoping HSV would bring to the Sydney Motor Show was the rumoured LS7 powered GTS, instead we were confronted with the nice but kind of boring (in comparison) 20th Anniversary model.
Well, HSV have been beaten to the punch by the guys over at Corsa Special Vehicles (CSV) in Melbourne, [...]
HSV fans should get ready to go a little weak at the knees with this report. First pictures of GM’s LS9 engine have become available and its basically a supercharged 6.2-litre LS3. Destined for the Corvette ZR1 the new mill is tipped to produce a very handy 485kW/650hp. Being a somewhat simpler solution to the [...]
Despite record high petrol prices and world wide panic surrounding carbon emissions, just over 25% of all new Holden Commodores are sold with V8 engines.
Holden’s performance arm HSV has more then enough reason to celebrate 20 years in the business this year, with thanks to all time sales records been broken for the last twelve [...]
HSV’s E-Series Clubsport R8 has recently been spotted in North America and the Middle East sparking speculation over possible new export markets for their V8 performance range. We now have unofficial confirmation that HSV will be shipping the R8 to the Middle East or at least thats what the GM Middle East 2008 product list [...]
One of the stars of the Sydney Motor Show was HSV’s new Maloo R8. While the 20th Anniversary Clubsport was a let-down the Maloo R8 was the opposite and garnered plenty of attention.
Part of the HSV line-up for more than ten years, the Maloo in VE guise takes the concept of the sports utility to [...]
Possibly the most eagerly awaited unveiling in Sydney it was also the biggest letdown. We saw the countdown timer on HSV’s website and expected big things. Maybe an LS7 powered ’something-or-other’, or at least an E-Series sporting an LS2 with more mumbo. What did we get…a brown (light Tan…?) Clubsport with 307kW like all the [...]
Holden Special Vehicles took the wraps off their brand new E-Series Maloo earlier today at the Sydney International Motor Show. Powered by the same 6.0-litre LS2 V8 as the rest of the E-Series range the Maloo will be a huge sales success.
Absolutely stunning looking, this incarnation of the Maloo promises to be the best [...]
Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is set to take on Bathurst in a big way in 2007 with a convoy of five white commemorative HSV ClubSport R8s descending on the town next week - and as you can see from the pictures the folks on the mountain are unlikely to miss them.GALLERY » 20th anniversary e [...]
Big statements and bold claims are often made in the car industry. Some are proven correct while the majority usually fall somewhat short of the mark. This time its HSV’s turn – our home grown performance car manufacturer has placed a rather ominous countdown timer on its website and claims to be counting down to [...]
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