The Aussie Car America Wanted! This Is The HSV VZ R8..
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Welcome to another Episode of Ross Reviews AU on this weeks Video we check out this 2005 HSV VZ Clubsport R8! only sold in Australia & New Zealand these cars are rare and bloody incredible! powered from an America LS2 they are RWD and come in a 6 spd manual.. all i can say is, i want one!
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One of the toughest looking cars ever made by any GM subsidiary worldwide let alone just Holden.. love it 💪
100% 😈🇦🇺
I'm always a Holden supporter not mater what even when they release the beast Chevy camaro I love the the looks of the camaro front rear and front it would shit all over the ugly mustang
Holden quality parts are more SUPERIOR than GM lol
Lol sad. very sad. me i think the Commodore sedans are ugly and toughest GM car is the Holden HK Monaro HK-HG in fact. then A9X Torana. LC 2 doors etc.
Forgot to say even sound like a pile of shit too.
There’s something special about the VZ. It’s not old, it’s not new, but somehow it’s just cool. Can’t beat it. 👍🏻
Amen brother the mid 2000s were the sweet spot
Yeah definitely if you see the amount of concept vehicles they had around the VY/VZ range. Probably Holden’s last crack at staying in business really. 👍🏻
Yes, same here in NZ ... even the 6s (fuck alloytec) people are buying them up and modifying them co they're affordable
Love the body kit!😎
I’m a ford /fpv guy , but the vz clubby and senator are my favourite Holden’s for sure ! Definitely the sexiest year model for Holden ☺️
The VZ range was the sweet spot eh
I’m a ford guy as well and I totally agree with you this model is one the best
nah Ve and Vf are better
@@nathanielpillar8012 ur a casual
@@justarandompersonontheinte5044 Indeed. I am a very casual person.
At this point I feel it’s important that all ford and Holden peeps from Australia band together to just love all the great cars our brands made
100% brother that’s me n what I’m trying to do 😅 love em all
Well said Cobba, both are gone now, and we can now all agree that we made some killer cars with strong competition between both.
Definitely! I love both
Lol. Its just a car. We got sick of these cars in Australia, hence there is no local car industry left. Holden and ford v8 cars were the most annoying cars on our roads. Annoying sounding, driven by small dick accident pr8be knuckle heads and just a plane nuisance.
I mean engine wise, nothing else after that as chassis and designs were done here in Australia. And I mean we just like make sleek small cars with big power. 😢 rip to the Aussie car industry shall be the greatest time of our existence.
Always loved the VZ. I’m sure it’ll go 0-100 quicker, but when you got a manual LS2, who cares! Great review Ross👌
That’s it eh! Manual is the way with these cars
No auto is quicker down the quarter my buddy blows stick shifts away on the track yes 6speed but street driving and drag racing go auto the boxes are basicly tricked out vet boxes when ya talking vz clubsport or Maloo utes I know my shit more then this guy bro I don't even own one but Ive seen wat they do to other commodores and Ford's and jdms even a lambo lol but I admit the guy in the lambo was in experienced and couldn't shift for shit this review made me lol the guy seems to sound like his reading a script dam no joke he should be talking this model up way more there engines are so powerful and the combo is so perfect changing even a cam or messing with the specs can make the engine lose power 🤣my buddy was told the only sensible next step to adding power is a turbo or supercharger don't mess with the engine specs for such a smooth cam it's pushing out so much power close to 400hp with numbers like that auto is the way to go lol he raced a 6speed every gear change my buddy pulled away 1 car length down a quarter 3 or 4 car lengths is a big diff in time down a quarter a 12 sec pass against 13 both factory standard not even exhaust mods I know my shit bro
Manuals are better on most cars
Agreed I have a ve calais ls2 auto trans and it's a bit sloppy imo
Fkn oath nothing like a manual ls they crack 😂😂
Car looks in excellent condition. Sounds amazing. Performance is as expected solidly in the 6’s with its contemporaries from Ross’s other reviews:
WH Supercharged LS1 statesmen - 6secs
VF HSV Ute Auto - 6.02secs
VF HSV Clubsport tuned manual 6.08secs
AU S/C Ute -6.17 secs
XR6T Ute manual - 6.12secs
BF F6 - 6.18secs
VZ cam and bot ons - 6.20secs
E3 Senator - 6.34secs
VZ Club R8 - 6.4secs
608hp VE S/C Ute - 6.58secs
HSV VY Senator Auto - 6.68secs
2005 BA FPV GT - 6.8secs
XR8 Ute manual 6.85secs
Dragy is a brutally honest performance tool. Doesn’t provide the ‘safe space’ that dynos provide.
Was in very good shape.. not to shabby for a manual LS2
Don't stop making these videos the content you put out is awesome. Love ya work mate
Thanks mate 🙏 appreciate the support
Love this particular model, could’ve purchased this model in the Maloo for $17,000 about 4 yrs ago..... have been kicking my own arse since.
Oh man that would have been a good deal.. love a VZ MALOO too
One of your best videos man, I am a ford guy like you but this thing really dose give ya goosebumps haha
Thanks so much mate! Glad you enjoyed it
Very clean VZ, Ross. Sounds great too. I agree I’d like to own one as well. They sure have gone up in value our the past 2 years. Thanks for the great review.
Really great example eh😍
@@RossReviewsau aye not eh. Love the content by the way 😆😆
VZ HSVs are meant to be driven not hidden . Beautiful car. Great review once again. 👌🏼
They sure are mate! Glad you enjoyed it
When they came out in 05 I fell in love with the aggressive lines the car had but could never afford one new...
I brought 1 5 years ago for 15k and today is insured for 45k with 280k kms on her
You bought at the right time! Wish I could have got one then also!
Ss or HSV? No way you got a hsv for 15k
@@GregoryShtevensh hsv mate.
When I brought her she had 157000 on the clock with another 125k put on her in just 2 years.
Since buying her I've given her a closed door respray and has pretty much sat in my garage since with her only coming out for the odd owners club meetings.
She wasn't a perfect example by far hence the respray but is still original with no mods or factory options.
@@Mr83rt wow awesome buy mate! I dont think many have nabbed one at such a good price
@@GregoryShtevensh yep, the prices were in the gutter 5-10 years ago... was a great time to pick them up.
Best looking holden/hsv ever made, arguably even better looking than a VF clubby.
I myself have a 2006 vz ss 6.0 L76 weekender, and fk me do i love it. I can only imagine the smile on that blokes face when he walks into his garage and sees that yellow hsv parked in there.
Yup 100% the VF is killer but I still love the VZ the most
Love the yellow and black it really set's it off.
Best looking commy ever made I reckon.
💗 Love it.
100% agree
My brother owns a 6.0 vxr monaro I took it out for a few hours and enjoyed it smiles per gallon, that sound is unreal
pure happiness
I'm a ford man, but these are very nice. I'd own it no probs at all. I loved the vx clubsport in the dark green. sexy!
Love the VX also’ very sexy 💦🤤🇦🇺
@@RossReviewsau mate these vids you post are awesome but it makes me just scratch my head and think we had the best v8 sedans in the world imo here in Oz and we let it all go.
Absolutely hearing you. I traded in my 16VFSS Redline for my dream boat 08FGXR6T.. Had 13000km on the clock and unmolested and not driven for the previous 5 years. Tasteful mods gave me 340kw and my forever car.. Having said that, the noise that SS made ❤️
Yup the Barra is a beast on boost but to get the best of both you really need both
I live in Mackay North Queensland and remember one early morning out in Mornanbah and the shift changes at some of the mines was taking place - literally the cars going past me were HSV, HSV, FPV, SS, HSV, FPV and so on - the car park was a car show of hot ford and Holdens
Sounds like my kinda people 🤣
The best looking R8 out of all models are the VZ. What a beautiful car. Great review Ross, was a pleasure watching this one.
My absolute favourite hsv 🇦🇺❤️
Manual leather and sunroof what a rig
Yeah I’d have it next to my BFT
Perfect pairing eh
Good to see you enjoying this beauty! It's insane how rare it is to see them out and about now, so sad. I have a vz maloo and got a mild cam, otr and tune and it literally completely changed the car, it isnt the fastest but god damn is it a fun car
Your spot on mate! Not about the speed tho really! Even tho they still haul ass! But that noise and running your gears is so special
I was waiting for this one 🤤 i remember being on the bus to school leaving frematle going past the hsv dealer and seeing these things new, burnt in my brain they always hit the eye just right.
Such a good looking car! Even to this day!😍
@@RossReviewsau it suits you as-well
I got my vz clubbie 7 years ago, wish I had of spent an extra 5 g and got the r8 manual. Still love my clubbie even in an auto
Def would have recommended that but can’t complain eh! Throw a quick shift in it
That's a magnificent looking sounding HSV.
But I prefer the Maloo utes
I may be a little bias but I just love my VY S2 R8 manual Maloo ute in red and cant see myself ever letting her go.
The yellow and the red are my favorites
I’d kill for a MALOO in this spec
Totally agree with the VY Series 2 HSV R8 Maloo
Even rarer than the VZ and absolutely beautiful also.
I remember when these came out, it was all about the 297 number and race to hit 300, everyone wanted a 300kw car then they went 307 and it was like utopia
Tbh they might as well have said it was 300 🤣only 3kw short
@@RossReviewsau Crazy to think the VZ series was (minorly) less powerful than the GTS's from VTII to VY and no one really batted an eyelid.. I also think they were so invested in E Series that they wanted to keep that 300+ number for them. Try and hunt down a VX Senator 300, that's my personal dream HSV, all the best bits of the Senator and VX GTS rolled into one rare combo.
@@XeKToReX0 I think the 300kw badge in the LS1 s was bullshit tbh don’t think they actually had that hsv was known to overstate their numbers a lot
VZ is definitely the best looking model out of the HSV lot 💯💯💯
Bloody nice car 🤘🤘🤘 Aging really well this beast 😲
Great review brother as always 💯💯💯❤
Cheers Ali!
Too true ... HSV kinda lost the plot with styling after the VZ
the exhaust, the intake noise. brings a tear to my eye
So good 🥲🇦🇺
I just bought my first v8 (vz ss)
Back to this video just to listen to how I want mine to sound
Thank you again for showcasing how a car should sound @@RossReviewsau
Great video mate this is my friends car! Matt and I go out for drives and car shows together I also have a VZ Clubby loved seeing his car on your channel what a great review!
Thanks mate! Matt’s a legend n the car is so good 🤙😈
Bloody nice looking car, im Ford through and through but the VZ is definitely the best looking Holden in my opinion 👌 Yellow on black always looks so good too.
The VZ is the peak of hsv looks for me 🔥👀
Fuck it looked nice with the tail stepping out and the 6.0L roaring. I had to rewind several times and each time my "grin" just grew bigger!
Loved that shot eh😈🤩
Damn how beautiful is that thing,best shape and best colour and not many made in devil,and your right I'm holding onto mine for life
Good job brother! She’s a keeper
Dream car right there. Devil yellow. Leather interior & sunroof 🤤
Yup perfect spec
One of my all-time favourite Holden colours... Great review 👍
The yellow is so good 🥵❤️
Love it, I've owned 3 barra turbo's but I would swap all of them for a VZ Clubbie, Maloo etc
Fair call.. love my typhoon but even still the VZ is magical
I owned a Fusion VZ CLUBSPORT from new for five years and that was my favourite colour with the next best being Devil Yellow.
The VZ CLUBSPORT was a great drivers car and a great cruiser.
Boy do I regret selling my VZ CLUBSPORT now.
I am debating whether to get a VZ CLUBSPORT R8, VZ Senator or a VE Senator Signature just for it’s collectibility.
Definitely a car to hold on to! Would love to have been here when these first came out! 🤤👌
I've still got my Fusion R8. Love that car
Man that LS2 sounds insane. If only I had the chance to drive one, I'd put my foot down and let it RIP 😬
You gotta love the noise eh!
nice clubby i like them with the calais tail lights like this one needs a otr to top off the engine bay tho & add a few more kW
Icing on the cake 🍰
As a New Zealander... HSV's and AC/DC...👏👏👏 Greatest Australian exports.
Sadly one no longer exists unless you have the ticket price.
They both go well together too🇦🇺🚨👏
I just adore the VY/VZ shape.
Best shape!
I would say Holden and hsv are Australian 🇦🇺 incredible natural aspirated cars with grunt supercharger not turbo
They are great Aussie machines
yellow and black best colour combo plus the noise is a dream car
So damn hot eh
Got a Vy r8 manual can’t beat the 6 spd 🤙
The best
Vz clubby/senator is peak. Agree with your opinion. Always wanted one, was the first time being in a hsv was one of these 💪🏼
Def the peak of there good looks eh! The VF is nice also tho
Those VZs club sports didn’t come with 3,7s like the others the auto and manual both had 3,45s 6 speed boxes had different ratios to the VY and earlier so they made a change to final ratio
Thanks for sharing man.. wasn’t sure on the differences
Mint as absolutely superb VZ Clubby Johnny,no wonder you were lost for words lol she's a dream car that's for sure & hats off to the owner it looks bloody brand new,loved it man as usual thanks bro.
Was a true legend to throw me the keys and keep his car this clean
Agreed the VY is a bloody nice looking Commodore!
🤝🇦🇺
i'm glad he feels the same i love my vz it's not a HSV but i have a HSV body kit looks aggressive and awesome
Thanks brother love a VZ
What happened to all these early/mid 2000s clubsports and SS models? 2005 feels like it wasn't too long ago, but I hardly see them around anymore in Sydney. Did everyone lose interest and sell them when the VE came out? or did they simply garage them when Holden shut shop? Same thing with turbo JDM coupes, all but vanished from the street once they started appreciating. I guess with the release of SUV and dual cab after dual cab updates every year I didn't realise how long ago we left the last performance car period.
They are mostly all garaged now n only come out on occasion sadly
up in queensland its even harder unless you go to a specific event based around aussie cars or classic car meets or you go to willow bank lakeside or queensland raceway for powercruise. hard to see an old school muscle car driving around on the street
I agree John I have a black typhoon bf same as yours and if I had a Holden this is my favourite looking rig
The best of both with a VZ 🇦🇺👌😈
One of my favourites on my car list, I’d like one in Red or black
👌👌👌
I have a VZR8 with 110000 k s have had for 12 years l think the best HSV ever made will be keeping till the day l die
Nice work hold on to it!
This is a Gorgeous Car. This is definitely our equivalent to some of the European V8s like the Audi S4 or C55 AMG.
What's annoying is these R8s are super expensive and even a base model commodore or Berlina with a manual gearbox goes for like 10k or more
absolutely love this car
@@RossReviewsau definitely the best car Holden made.
fuck i love the shape of the y's and z's it looked awesome going sideways around that bend
Such an iconic shape eh
Definitely a nice car wouldn't mind one myself but personally in my opinion the VF was the best looking HSV
I love the VF but I can’t look past a VZ like this idk 🤷♂️
I miss my VZ Calais. Great car which never gave me one issue. That platform had been around since 1997 and by the time the VZ came along, Holden had it down pat.
Love any VZ 🥵👌
A 2009 ls3 vxr8 is my dream car.💙
👌👌👌
Growing up as a teenager I always wanted a Maloo in that exact colour
Love a MALOO
Poor americans missed out alot of not only auzzie v8's but classic japanese sport cars for many years.
They missed out on so much 💀🥲
I recognise the Appleton Dock area in Footscray since I love both cars and trains
Was not a bad spot
I need black rims on mine. Love your passion about my favourite car too.
Thanks brother
@rossreviews, I’ve got a VZ Calais immaculate condition I’m going to start working on, LS1 Supercharged.. long story short, you’ll be hearing from me 🔥
Keen 😎😮💨
Thats gotta be one of the toughest, meanest looking cars in history man...
Agreed 😈🇦🇺
definitely the best looking hsv made
Agreeed 💦👀
My wife bought me a '07 VZ Clubsport for my birthday and had it worked by Walkinshaw (supercharger, short shifter, brakes, clutch, coil overs ect) ...... now pulls 515kw and 1010Nm with only 120,000km on clock.
Unfortunately it's a once or twice a year driver, far too expensive to run with today's fuel prices.
She’s a keeper! That amazing
Lol Johnny, you always wanted a VZ. Same colours as the old XR8 too 😜
Yup you know me well🤣🇦🇺❤️
My favourite is the VF the last of the clubsports such a shame they stop making them here in Australia 💔🥺
They are my second 😭🇦🇺
Shout out to all the VZ owners out there.
I got the Tander version. No 16
Love a vZ
i love vz's. they're such a good looking car.
So good 🥵🔥
@@RossReviewsau vr and vz are my favourite shapes.
Nothing better then a tuff sounding v8 clubby 💪💪
This is the car I wanted lol! I have the ls3 VF SS which is better now... but back then, this was it... the ls3 does 570nm but about the same HP
Love the VF but still my heart goes to the VZ for HSV
Man almost the same as mine just as a HSV would look good next to each other for sure props to the owner
Now that would be a Mint comparison eh😍
Do it Ross get the VZ, lol they are the best of that era, but keep the typhoon
I’ll keep the typhoon 🇦🇺😈 but I hope one day to have both
holy shit that car is actually just straight 😩😩😩😩😩
🔥🔥🔥
can really tell you love this one hahaha great video bro!!
One of my dream cars
Love ur vids mate well done ✅ keep em coming 👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks bro! More to come 🙏
They have and always will be my favourite
👌 agreed brother
The home page on your channel at the moment says 297 videos......that's a sign brother, you gotta get one😁
🤣 that’s a crazy coincidence eh!
@@RossReviewsau a Typhoon and VZ R8 would make a bad ass garage brother
Sounds fkn mint bro. I would throw in a rough af lumpy cam in it.
Yup def need a lumpy cam n she’s sweet
Yesterday in Newport QLD Aus I saw a 1947 Ford.I think the model was Super deluxe that 47 ford sounded nice but not as good as that HSV VZ R8 definitely not as fast and that HSV.I also just wanted to let you know I subbed to you and I love your video your the best car TH-camr I’ve seen in a long time!! Does that HSV have brembo brakes??
Thanks brother 🤙 appreciate the sub and kind words.. I think the got AP breaks from memory not brembo
looks like a vauxhall calibra with 4 doors
Your best vid mate.
I cant stop watching .
Glad you enjoy it! This was a fun one
Devil yellow has to he the nicest yellow ever put on a car.
its HOT!
@@RossReviewsau These, the R8 Maloo and the VZ GTO are god tier for sure.
you just can't beat a yellow devil vz hsv. I have a vz maloo yellow devil it always snaps heads.
I owned a Fusion VZ CLUBSPORT 4speed auto from new for five years, so that is my favourite colour with the next being the Devil Yellow.
The VZ CLUBSPORT was a great drivers car and a great cruiser.
Boy do I regret selling my CLUBSPORT now. I am debating whether or not to get a VZ R8, VZ Senator or a VE Senator just for it’s collectibility.
Offf I love them eh! Love a good MALOO
dude your accent is going to change soon cause you say the word bloody with such aussie perfection
Thanks mate 🇦🇺🤙🤣🤣🤣
Thought I recognised the area in the beginning! Hope you had a good time down here mate! 🤘
Had a blast cheers mate
Agreed, VZ is the best shape, Love my Senny 👌
👌 the best
We really need a review on the HSV GTS R W1. Emotions will be red lining 🤣
Who’s got one I can drive 🤣
@@RossReviewsau anyone out there??? need to know more millionaires 🤣 there’s a fare few advertised on car sales, wonder if they want some free advertising? I ain’t got 500k 😩
@@lulurobot2065 lets hope one day eh mate
I haven't been watching cars vids for a while; concentrating on other things. Good to see Ross 'The Boss' "Rhea" still going hard.
Still cracking 😅📸
Love it. Looks and sounds sik!! That would look good next to my car!! Best colour 😜 keep up the great work jono. 💪💪
Hey what’s wrong with Simmons ????🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nothing wrong with Simmons 🤣 just like these wheels a lot! 🤤👌
Gotta love the VZ R8.
So good 😈
Time when HSV was flying high... Good old times !
They were so good in the mid 2000s
Love the VZ such a great car
The best Holden’s
This would be my dream to travel Australia to drive HSVs and FPVs
They are so damn good!
Well get ya arse over here, grab a beer get some thongs and Enjoy Cobber!
Ok I've watched few of your video but you got me on this, gotta love the old V8 rumble.
Will subs now.
Keep us entertained👍👍👍
Appreciate the sub brother 😈🙌
Legendary 🥹🥳👏🙌
So good eh
Definitely my favourite car.
It’s a keeper
GM USA shut down the Pontiac branch which is Holden GMH, they did some kind of deal with a global platform, which saw the Aussie car racing at NASCAR but not every even sharing the chev name and sharing half of the amount of races with an American model Chevy.. apparently shut Holden down making cut backs from when GM went bankrupt.. or as I say it best, us GM didn't like being shown how to make the best chevy s, aussie Holden fans are so loyal and love Holden so much it's literally deserted the Holden people's sole purpose
Hey Ross,
I have Build no 1 HSV VZ if you would like to do a review. 6 speed manual with all the extras
Absolutely mate! Can you send me a message on fb or instagram
Love the video bro and all other vids you've done the only thing about this video bro is if you had of really snapped it into 2nd you definitely would have taken off between half a second to 1 second off. I know it's not your car and you probably were just taking it easy with gear changes that's cool 😎 👌🏼 👍🏻 anyway keep up the good work bro wish I had your job 👍🏻
Cheers.. yes I do take it a little easy on manual cars just outta respect but still put a decent number down I reckon
I was very nearly thinking meh but at least it's a manual and not a fairymatic
I call them slushboxes 🤣