Holden Special Vehicles Turns 25 with Special Edition GTS - Australia's superior manufacturing business Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) continues the long festivities for its twenty fifth day of remembrance with the presentation of a special edition version of the GTS earlier than a public presentation at the 2012 Sydney motorcar show later in October.
"From day one, our mission at HSV has been to create Australia's finest performance cars. Every year, for the past twenty five, we've refined and evolved on what has gone before. And now, we have a tendency to gift the latest HSV flag bearer – our twenty fifth day of remembrance GTS," aforesaid Holden's subsidiary during a statement.
In essence, the new twenty fifth day of remembrance GTS could be a cosmetic and instrumentation package as there is no further oomph for the special edition, that keeps the regular model's six.2-litre V8 LS3 engine with 436Hp (325kW) and 550Nm (405.6 lb-ft).
The twenty fifth day of remembrance package brings a brand new set of 20-inch solid alloy wheel in material carbon that area unit claimed to deliver a weight saving in more than 22kg (49 pounds) over the quality GTS wheel set, reducing unsprung weight by eight per cent.
The "vector" hood scoops, facet vents and grille of the special edition model area unit painted in material carbon, whereas it additionally gets special badges on the surface, ANd sewed seats with an decorated emblem and a plaque on the middle stack within.
Other normal options embrace AN upgraded six Piston Brake Package, Rear Park Assist with Reverse camera and a facet Blind Zone Alert system.
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Production of the Commodore-based twenty fifth day of remembrance GTS is restricted to one hundred forty vehicles, as well as one hundred twenty five for Australia and fifteen for brand spanking new Zealand, with every automobile singly numbered.
In Australia, costs begin at AU$84,990 for the six-speed manual model and AU$86,990 for the 6sp automatic.
