American Learns about the Aussie Holden HSV Maloo Ute
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As an Australia, I can clear some stuff up for you...
The Maloo at 5:31 is the regular Maloo, based on the Clubsport R8 LSA. Its official name is the Maloo R8 LSA. It was the only Maloo in the GEN-F2 range, making 410kW (550hp) from an LSA. (The Clubsport makes the same power.) That was until the GTSR range came around, which added the GTSR Maloo.
The GTS was HSV's central and normal model, and until 2015, was HSV's flagship. The GTS and GTS Maloo both made 430kW (576hp).
The GTSR (and GTSR Maloo) came around in 2015, as a revival of an old special edition variant of the GTS from the mid 1990's. Essentially, the GTSR got upgraded over the regular GTS, the most obvious is the more aggressive styling. You also got an extra 5kW, making it HSV's most powerful car ever at 584hp... or, at least until the W1 rolled around.
2017 was the very last year of Australia's car industry. Since HSV is HSV, they wanted to go out with a bang. So, they decided to take the GTSR and turn things up to 11. The result was the GTSR W1, Australia's fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car, _ever._ Instead of an LSA, the W1 got an LS9, churning out 636hp. It got beefier brakes, Pirelli P-Zero Trofeo R semi-slick track tyres (it was the only car in the world at the time to come standard with them) a full alcantara interior and steering wheel (the regular GTSR had a combo of alcantara and leather), and a whole lot more.
Sold in 2017 only, the W1 was meant to be four things: Good around a track, fast in a straight line, exhilarating to drive, and to be a proper and final send off for the legendary Holden Commodore. The locally made ones, anyway. As a result, it'll do 0-100km/h in 4.2 seconds (keep in mind its a 6-speed manual, with a 1st gear that tops out at 98.5km/h) and'll do the quarter mile in 12.18 seconds. It was also quite expensive... it cost $170,000 AUD back in 2017. Not cheap.
Only 295 W1's were ever made-275 for Australia, and the remaining 20 for New Zealand. There were also 3 road legal prototype tesing cars that were later sold.
Heck, fun fact-the badge "W1" actually has a meaning. The W stands for Walkinshaw Performance, a long time teamwork partner in HSV's history, and the 1 representing the fact that it was the #1 best car ever made by HSV, and in Australia in general. Even rarer is the W1 Maloo-only *_FOUR_* exist, which were converted by Walkinshaw-they took four GTSR Maloos, ripped out all of the normal stuff, and installed all of the W1's stuff. The ute in your thumbnail is one of those four-there was also a red one, a grey one, and a white one.
Sorry if I rambled on for a bit, there was just so much to talk about-particularly about the W1. If you've got any questions, just ask me.
awesome
I was Australia's youngest Holden Dealer during the golden Torana days, I will never forgive GM for not exporting Holdens to the U.S. to get commercial volume. They could not accept that Australia could build great cars with some better than they were building because we had passion and the US GM had bean counters.
Exactly in America they make shit Holden think they can re badge our cars
Really beautiful cars mate. The engineering was second to none. These were the best cars to come off the showroom floor. RIP Holden. Great program champion👍
Glad I could at least get my hands on the black edition ss. Fun and comfy... though I miss my old ssv redline ute and wagon.. the ute was crazy fun and the wagon was amazing for the family and dogga
Only took 39 years to get the Commie right. Why do things get canned just when they're good?
When he says "Now more than ever I just want one" he's referring to Holdens long time tag line they used in all their advertising across the range "I just want one!"
Nice catch 😎
@@IWrocker th-cam.com/video/topo8CopcTc/w-d-xo.html. Thats the guys youtube channel, hes "gives away" more cars you'd might like to see
@J S You're right, but I meant HSV
@@IWrocker Another champion reaction mate,but fair's fair.
It's time you reacted to ford Australia's FPV range.
Who know's,you might even find a Ford you like? ;)
@@bct8881 bwahahaha....
the only good ford is a dead ford.
Fixed Or Repaired Daily
FU#$ked On Race Day
Found On Rubbish Dump... etc
I could go on.. but I'll leave some the other commenters ;)
The viper came to australia in 2003 as a Chrysler Viper RT/10. It came as a RHD converted by Viper Performance in Melbourne and 1 per state was released to the 5-Star dealerships. They were sold at a price of around $275,000AUD. No other viper was sold from a dealership. All others are imported.
Thanks, i never knew that, Andy from Adelaide
An owner's story of other imports
th-cam.com/video/_7A9csGAbXE/w-d-xo.html
I know where one is.... Looks mint.
I know of about 7 in WA. And a Gen1 sits in my driveway ;)
A yellow, a black, 2 reds, and 3 blues. I saw the Aus one in person in the dealership (it was a red), never seen it on the road or since.
I still never seen one...thanks for that.
Dude as a full Aussie that’s a car guy watching this is honestly so awesome, like at some point you’re gonna have to come over to aus and experience our culture and car culture cause seriously it’s amazing
My Dad had a panel beating business. I was born a Holden Girl and I'll die a Holden girl. Before I die I'd love to own another Holden HQ Ute. 🖤🖤🖤
Is that because your Dad had to fix heaps of Holdens?
@@WArockets No that was his profession but I grew up in a family that owned Holden's. Holden Statesman, Torana's, Commodores etc etc. My Dad specialised in fixing vintage cars he was a magician he never used bog always welded patches. I was very proud of him. Many of the cars he refurnished won awards. 🖤
@@WArockets haha
H.oles, O.il L.eaks, D.ents, E.ngine, N.oises
@@WArockets Fucked On Race Day 🖕🤐
@@doones4649 *First On Race Day
My little brother had a black one. I was lucky enough to drive it. Absolute beast is right! Holden girl all the way. My favourite classic is the EH ute.
@Ed Kelly nice! I bet you had some fun in the back. 🤣
My 2017 HSV Maloo is my pride and joy, VF II is the best car holden have produced in a long time
I have a base model VF II SV6 and love it, can only dream and wish I'd had the money to buy a HSV... cheers :)
Love our Holden’s and HSV. My partner and I own 3. 1997 HSV Grange 215i, 1999 VS Series 3 Holden Commodore S Pack 5.0l V8 ute and a 2011 VE Holden Commodore 3.0l V6 Equipe Sedan
I own a 95 Statesman (which was my dream first car). Would like to 5litre swap it eventually.
A VS Grange and a 2017 GTS-R in Spitfire Green are my other dream cars.
Chevy Caprice, is a Holden Statesman "Caprice". Top trim level for Holden. HSV is a performance level, and a trim level above (all models).
A friend had a Maloo ute and sold it to a bloke for over $30,000. The bloke drives off quite happy. With 10 minutes my friend gets a phone call and the bloke asks him if the ute is still insured. and the answer was no, it was cancelled as soon as the sale was complete. He had put it through a fence and written it off.
A HSV GTSR W1 Maloo sold at auction in January 2021 for a record price $1.05 million
Lloyds Auction currently has the W1 ute 001 and it's predicted to go even higher than the one LMCT+ got.
They even have the original VS GTS-R 001 for auction in the same lot.
It's basically our 'weird flex' vehicle. Always boldly displayed at the car dealers' and the occasional interesting spectacle on the road.
Whole bunch in my area in Canberra. They are big on the R8s be they wagons or utes but only like 4 sedans.... bunch of petrol heads... the end of the week I call Fryday, because that's the night all the boys go out and fry a set or two of tyres
@@jaredking380 I haven't seen as many maloo's around Canberra in the last 12 months, could just be cause of covid though, also haven't been seeing as many Commodores in general.
@@zXennVS yeah the bug has kept a heap of cars at home... that and with not being able to buy more means people are not running them as much, loads of them are now living life under a roof being loved and cherished .... heck I am even trying to keep my kms down... I want to look for a daily now so I can wrap my girl up and look after her...... she's still under 100,000kms.... might look for a ve to go with the vf
Its hilarious though , because drivers would cruise around trying to look so cool, where as most pedestrians were thinking . 🙄 its just a holden you absolute flog
As a Holden Ute driver I can confirm; 98 octane only. They love it, better for the motor & better mileage for the $. The motors love boost too, without a supercharger or turbo you can hear them sucking air through the filters.
Ian... I am a passionate Ford person (especially our own Aussie Fords which differ greatly to the U.S. stuff) but I do love many Holdens too .. The older stuff especially . The HR Holden , the HQ , mainly . The VF Commodore was a beauty and sold in the U.S. as the Chevy SS as you'd know . Very sadly the Maloo Utes were never sent to the U.S. but they can be obtained via a clever importer in your country ... They have a real following and are beloved by those who know them in America . The Ford utes are amazing too . The equivalent Ford product would have been the XR6T and XR8's..XR6T being for Turbo and man are they rocketships . Also the FPV (Ford Performance Vehicles) utes and cars of course...
Those Turbos are probably the best engines ever developed in Australia.
The Holden one tonner was also very popular....they had the alloy tray (flatbed)
There is no sound like the sound of a sporty v8, love it. Oh and the best colour is red because everyone knows red ones are faster ha ha
You know it 👍😉
I'm getting in to your channel bro I love Holden I have had a few myself.. and I'm from NZ (New Zealand). We are in to Holden and Ford down here to
You Kiwis love your cars. Seems to be more amateur racing over there too.
@@maxfish4770 they do mate. They love their turbos too. But alot of my kiwi mates are vigilant Ford fans
Same mate. I dig this channel. Ian great reactor
The HSV Senator Signatures will always be my favourite special vehicle model made over the years!
I have a Ford Falcon XR8 ute. Owned a few v8 Holdens previously too.
An old Aussie favourite! ✌👍🦘🐨🇦🇺
G'day from Melbourne, Australia
Love the Maloos, dont see them that often in Australia either but when you do its a treat!!!
Big step up from the Holden ute I learned to drive a manual gearbox in, a 1967 HR with three on the tree.
Love that black Cadi station wagon you showed us, that looks sleek. 🤙🏼
CTSV Even as a Ford man i still think they would have sold pretty well if we had them here.
You got good taste, they are damn nice 👍
@@Twenty_Six_Hundred I think the ATSV is a nicer looking car compared to the CTSV.
Great video on HSV’s
I would like to point out that HSV built just 4 Maloo GTS-R W1 versions fitted with the legendary LS9, and that had the highest output of any Maloo and that was 474kw or 636 horsepower and 815 Nm - 601pound feet torque.
There are videos out there on this Ute.
I have owned a HSV. I purchased a Brand New 2006 VZ HSV CLUBSPORT in Fusion (Brazen Orange Metallic in the US GTO Coupe). It had the LS2 GenIV 6.0 Litre with 400 horsepower and 530 Nm Torque. I owned her for 5 years, and boy do I regret selling her now…….you bet I do.
The old slogan was “I Just Want One” to “I Just Got One” to “I Just Had One”, that’s me……lol
I now have so such respect for this guy
The maloo is just an amazing machine love it
These things are the flagship of Australian motor-engineering. Nothing will ever fill the void that this car left when Holden shut down.
Video suggestion: you should make a video on ipswich which is a city in QLD and it has a quite interesting history
G'day mate...digging the content...If you haven't seen them, I reckon a cool video idea for this channel would be to react to the original Mad Max movies, especially the Interceptor scenes!
He'll need to find an Australian version as the American versions have the Australian accent dubbed over with a more American accent
@@mattallen2801 yeah mate, true that...the dubbed versions are a travesty!
Mad Max was called Road Warrior in the US.
91 octane is our standard fuel, our premium is either 95 or 98 depending where you go. Great vid, glad you loved this great Aussie icon. They race V8 utes in Australia in the Brute Ute series. Favourite Holden colour is a burgandy/purple colour, not sure of the name of the colour, nearly black at night. 🤙🏼
Same knock rating, different measurement.
It's like mph vs km/h, same speed but different measurement..
their 87 is our 91, 91 is our 95, 93 ron is our 98 octane
@@darianistead2239 cheers, you learn something every day 🍻
Cherry Black was a VS colour that looks black at night if that's the colour you're talking about.
Yup, again Australia getting the worlds dreg quality fuel, at thd worlds highest prices, yep how Australian is that 🙄
@@TheFykle Yeah 98 in Australia is crap.. Built two almost identical vehicles and made much more power on 98 in New Zealand, fuels much cheaper in Oz compared though. Plus, can get E85 at the pump here😁
I owned a VY commodore Ute in the 2000s and it truly was awesome even as standard
Holden also made some very cool panel vans, the HQ being the most popular in my eyes as I owned one fort many years, was also a very popular van for airbrush work and popular in van clubs in shows.
Hi Ian. Have a look at the 1970 Holden concept car that actually exists call the 'Torana GTR X' They also considered a V8 XU2.
They are loud. I'm a Ford guy but a guy in my street has one will wake you up on idle. Easily use as a daily. Absolute weapon.
Ian , you might single handedly force GM to rethink their closing of GMH .
I only have a 2005 VZ SV6 190kw Commodore ,
but I love it and have no desire to sell it.
I've got a VZ HSV Maloo R8, black on black manuel LS2. BC coil overs, full nolathane bushes and OTR. Cam, heads and exaust next. Love it, she's a keeper 👍
As a C7 Z06 with Z07 package owner one thing I still made sure to do was test drive a maloo. Driving on the right side and shifting left handed was so fun!
W 427 is a very rare Car. Dodge Viper no might have been a few here but not sold in numbers.
The Grange/Caprice is what we call the Statesman. The Caprice is an optioned model. The Grange is a fully optioned limited run.
I have a 2001 WH Statesman, in Champagne colour, full leather & woodgrain interior, the 3.6ltr V6 model. And if/when the engine gets tired/blows I’ll drop in a LS1 or LS2.
And have the 2004 VY Crewman Cross8 (4door AWD ute) in Turbine grey, with 5.7ltr LS1. That will one day either get a Harrop supercharger or a new LSA engine.
It was always seen as a competition between Holden and Ford but I reckon the thing that put Holden out of business was Toyota.
I reckon it was cheap imports that killed the Aussie car market.
Government should never have dropped the tariff on imports, we can't compete with countries who pay workers $2.50 per hour and have a safety third approach.
SUVs killed holden and ford ausi business
Now it makes sense back when Advertized on tv ac/dc Thunderstruck - Maloo
cheers
I had a VU Maloo (2001)
Miss it so much!!! Awesome imo
11:07 "RON is the octane measure used globally and it's more efficient to produce and certify. 95 RON is roughly equivalent to 91-octane on the anti-knock index currently used in the United States."
THey’ter such a sight to behold even in Australia. More often than not you’ll see ‘tradies’ driving them on their way to their word for the day, with all their tools in the Ute bay. Carpenters etc
I got to test drive a 2017 VF Ute with V8 engine in late 2017, and it was like driving a cloud it was so smooth.
I can bet GM are kicking themselves.
As an Australian (and a volunteer Fire Fighter) if you want a good video of just how harsh things can get over here I would recommend some of the videos of our bushfires, in particularly the bushfires that impacted Canberra in 2003 or the more recent Black Saturday Fires. These fires and how we fight them vary greatly from the wildfires you have in the U.S. and have become a more savage and yearly event. Indeed the summer months (and now part of spring and autumn months) are regarded as the 'Fire Season' due to the regularity of these events. Its good that despite the chaos in the world at the moment though that both our nations fire services are still able to help each other out with only a month or so ago we sent crews over to fires over there and the U.S regularly send support to the mainland whenever things get rough over there.
Fair enough, but what's that gotta do with a Holden Ute?
Black saturday was as vicious and fast as hell, 2020 covered more area as it sort of mainly covered the east coast, but black saturday was something else, comms were apalling, radio updates dreadful, and resources well exposed very quickly, add 100km winds and 46.3c , all in all there was no chance in hell of even putting a dent in it, firefronts would jump and join, and sperate fires started in areas quit distant to each other and so quickly.
Owned holdens my whole life including 2 utes and loved them. A 5L vs and a 5.7L vz ss both black and slammed on 20s
My first two cars were Holdens and I can tell you they were, hands down the WORST, and most UNRELIABLE pieces of junk I've ever wasted money on!
@@rodneyvanderveen8376 either you had bad luck with a lemon which there are in any manufacturer or like so many others I've seen abuse the hell out of them without any proper maintenance or mechanical sympathy and think they'll be perfectly fine. I've never had any problems with any of the 10+ holdens I've owned over the years.
Really glad you appreciate our performance cars and utes
I see a lot of your American big ass utes / trucks over here more and more everyday. 👍
I have a Vs ute, but it is a long wheel base edition which was extended 3-4foot and used as an ambulance with a pod on the back during the early 90's.
They were discontinued after a few years as they were very top heavy.
Mine was converted back to a 5 litre v8.
Probably less then 100-150 of them left in aus now.
A few years ago I worked for a company here in Australia that was responsible for the transportation of HSV vehicles across Australia. I can remember one time that a brand new HSA R8 Maloo ute was being transported from the manufacturer in South Australia, to a dealer in here in Queensland. Somewhere along that journey here in Queensland, the ute decided part company with the transporter truck. Diving off the top deck of the transporter in to the bus, into
A guy here in Australia had a VS V8 and he had it stroked to a 383 and then he was the first person to twin turbo a car in Australia. He took it Summernats and had a sticker saying 650+ horsepower and he had it on the dyno and got nearly 700. Next year he had 750+ horsepower and everyone took notice and got above that with broken turbo. He then bought a really rear mid engine car and he was going for 1000 horsepower but before he got there he had a 1/4 mile run and they got him to go the opposite way and he hit the concrete wall full throttle. His name is Todd Wilkes look it up on TH-cam another guy I know was filming it and he said you could see him hitting the brakes and they did nothing. You need to look at the XR6 Turbo Ford falcon.
Loving the videos mate, decided to start commenting to show the support from Australia ❤️
Thank you 😊
G'Day Ian ,
Love your channel and your enthusiasm for Australian Muscle Cars which sadly have ceased production in Australia . Have you ever watched the British show that sort of road tests cars called Top Gear , HSV Australia exported cars to England under GM's European badge Vauxhall and a show from around 2008 they road test a
VX R8 HSV Commodore by one of the shows hosts Jeremy Clarkson. Usually these poms (English people ) criticise Australian cars but he compares it to BMW of the same year and stacks up very well worth a watch regards and keep up the good work Mark
I've got a VY Holden SS Ute and I live in the Isle of Man!
AWSOME vid👍love have last HSV VF II Maloo ute but I have 93 VR ute with 5.0lt V8 with 220kw or 300hp. Also had VS III ute with 3.8lt V6 which had roughly 150kw with LSD diff, mpg for V8 was 10.3lts/100kms the V6 was 10.5lts because low diff ratios because towing n carrying loads.
The Caprice PPV is really strange from an Australian point of view. The Caprice was Holden's top luxury model, but what interior the PPV has, is pretty much just base model Commodore.
To answer your question on the Viper, we got a small number of them (can't remember if 2nd or 3rd generation) badged as a Chrysler Viper. At the time there was no Dodge or Plymouth in Australia, so the Viper, Prowler and Neon came here as Chryslers. When we eventually got Dodge, it was just the Avenger, Nitro, Journey and Caliber
In 2014 Chevy badged the Commodore as the SS and there were talks about releasing the HSV Ute in the US as the new El Camino. The Chevy Cruze and Captiva are aussie models exported
Excellent upload mate well done , 93 octane is standard unleaded here our premium is 95 and 98 octane . I actually owned a VR Maloo ute 94 model , i sold it for 23k about 8 years ago . 👍✌️
Interesting bit about the petrol ⛽️
And wow that’s cool that you had a VR!! I’ll bet it was a lot of fun 🤩 and can’t argue with getting good money for it 👍
@@IWrocker Yeah mate it was bloody fast it had a 355 harrop stroker motor , But wish i never sold it as the value has gone through the roof on these things one of many regrets . 👍👌
"I just want one" was a great advertising slogan for the latter years of production..
as a result.. I have 2.. :D
A 2002 VU II SS 5.7 which I've had since 2010.
and a 2013 Series 1 VF Sports wagon SV6 (I think the series 1 has a better front end than the series 2).. I considered the V8, but for more than double the price when I got mine in 2017, it wasn't an option.. It's still hella quick for a 2 ton vehicle (certainly quick enough to break speed limits before halfway through the gearbox), it's comfy like a couch, AND I can use the rear space for hauling 2 metre long things around while also keeping them dry, something the utes simply can't do.
The VU is _almost_ at the top of the list of 'best car I've ever driven'; it's grunty, and will happily shove your lungs through your spine when you stick the boot into it in 2nd as it literally teleports you down the road, has great road holding, and driver position within the car is perfect..
That list includes in no particular order:
A Lambo Gallardo rag top,
an Aston Vantage flappy paddle V12,
a full racing spec Austin Healey Sprite (with a 1.6 corolla, fed by twin 45 Webers, stuffed in the front and a Celica 5 speed bolted to it (that's my Dad's hand-built, 20 year project toy)),
and a Mercedes E350 (like driving a magic carpet)...
with the only car which was more fun being an Arial Atom, which is basically a street legal go-kart with a supercharged 1.6 Honda in the back..
I really lament the closure of Holden, and hope some day a billionaire buys the rights and starts production again, because one by one the remaining Holdens get put into walls and culverts and other cars, (usually at the hands of an idiot with a heavy right foot and no brains), so their numbers dwindle, meaning I'm hanging on to mine..
Come to Australia some time, I might just let you drive them.. ;)
The gtsr w1 also got the ls9 from the c6 zr1. A pretty crazy engine when paired the 6 speed manual in a 4 door sedan
While we’re on this, go check out the V8 ute racing
18:00 That road is couple miles from my house
My wife has a Maloo based on the white VS shown in the video, it’s a 1998 blue Maloo, with the last of the official Holden V8 motors.
Hi Ian, the Holden and Ford Utes are 1ton rated they used to be known as 1 tonners. No Vipers in Aus, except a few private imports Norm in Sydney........
They made 4 limited edition vehicles that were GTSR W1 Maloo Utes. The GTSR Walkinshaw upgrades were only in the sedans due to Holden only having a limited supply of the LS9 V8 engines they were building them with (the same engine that the Corvette ZR1 used), but they did make 4 GTSR W1 Maloos, and they look sooooooooo sick! A 636hp ute!
Holden and Ford stopping manufacturing in Australia was devo (Devastating), especially Holden 😢. But realistically there are still so many utes here, they are as common as bum holes, everyone has one. 🤣
honestly these videos just dont do the car justice. you just have to see and hear it in person. its something else
I had that exact white VS ute in the background piece, broke my heart to sell it, couldn't get a baby carrier in it legally.
Such a great car.
Mate, you use Aussie slang so smoothy and honestly. It is one of the few American tongues that it rolls of that naturally.
You really need to take a look at the greatest Holden never produced, the Efigy. Check it out.
Also your local PD uses a base Holden, it's called a statesman, the equivalent HSV version is a Grange.
The first react channel that is actually good and doesnt just watch a video and stay something once a minute
Watch the Top Gear Reviews..(UK Version)
A great impression of what it feels like to drive.
Cheers
When my son was about 7 he wanted a dirt bike so I bought him a Kawasaki 50 which he started to race. I had a green Holden SS ute , in which we loaded the bike and his gear. He thought he was so cool green bike, green HOT SS Ute sounded awesome. I was only using it to take him to races etc and so decided to sell it and get a bike trailer to tow behind my Red SS Sedan. When I told him I was going to sell it he was about to leave home at 7 because it was his Green ute, to take his Green bike to the track and he only let me dribe it because he did not have a license (at 7). That's how Holden utes affect Aussie boys
He's a good boy.
Please encourage his competitive automotive spirit.
HSV definitely saved the best for last,I miss them so much,just being able to walk into a showroom and see the new models,and accidentally come home with a few,the W1 you seen on the webpage is the fastest production car ever made in Australia,and yeah you were right when you said it's basically a race car
Vale The Australian Automotive Industry.
It was killed off in it's prime.
Just imagine what they would've come up with next.
@@Rob-fc9wg yeah man so sad hey
I wouldn’t sell my Maloo for the world. Such a fun piece of kit. (Built 427LSX with Magnusson heartbeat supercharger)
The Holden SS VF ute set a new world record at the Nurburbgring ;)
I have the wagon. Tripled in value since I bought it 3 years ago. People laugh at me because I run it on LPG but it cost the same as a prius to run.
I love my VE SS ute! They are basically a 2 door muscle car, with a really big boot!
The Million Dollar plus Maloo was a very rare W1 LS9 one to attract that auction price.
I understand bought by a company that specialises in raffling (conducting a lottery) special hard to get cars after they use them for a while.
The super rare W1 supercharged LS9 Maloo on auction sold for $1,050,000 earlier on 30th January 2021.
It was big news on TV and all other media in Australia at the time.
The HSV build date plate of 29/12/2017 might have helped, being a few months after the other last official Holden.
Rare because it was one of four or six secretive W1 Maloo utes limited by the availability of the LS9 motors they used.
Seemed to all be owned by people with very close ties to HSV and not widely made known to potential buyers. So much harder to buy than the much larger run of LS9 equipped W1 sedans that were reported as being sold well over sticker price.
Another W1 Maloo has been announced to be up for auction in the past few days here.
The people who were allowed to buy the original cars look to be making quite a tidy profit if they achieve anywhere near the million dollar mark like the first one did.
At the same auction a Holden sedan of the standard spec V8 SS sedan, but the highest VIN plate number, and so a claim to being last Holden, went for $750,000 at the same 30th January 2021 auction.
Such is the local attachment to Holden before it was destroyed.
I own a GTS Maloo mine is number 61 of 240 built for Australia and yes the kiwis have 10, mine is the only one
in the colour some like it hot a kind of dark red come bronze, great vehicle to drive.
Thumbs up for a manual wagon fan !
Viper was never officially sold here. There are some that have been imported and engineered to RHD.
The viper here was basically "oh you want one? Lemme order one from the states for you, and in 6 months time when its RHD converted you can have it" kind of thing, they didnt mass ship them here it was a want by order kinda thing lol
Both ford and Holden utes are awesome alot of people have owned both.
Kilowatts to HP conversion. 3kw = 4hp.
Divide KW by 3 multiply by 4 to get HP,
Or divide HP by 4 and multiply by 3 to get KWs.
The Dodge Viper was never sold here. Chrysler and Dodge have sent a model or two down here sold through their Jeep dealerships. The 300C, the retro PT cruiser, the Tonka truck Nitro, but never the Viper. I'm not sure but I don't think the factory ever made a RHD model.
the best thing holden did that Ford didn't, was to get rid of the gap between cab and tray and make it a full body ❤️👌
Our wagons, utes and statesman/caprice (holden badged) grange (hsv badged) all have the same wheel base. An yes the chev caprice is the same.
The RAM trucks sold here ( more than 5000) in Australia are imported and converted to RHD by Walkinshaw Automotive Group which is the parent company of HSV which still operates in the same factory and imports and converts to RHD the Chevy Camaro & Silverado.
That was thrilling Ian! I am not really a car person but I do enjoy a beautiful engine. I love power and the Beautiful thunder sounds the Maloo or any car makes for that matter. I had the opportunity a few years ago to buy my dream car, a BMW hatch back in a gorrrgggeous burnt orange, mag wheels, tinted windows...ohhhhhhh all the things! But, not only could my husband not drive it, he is 6.3 and couldn't see passed the top of the windscreen, it was also not as good a car as the V40 Volvo hatchback I'd test drove. Seriously! I loved loved loved the BMW, plus the salesman was lovely whereas the Volvo sales guy I did not like at all, but the drive is everything to me and the V40 had it. Volvo even had the car in Copper (so close to the BMW orange) but not for the Australian market! Stupid! But, I still wanted the V40 Turbo, so with all that you no doubt can see how great I think the V40 is! I even bought a second one, Cross Country V40, after my first one got rear-ended and written off.
The HSV W427 (limited edition) is the top of the range commodore in the VE series with a 7.0 litre, we (Australia) exported the 6.0 litre holden SS to the US and then GM rebadged them as a Pontiac G8, the G8 is not a HSV rebadged its the holden SS, then the VF series- the VF SS is the chevy SS
Holden also did sports versions of the utes and vans in the 70's called Sandman
Senator's, GTSR and Clubsports are my favourites and purple is my favourite colour
If you want to see what I consider the best looking utes ever made, I'd recommend checking out the XW and XY Ford Falcon utes. Followed closely by the Holden HQ-HZ utes.
You just can't beat that late 60's, early 70's styling.
You should have a look at the LC and LJ Torana XU1 gtr, great little cars and also they made an XU2 but it was deemed too powerful so they stopped making it
The LJ GTR XU1 with the 308 was actually incorrectly referred to as XU2. The actual XU2 was what they planned to call the LH L34. The name was dropped due to the same supercar scare that killed off the XU1 V8. That's why there was no marketing for either the A9X or L34, those codes were used purely for production options
They should've put a little 253 V8 in them and built them to love revs.
That would be glorious.
@@timjohnun4297 respectfully Holden made 4 XU2 LC torana before the government said power to weight ratio was too much for a stock car on the roads. Brock done trials in it until government canned production so he dropped a 308 in an XU1 to run with it
@@user-nk5xu5eb1d what you said is correct, except that Holden never called it the XU2. That name was earmarked to be used for the LH L34 but they just stuck to SL/R 5000, to avoid further supercar scares from the government. If you search it you will even find a pic of an LH “XU2”. There was a full article about it in Wheels magazine as well. The xu1 with the 308 had no official name
There are a few vipers over here but not many at all.
They were all left hand drive and converted rhd when they got here.
Majority of them by corvette clinic who did/do a lot of chevs.
Smsp or eastern creek raceway is an international standard race track in western Sydney that was built in early 1990 to have the world 500cc, 250cc, 125cc motorcycle Grand Prix championships, staged there from 1991 to 1996, my favourite race track on a motorcycle , they do V8 supercar drives there , and car drive days the main straight was a drag strip , now there is a dedicated drag strip not far behind the skid pan
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I have a 2010 VE HSV HOLDEN MALOO UTE. 6.5 ltr walkinshaw LS3 that sounds insane. Only 350 ever made.