My son in law just bought one this spring. I think the model is a Commodore, a Chevy Malibu body with a corvette engine.
Let me guess. Thousands of well-paying Australian jobs outsourced to China.
Closing factories and killing the secondary economy surrounding it and importing low IQ immigrants by the boat load. Yes, how smart.
Didn’t know this was in the works, kind of disappointing. Holden seemed to have some good influence on US GM products every now and then. Recall the last run of the Pontiac GTO was based on the Holden Monaro. Think the Chevrolet SS may have also?
The Chevy SS was imported from Australia. The Aussie Union killed the auto industry.
Holden together with baling wire
And the legendary FJ....expired in a pool of it's own oil
However...the latest would do me fine:
The Holden Commodore, now with Corvette ZR1 power
You know the drill; this is Australia’s Chevrolet SS, but with extra dinkum courtesy of Holden’s in-house tuner HSV. Underhood is GM's 6.2-liter supercharged LS9 V-8 from the Corvette ZR1, producing 635 horsepower and 601 lb-ft. At hand is a six-speed manual. Along with short gears to maximize liftoff, plus biggo brakes from AP Racing, the GTSR W1 has motorsport-spec adjustable dampers from Australia’s SupaShock instead of typical magnetic-ride suspension.
Add to that a wider stance and a set of Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires, and you’ve got a sort of Camaro Z28 with room for the in-laws.
Holden says the GTSR W1 will get from 0-60 in 4.2 seconds, and span the quarter-mile in 12.1 seconds. But with all that track gear, this potent alphabet souper will shine on a racing circuit.
