The original Ford ute won thousands of Aussie hearts and inspired ... Of the dozens of hotted-up Commodores sold in Australia, the final HSV GTS-R W1 stands tall as the crowning achievement ...

A Holden Commodore ute (shorty for utility ... However, the version up for sale is the rarer still Maloo built by HSV, a company that for decades built high-performance Holden cars until the ...

Under the bonnet of the HSV GTS is a 6.2-lutre V8 which generates 430 ... styling along with an all-new interior. Like the new VF Commodores set to be launched this month, the HSV range will ...

While the regular GTS-R was offered as a ute (left) or sedan (right), the W1 was only available with four doors. Picture: Supplied A handful of HSV insiders had an opportunity to buy an even more ...

A one-tonne tray-back ute was a new addition ... got the 6.2-litre engine HSV had been using and plenty of love from the engineering department, and emerged as one of the best big, rear-drive cars you ...

Pictured here is the uplevel Monaro GTS in sedan and coupe ... spacious pickup bed, this Ute—launched in 2000—was offered with V-6 and V-8 engines; Holden's HSV high-performance subsidiary ...

For more information contact Holden Customer Care on 1800 632 826. The safety notice affects HSV VF Clubsport, HSV VF Maloo and HSV VF GTS.

This is a ute I don’t hate driving. It’s not an HSV Commodore, but the steering feel is good, it turns without tyre squeal or excessive front-end push and there is no sign of the dreaded rear ...

Another last-of-the-line rarity is the VS Series III Maloo, HSV’s final model powered by the venerable 5.0-litre Holden V8. As the ute version of Holden’s all ... “I bought the first ...

If the GTS badge didn’t clue you up, HSV has shoehorned the same LSA 6.2-litre supercharged ... thanks in part to its terrible rear visibility. Combining the VF ute’s high tray and the Maloo’s thick ...

Holden Special Vehicles has been with us since Tom Walkinshaw replaced Peter Brock’s HDT in 1987. Three decades after its founding, HSV is about to launch its baddest road-going car yet.

Holden’s optional showroom 5.0-litre fuel injected V8 delivered 165kW and HSV’s version matched it with 180kW. Today’s base-model Holden Commodore Evoke offers 185kW from just six-tenths of the engine ...