The Production Process of the HSV GEN-F GTS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Come on a tour of the HSV Production Facility, located in Clayton, Victoria, with HSV Manufacturing Manager, Mark Buckler, as we document the production process for the most powerful performance production car ever built in Australia, the HSV GEN-F GTS.
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AWESOME! I didn't actually know that so much of the car was done by hand! I thought it was all machines that did it ;)
I recommend to anyone who has the opportunity to tour the factory, do it it will be the time of your life!
I feel sad for all the people who lost their jobs...
these cars are works of ART :)
R.I.P HSV GTS😭🇦🇺
This is sad to watch. Had my Gen F II here in the uk for 4 1/2 years! Love it! Gutted they couldn’t of kept the hsv alive! 😢
RAIN MAN
i use to fork for fpv and we use to do the same thing as hsv does to our fords to turn them in to fpv
is HSV going to go like Holden
Sadly yes it did. Wilkinshaw now build stuff for the Aussie market, convert a c8 corvette & pickup trucks (utes)
Hi HSV, Love your work on these beautiful cars. So what will you guys do when there is no more Holden left?
And my GTS is a beautiful car !
'And here finally we get to the dyno test. Here we dyno the car, then get a calculator and multiple the dyno figure by two. This is how we get out badge numbers.'
When do the motors get swapped over??
motors / transmissions / interior arrive installed as they are done by robots
So in the Holden factory they were just like “right this one and that one over there are goin to HSV”
He's being assisted by someone in the correct manner with the proper tools & working to the specifics of the job. Every mechanic or car tech was an apprentice once.
You never know, he's probably better at it than blokes who have been doing it for 20 years.
Where is the track that the car is drifting around?
GlensGraphix maybe Bathurst
I doubt that will happen. Mistakes are made everywhere, but it'd be pretty safe to say that if a steering or suspension bolt was not put in, they'd know about it before the car was sent to the dealership.
I would love to get one of the stock roadworthy Holden's at the start with the LSA in it and take it for a cruise on the street
they should put the LSA motors into the ss and ssv .hmm but then people wouldnt wanna buy the gts anymore ?
+silverss onyoutube your dream came true lols 1 year later
+peter spencer they do not have the LSA in Holden models such as the SS. LSA is available in lower spec HSV now though (Clubsport, Maloo, Senator).
LS3 are now in the SS models. Quite different. lol
Does all the REMOVED parts get sent back to Holden ? What happens to these parts?
He said they put them back with in the build processes ? So basically all the V8 models would get retro fitted with those parts? Which is why the last holden's would have basically 2nd hand parts put on them, but you would not know which parts they are mainly because of the parts have the holden stickers on them, thus not knowing where the part came from other than it was made in SA and date and time of manufacture ?
back in the day they where shipped as a complete statesmans and calais and many many parts were sold off to other companies such as motorfield and eagle, even dealers used to buy the parts to recondition used cars. Used to be able to buy crate motors, diffs, brake sets, wheels, brake pads by the hundred. Around 2010 Holden got there greedy little mits all over it and decided to run their own surplus program.. They charged dealers x3 as much for technically used parts and they got stuck with destroying most of it as part of obsolescence (written off)
The brakes are sent to scrap metal
Suspension is reused
Exhaust is scrapped too
Some bits get sold to spares dealers
so do these come from Holden with the LSA already fitted?
pafalzon in the begining of the video it shows you the cars they get from Holden. You can tell by the front bumper that it is a evoke. They also build the engines at HSV.
pafalzon yes. the engines and transmissions are alredy fitted upon arrival at hsv. so is the dash and interior by the way
InedibleTurnip none of the cars in the video are evokes. the bumpers you see are just temporary transport bumpers. hsv kits are fitted at the factory
Mr Mot It's not that. The evoke body is the shape of a regular commodore. So Holden gave HSV the evoke body's because they are the low class car.
Type in on Google a 2014 Holden commodore evoke and the cars on google will have the exact same bumpers, front ends, back ends and tail lamps as the evokes.
InedibleTurnip wrong. and the engine isnt built at hsv either. its simply a donor shell
Interesting that a HSV starts off as an Evoke
+cjdacka no they start off as SSV and calais spec
+88kwthomas the body looks like an evoke
+cjdacka only for shipping, the wiring and lux level is all ssv and calais spec
88kwthomas yeah but i was talking about the body itself.
+cjdacka They start of as a Calais. Not an SSV. Vin numbers have an X in them, Indicating luxury specification.
Love My VE GTS and they don’t even bother mentioning that they replace the engine
Why didn't the Gen F GTS get the LS9 engine?
+jonmitch2 More pricey I suppose. Titanium internals will set you back quite a bit of coin. I see the GTS-R spec will have the LS9 in it.
Yeah fair enough. Gotta give the young blokes a chance!
But if he leaves a bolt undone on my GTS, there's goin to be trouble!!!
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just why they couldn't put the HSV suspension at Elizabeth ??? oh well I suppose it means work for some guys at HSV..although probly that all adds to the price tag ;/
thats my thought, the whole car could of been built at elizabeth, saving $10,000 + per car
@@man.i.literally.failed6772 If suspension is/was fitted at Elizabeth, it wouldnt have been a 100% HSV-built car. Thats what the customers were paying for: HSV components fitted and installed by HSV using HSV quality control.
And the other reason not built in Adelaide because it started off as a Melbourne business and obviously wanted to stay a Melb business.
Are there any Aussie left in this country? The narrator is a Pom. I saw a Maori an Indian and the like working on an AUSSIE CAR. We are in deep shit.
+Kieron Darcy Can i ask if you know who are assembling the cars at the Holden plants? Arabs, Indians and Asians. And they are all Aussies.....
+Peter Tomaskovic Does not matter; as Ford,GM, Toyota are all closing down auto manufacturing by 2017 in Australia.
+Kieron Darcy That's cos all the Aussies are at the pub.... or surfing.
Do auzzy carry some spl kind of shit inside the other human dont have??? this is GM
What fucking language are you trying to speak you fool. No Aussies don't have anything special. I'd just like my fuckin country back ya tool..!
I'd go try and re-engineer the front of the Grange buy putting Gen-F R8 bumpers, lights bonnet, boot lid etc to make it look better.
So, theoretically, one could have a GTS that looks like a totally stock Commodore on the outside (aside from wheels/brakes)...
LOL 4:51 has a kid reefin on a bolt......yeah I really want my $100k car worked on by a kid!
All the assembly crew are casual labour hire.The only test they conduct to work there is removing and refitting a wheel and brake caliper
Why is there so much removal of Holden parts to only just replace with HSV parts? Seems like a very unnecessary step to the process, time consuming and expensive as far as labour is concerned (and I guess also for just having those extra parts available as stock at Holden). Is there an express reason why HSV must receive 'roadworthy' vehicles? Why not send them over without the tail lights, bumpers, etc?
Because these cars don't just go to Holden HSV in vic. These cars can go any where in the world ready to be re branded as any GM brand. With out changing the process of how its done. I own a Holden WM2 caprice as a P plater and they send my car of the same model over seas as chev SS caprice.
Agreed, it seems like a massive waste of man hours and materials to have to spend time pulling parts off a chassis. Not only does that cost HSV to pull the parts off, but someone at Holden spent time putting them on making the cost even higher. Sure over the course of 1 car it might not be much but over 20 thousands cars or so it is a massive waste of time and money that all make its way to the customers pocket.
I personally can't wait until they shut all this down and they bring the Camaro and Corvette to Australia.
+KillEmAllWithMetal Oh look, fuckwit is here......
+KillEmAllWithMetal fuck off you bogan piece of shit.
They actually remove the brand new standard brake components and sell them for scrap metal,quite hilarious
My Baby was ere ...
Need subtitles to work out what the fuck old mate was saying.....
Lukas David You listen to Lady Gaga, so there is that.
Another Australian manufacturing enterprise basically gone, what are we doing to our industries, these companies including Holden & Toyota are 99.999% run by Australians. It wasn’t GM & Toyota that pulled the plug . It was a government that reneged on comittments made to them by the Australian Government. For goodness sake both companies were spending big time & we all know what happened with our then treasurer having some fun almost laughing in parliament.
What is going on with this guy's accent? He sounds like he was born in South Africa of Scottish/Welsh parents and moved to Oz after about age 7. Is this a regional accent that I've just missed over the years?
He sounds Brummy!! From Birmingham UK & lived in aus for a while 😂
What a waste of production time stripping parts and refitting, its no wonder companies go under like this with inefficient processes, they could really learn something from how Germany streamline production lines and automate.
HSV aren't going under. HSV are an in-house tuning brand but separate from Holden and GM and so they have to do this stuff.
Beat me to it, was gonna post the same thing
Valid point but these cars come ready made from the plant in Adelaide with the plastic bodykits and taillights (that need removing/replacing anyways) - if they try and bypass fitting these components at the initial assembly line, then a lot of alarms along the line have to be manually bypassed making the original process inefficient. The core of the car + its engine is already fitted there + HSV customers would want customised mods to their car.
AMG??? The same as HSV but they do their engines inhouse.
HSV is better than AMG, I'm yet to see an A250 without an AMG kit on it. Holden dealers cant sell a Redline with HSV wheels or body kit. You buy a HSV, you get a HSV. Can't fake it like AMG and M.
I was considering buying one of these, but now I am not so sure. My biggest issue with HSV is that it is just a Commodore with some different parts. Now looking at this I see how much that really is the case. Kind of takes the desire out of the car because it just doesn't seem as special anymore. A GTR is a GTR. It is it's own beast. It's not a pulsar with a quicker motor, better suspension and a different interior and bodystyling. What a let down.
+Chris Fowler commodores have MRC3? HSV EDI? AP racing brakes? when you get down to it they are 2 different cars.. no one his trying to hide the fact that its a Holden
+KillEmAllWithMetal Wow, someone needs to get their meds checked lol. What's your problem you goose? It's a logical statement. You are a different breed of special. What part of Tasmania are you from?
+KillEmAllWithMetal Haha thanks for proving my point.
+61XAA you'd only have to contemplate suicide if you spent 100grand on this shit box.
ease up buddy , bit rich comming from someone who has an FG in his display pic. (not that i dislike them)
All this double handling!!! Now we know why these cars are overpriced!
Thats what the shit all over my Senator is! That white sprayed on crap. Jesus christ, youd think theyd make it a little less noticeable.
The “HSV I just want one” sticker that is on all HSV vehicles (new) is stupid.
I’m no rocket scientist but if you are driving around in one then the chances are you own the car, right? So imo (and tell me if I’m wrong) the sticker should say
“HSV I’ve got one”
I think if you own more than one that you get
“HSV I’ve got two”
“HSV I’ve got three”
I actually worked at this factory and used to say that 😄
The sticker doesn't make sense
A better sticker would be 'I don't want one'
If you knew how bad they were
I couldn't understand a single word he said.
he sounds like he is african .
He is from Birmingham England.
Birmingham with quite a few years of living in Australia. You can tell his accent has changed a bit.
Hahahaha heaps of Korean made parts on these.
And Chinese
I can buy a new Merc for $60-70,000 with more and better features...these cars are for bogans
Yeah but Merc's are taxi's in other countries so Mercedes isnt an exclusive brand.
Besides you aint gonna get a new V8 Merc for $60 - 70 grand.
@@wizzard5442 not an exclusive brand YOU FUCK WIT...get stuffed, mercs cream on holdens
@@man.i.literally.failed6772 Whoa! Did I wake up mate? From a wet dream?
With your attitude and vocabulary (lack of), you wouldnt be made welcome by the Mercedes Benz fraternity.
@@wizzard5442 YOUR NOT MY MATE! keep dreaming about HORRIBLE SHITTY VECHILLES
Youre literally watching a hsv video just to complain, go get hard ons over mercs on another channel
I was going to buy one, but now they are leaving countries for China. So I will buy a BMW.
tim smith Thats true. Even the Toyota Hilux will be made in Thailand.
Holden is leaving not HSV...
Ryan Walkinshaw has stated that HSV will stay. Looks like we will be getting the 2018 Chevrolet SS after all. It's Buick not Buiek.
tim smith I sat in a new VF Commodore, it literally stank, the plastics so cheap and the leather steering wheel felt like plastic. Cheap and nasty, also the salesmen at Holden are low class. The next day they stopped selling the VF as it has a massive seat belt recall. They are rubbish.
tim smith Dont get me wrong, Commodores look great , go great. But I sat in one and i must say the Fords feel better. The seating position is better in the Commodore but when I buy a car I like that new car smell not a toxic pong as the Commodore. Also the trade in valuations Holden offer are rubbish. I had the cash ready to go but didnt like the feel of it inside. I am waiting for the next Model Ford. Or even a Golf GTI despite the reliability issues. Try sitting in a VE Senator it already feels ancient and so will the vF, holden just dont have the pinnache of the old Torana XU1 and HQ's etc. They feel like a Taxi.
No matter how much shit and glitter you stick on it...its still a Bogandore...about a $60k overpriced one
Exactly but these Neanderthals worship them
Ok .... you should keep driving your KIA then dude .... LMAO
@nathanbunning2128 don't own one...next question??
what shit boxes lol
I inherited one of these as a Company Car...WORST CAR ive ever had/driven...it literally fell apart and there was just NOTHING good about it and handled like a Cat on Wet Lino...i was seriously surprised at how bad it was and thankful it wasnt really my car and i wasnt the one that payed for it...Needless to say.....it got traded as Soon as it could be at 80k on the clock...
Shit that never happened^
No wonder they went broke. What a stupid setup.
your a fucking idiot
+Stroker 357 Maybe. Although, I'm not the fucking idiot who builds a car in a factory,of which fits things like wiring looms and provisions for items that are going to be fitted to the car not long after,spending time bolting shit ontop of it and to it,to have the whole lot taken to another factory that i'm paying for to have time spent again pulling things off and putting things on again for no reason.
The fact that the car is setup for export,then goes to the hsv factory is a bullshit argument.
That massive corner could have been cut off and many hours and dollars saved.
Any buiseness running like that will run into the ground pretty quick.
I love Holdens and have several of them. SS ute and a calais international.
The fact that this method of doing the hsv's is double handling nonsense
makes me shake my head, and i'm surprised.
you know what fuck it there gone end of next year. its sad but nothing we can do
+Aiden Powell Do you know anything about product manufacturing? It is cheaper for Holden to ship those Commodores with no change to design as it doesn't interrupt their production line and process. Any altercations to the design and product assembly process WILL cost more money for HSV (as Holden aren't going to take the hit for a process HSV wants), which will in turn cost the CONSUMER more money as HSV have to make up that money from somewhere. How is that so hard to understand? Don't go criticising a successful business when you have absolutely no idea of what you're talking about, especially as HSV is still continuing on after the Holden factory closes to work on other Holdens that are imported into the country.
+ParkerYoungOfficial I can critise whatever i like. I'm entitled to an opinion, i watched the video and thought the process was a fucking stupid one.
Being an hsv owner,probably like a few guys here i dont think i was the only one surprised at
how much isnt done at HSV, and the fact that you're essentially paying for them to be removing and replacing parts rather than them actually building the car, which for years i thought was the case,
or more so than it actually is anyway.
Went for a ride in a 2016 GTS LSA VF HSV IN OAKLEIGH YESTERDAY. Very disappointed. Shit performance from the LSA MOTOR. Crap cheap interior. Felt no torque at all. Vz r8 clubsport is more fun to drive. Would not pay 100k for a rubbish car like this. 70k max.
Great story.
Its a fkn true 1
Not more than a stroked 408ci u fucking cockhead with 525 fwkws
Steve Ricardo Then its not a fair comparison is it you backward simpleton.
Its like me saying awww yeah, new GTS is gutless, was on the back of my brothers postie bike and it had heaps more torque.
Then when called on how spastic that is to say i explain the postie bike has a hayabusa motor on NOS in it.
Also the new GTS only runs around 9PSI. You can get them to 580KW with just a boost pully, injectors and header change and a map.
If your brothers flogged out meth mobile had its standard LS2 in it he stroked then get ready for blow by, piston slap and the thing to shit itself real soon.
408 cranks in standard bore pull the piston skirts too far out of the block which leads to it being unstable.
You throw a bigger pulley on the new GTS and it will drive around Australia on the rev limiter and still not have an issue.
Its also got an air to water intercooler.
Yep shard dealers can throw cash at a flogged VZ rig for sure but they cant buy a new one without a few questions being asked by the government.
For those wondering what a VZ clubsport is worth, throw it into google and get ready to laugh.
Its a built motor u fukwit. Better forged parts. Better value for performance. U r a bogan who drives a datsun