Holden Special Vehicles
Holden Special Vehicles ( HSV abbreviated ) is an Australian manufacturer of high performance automobiles, exclusively on the basis of Holden models.
History
HSV was founded in 1988. The company is jointly owned by Holden and the Scottish ex-racing driver Tom Walkinshaw. As a precursor company can HDT ( Holden Dealer Team ) shall, after the Australian race driver Peter Brock stood and the 1987 dispute aufkündigte partnership with Holden; Cause was a built-up of HDT " polarizer ", improved performance and fuel consumption of the car allegedly.
HSV presented the first model in March 1988, SS Group A SV, a four-door sedan based on the former Holden Commodore VL, originated from the 750 pieces.
The work was initially located in a newly built factory near Melbourne, but due to the unexpectedly high demand soon became too small. Therefore, HSV moved in April 1995 to a nearby building that had previously in Nissan possession.
The HSV version of the Holden Commodore VE presented in 2006, is offered in some Arab countries under the name CSV ( Chevrolet Special Vehicles ) CR8.
The success of HSV prompted Ford Australia, in 2002 to provide a tuning department with FPV similar blank on the legs.
Models
Since 1988, HSV offers in Australia and New Zealand uprated cars, which are based in most cases on the respective major Holden models (in rare cases, also developed variants of smaller models, such as the Holden Astra, which in 1988 still on the based Nissan Pulsar, or the recently VRX ). It used and HSV all used body styles offered by Holden: four-door sedan, coupe, wagon and Ute.
With the changes to the engine, suspension and brakes always go upgraded décor, and by special rims, spoilers, etc. associated to athletic trimmed look.
Mostly provide tuned variants of the engines used by Holden, namely a 3.8 -liter V6 and a five-liter V8 for the drive. These developed HSV mid-nineties even a 5.7 - liter version of the V8 with longer stroke. More recently, we also used the six-liter V8 from the Chevrolet Corvette as the starting point.
The body design of the HSV models came from 1991 to 2001 from the pen of Scottish designer Ian Callum, who designed among other things, the Aston Martin DB7.
The majority of the production traditionally are variants based on the four-door Holden Commodore, mostly in Clubsport version. There were HSV versions of the coupe Holden Monaro. A special segment of the market cover the HSV- utes from, mostly marketed under the name Maloo. Finally, there is also your own variants of the Holden Statesman and Caprice flagship model, mostly under the name Grange offered.
The quantities of each model move generally between a few dozen and several hundred copies.
In spring 2008, the HSV program included the following models:
- Clubsport R8, 6.0-liter V8, 307 kW ( 418 hp ) (Basic Holden Commodore ), also 20th Anniversary Edition
- GTS 6.0-liter V8, 307 kW ( 418 hp ) (Basic Holden Commodore )
- Senator Signature, 6.0-liter V8, 418 hp ( base Holden Commodore )
- Maloo R8, 6.0-liter V8, 307 kW ( 418 hp) ( based Holden Ute )
- Grange Signature, 6.0-liter V8, 307 kW ( 418 hp) ( based Holden Statesman )
- VXR, 2.0 - liter four-cylinder turbocharged, 177 kW ( 241 hp ) ( Identical to Opel Astra OPC / Vauxhall Astra VXR )