Tus $80,000 Secret Holden Colorado V8 uas yuav luag mus rau hauv kev tsim khoom: HSV SportsCat super ute yog lub hlis deb ntawm chav ua yeeb yam hauv pem teb, ntaus tawm cov lus xaiv Ford Ranger Raptor V8.
Tsis ntev ua ntej HSV SportsCat V8 yog vim nkag mus rau ntau lawm, GM coj Holden hom offline.
Flash rov qab mus rau Lub Ib Hlis 2020, thiab cov lus xaiv txog qhov muaj peev xwm txhim kho ntawm lub Hoobkas tau pom zoo dual-cab Ford Ranger Raptor V8 tau nce ntxiv. Peb puas paub me ntsis tias HSV yeej nyob rau tib txoj kev thaum lub sijhawm nrog SportsCat V8 nyob hauv Holden, Colorado. Qhov tseeb, tsuas muaj ob peb lub hlis ua ntej tso tawm.
Tau kawg, ib hlis tom qab, General Motors (GM) tsis tsuas yog tshaj tawm tias nws tab tom txiav Holden hom hauv Australia thiab New Zealand, tab sis kuj tseem muag Colorado cog hauv Rayong, Thaib teb rau Great Wall Motors (GWM). Thiab nrog nws mus rau txoj hauv kev ntawm kev nthuav tawm SportsCat V8 ntau lawm.
Yog lawm, niam txiv tuam txhab HSV Walkinshaw Group thawj zaug tshaj tawm nws cov phiaj xwm muag SportsCat V8, ceeb toom tias lawv tau siab heev uas qhov kev pom zoo zaum kawg los ntawm GM tuaj sai sai ua ntej Holden qhov kawg ntawm kev tsim khoom tau tshaj tawm.
Tab sis SportsCat V8 tsis yog Colorado V8 HSV nkaus xwb tsim, raws li nyob rau hauv qhov kev pab cuam zais cia yav dhau los ob peb xyoos dhau los, lub tuam txhab tau xa cov qauv ZR2 los ntawm cov tsis yog North American Chevrolet Colorado thiab ua tiav kev hloov kho lub cav loj.
Zoo li SportsCat thiab nws tus qauv 2.8-liter turbodiesel plaub-lub tog raj kheej cav, HSV coj Colorado ZR2 thiab nws lub Hoobkas 3.6-liter ib txwm aspirated petrol V6 thiab hloov nws nrog rau tiam Chevrolet lub 6.2-liter ib txwm aspirated V1 LT8. Camaro 2SS kev ua si tsheb.
Lub Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8 yog nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev mus ua ntau tshaj li ib tug qauv.
Tus qauv rau-ceev 2L6 torque converter tsis siv neeg kis tau tus mob los ntawm SportsCat thiab Colorado ZR50 kuj tau hloov los ntawm 10-ceev 10L90 thiab yim-ceev 8L90 los ntawm lub thib peb tiam Chevrolet Silverado tag nrho-size pickup thiab Camaro 2SS, raws li.
Rau Colorado ZR2 V8, tag nrho-log tsav system (nrog rau cov ntaub ntawv hloov cov iav qis) tseem ua haujlwm nrog rau kev xauv lub hauv ntej thiab nram qab qhov sib txawv, thaum lub ncua kev kawm ntawv tsis hloov, txawm hais tias ib tug switchable version ntawm rear anti-yob bar tau ntxiv. tom qab hauv kev txhim kho.
Txawm li cas los xij, Camaro 2SS kuj tau pub nws plaub-piston Brembo nres calipers rau Colorado ZR2 V8, thaum SportsCat tau txais nws 18-nti alloy log thiab av nkos log tsheb.
Thaum lub hom phiaj rau SportsCat V8 yog kom nws tuaj yeem ua Holden Colorado los ntawm Thaib teb thiab tom qab ntawd rov kho dua ntawm Walkinshaw Group qhov chaw hauv Clayton South, Victoria nrog rau SportsCat li niaj zaus, dab tsi yuav dhau los ntawm Colorado ZR2 V8 tsis meej. .
HSV tau tham nrog GM kom ua tiav qhov engineering kom Colorado ZR2 V8 tuaj yeem muab rau hauv North America, lossis tej zaum kuj "remanufacture" nws rau sab xis muag muag hauv Australia thiab New Zealand, tsis hais hauv zos lossis txawv teb chaws.
HSV SportsCat V8
Hais lus rau CarsGuide thiab lwm yam xov xwm lub lim tiam dhau los, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Pawg Walkinshaw tau hais tias, “Muaj cov kev pabcuam uas peb xav kom xaus.
"Thiab lawv tej zaum tam sim no ntau dua ntawm cov kev pabcuam tseem yug menyuam uas tej zaum peb yuav tsis xaus rau tam sim no vim yog GM kaw (Holden hauv Australia thiab New Zealand).
"Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb uas peb yuav txhawj xeeb txog thaum peb tsiv mus rau hauv kev tsim khoom."
Walkinshaw Group General Manager Rick Percold tshaj tawm qhov no. CarsGuide cov lus tawm tswv yim los ntawm HSV cov neeg siv khoom ua rau muaj kev txhim kho ntawm SportsCat V8.
"Peb tau ua haujlwm hauv V8 lub cav ua lag luam (thaum lub sijhawm Holden Commodore hnub), yog li cov neeg siv kawg tau zoo li, 'Peb puas tuaj yeem tau txais qee yam uas muaj lub cav V8 hauv nws?' nws hais.
Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8
“Kuv xav tias nws yuav yog lub khw zoo. Nws tsuas yog hmoov tsis zoo thiab kuv xav tias lub sijhawm tsis zoo rau peb, vim tias peb tau siv sijhawm ntau hauv kev tshawb fawb thiab txhim kho theem ntawm lub tsheb no kom tau txais nws txoj cai, teeb tsa txoj cai, yog li ntawd Holden hmoov tsis tau raug kaw ntawm no hauv Australia. ".
Mr. Perchold tau hais ntxiv tias HSV tab tom txiav txim siab rau SportsCat V79,000 MSRP nyob rau hauv thaj tsam ntawm $ 83,000 txog $ 8, kos npe rau tus nqi qis kawg ntawm $ 10,000 dhau qhov kev ua yeeb yam zoo li SportsCat SV nrog rau qhov kev npaj ua ntej ntawm $ 1000-2500 units.
Txawm li cas los xij, qhov tseem ceeb ntawm SportsCat V8 tshwj xeeb yog qhia los ntawm lub phaj mounting nyob rau hauv lub hood ntawm nws tus qauv ua tiav nkaus xwb, uas nyeem "Last True HSV". Thiab txhawm rau ua qhov taw tes tiag tiag, nws tau ua tiav hauv tib lub Panorama Silver raws li lub cim VL Walkinshaw ntawm xyoo 1980s.
Interestingly, Mr. Perchold tau hais tias tus tsav sab laug Colorado ZR2 V8 "muaj peev xwm" pab GMSV cov ntaub ntawv kev lag luam los ntawm kev nthuav qhia tus tsav sab xis Chevrolet Colorado uas tau raug kho dua los ntawm Pawg Walkinshaw los zaum hauv nws cov plaub tiam Silverado lineup.
Nws tau hais tias "Qhov tseem ceeb, [Colorado ZR2 V8] tsuas yog ua kom pom qhov peb muaj peev xwm ua tau, txawm tias nws nyob hauv lub tsheb loj, uas peb tuaj yeem tsim tau qee yam zoo li ntawd," nws hais.
