Australia's Craziest Car Yet Will Come With Corvette ZR1 Power
GM is killing off the Holden Commodore next year, which will mark the end of Australian car production and Holden's performance brand, HSV as well. But the Aussies are not going down without a bang. Oh no.
According to Motoring, HSV's last product will be the fastest, loudest and most expensive car Australia has ever seen, called the GTS-R W1. Limited to about 250 units, the W1s will start off as standard Commodores built in Holden's Elizabeth plant, but then shipped to HSV's Clayton shop, where they will be upgraded with the LS9 engine and the Australian-developed Supashock dampers instead of the MRC magnetorheological ones you get in all go-fast GM cars. The Supashocks are straight off Holden's racing Commodore VF Supercars.
The keep things simple, the W1s will come with massive AP Racing steel brakes instead of carbon ceramics, and a six-speed manual, because the product is essentially a four-door Corvette ZR1. Power figures are unknown at this point and will depend mostly on the local noise regulations, but knowing HSV, there's a good chance that the GTS-R W1 will produce more than the ZR1's stock 638 horsepower and 604 lb.-ft. of torque in the end, somehow, unofficially and all.
It will also look wilder than this, the ClubSport R8 LSA:
Hat tip to Carscoops!
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