The $80,000 Secret Holden Colorado V8 yomwe idatsala pang'ono kupangidwa: HSV SportsCat super ute inali itatsala miyezi ingapo kuchokera pamalo owonetserako, ndikumenya Ford Ranger Raptor V8.

Patangotsala nthawi pang'ono kuti HSV SportsCat V8 iyambe kupanga, GM idatenga mtundu wa Holden pa intaneti.

Kubwereranso mpaka Januware 2020, ndipo mphekesera zokhuza kukula kwa Ford Ranger Raptor V8 yovomerezedwa ndi fakitale yakula. Sitinadziwe kuti HSV inali panjira yomweyo panthawiyo ndi SportsCat V8 yomwe ili ku Holden, Colorado. Ndipotu, pangotsala miyezi yochepa kuti amasulidwe.

Inde, patatha mwezi umodzi, General Motors (GM) sanangolengeza kuti akudula mtundu wa Holden ku Australia ndi New Zealand, komanso kugulitsa chomera cha Colorado ku Rayong, Thailand ku Great Wall Motors (GWM). Ndipo zidapita mwayi woyambitsa kupanga kwa SportsCat V8.

Inde, kampani ya makolo HSV Walkinshaw Group poyamba inalengeza poyera zolinga zake zogulitsa SportsCat V8, podziwa kuti iwo anali apamwamba kwambiri kotero kuti chivomerezo chomaliza kuchokera ku GM chinabwera posakhalitsa kutha kwa Holden kutha kulengeza.

Koma SportsCat V8 siinali yokha Colorado V8 HSV yomwe idapangidwa, monga momwe idakhazikitsidwa kale zaka zingapo m'mbuyomo, kampaniyo idatumiza kunja zitsanzo za ZR2 za Chevrolet Colorado yomwe si ya North American Chevrolet Colorado ndikumaliza kukweza injini.

Monga SportsCat ndi injini yake ya 2.8-lita turbodiesel four-cylinder, HSV inatenga Colorado ZR2 ndi fakitale yake 3.6-lita mwachibadwa aspirated petulo V6 ndi m'malo mwake ndi 6.2-lita Chevrolet 1-lita mwachibadwa aspirated petulo V8. Galimoto yamasewera ya Camaro 2SS.

Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8 inali panjira yoti ikhale yoposa fanizo chabe.

Six-speed 2L6 torque converter transmission automatic transmission kuchokera ku SportsCat ndi Colorado ZR50 inasinthidwanso ndi 10-liwiro 10L90 ndi eyiti-liwiro 8L90 kuchokera m'badwo wachitatu Chevrolet Silverado chojambula zonse kukula ndi Camaro 2SS, motero.

Kwa Colorado ZR2 V8, makina oyendetsa magudumu onse (kuphatikizapo otsika gear transfer case) anakhalabe akugwira ntchito pamodzi ndi kutseka kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo kusiyana, pamene kuyimitsidwa sikunasinthe, ngakhale kusintha kosinthika kwa bar anti-roll kumbuyo kunawonjezeredwa. kenako mu chitukuko.

Komabe, Camaro 2SS idaperekanso ma pisitoni anayi a Brembo brake calipers ku Colorado ZR2 V8, pomwe SportsCat idalandira mawilo ake aloyi 18 inchi ndi matayala amatope.

Ngakhale ndondomeko ya SportsCat V8 inali yoti itengedwe kunja ngati Holden Colorado kuchokera ku Thailand kenako ndi kukwezedwa pamalo a Walkinshaw Group ku Clayton South, Victoria pamodzi ndi SportsCat wamba, zomwe zingachitike ku Colorado ZR2 V8 sizinali zomveka bwino.

HSV yakambirana ndi GM kuti amalize uinjiniya kuti Colorado ZR2 V8 iperekedwe ku North America, kapenanso "kuipanganso" kuti igulitse kumanja ku Australia ndi New Zealand, kaya kwanuko kapena kutsidya lina.

HSV SportsCat V8

Kulankhula ndi CarsGuide ndi zofalitsa zina sabata yatha, wolankhulira gulu la Walkinshaw anati, "Pali mapulogalamu omwe timafuna kuthetsa.

"Ndipo mwina tsopano ndi pulogalamu yobadwa akufa yomwe mwina sitingathe chifukwa cha kutsekedwa kwa GM (Holden ku Australia ndi New Zealand).

"Komatu chinali chinthu chomwe tidadandaula nacho tikamayamba kupanga."

Walkinshaw Group General Manager Rick Percold adalengeza izi. CarsGuide ndemanga zochokera kwa makasitomala a HSV zidapangitsa kuti SportsCat V8 ipangidwe.

"Tinkakonda kukhala mu bizinesi ya injini ya V8 (m'masiku a Holden Commodore), kotero wogwiritsa ntchitoyo anali ngati, 'Kodi tingapeze chinachake chomwe chili ndi injini ya V8 mmenemo?' Iye anatero.

Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8

"Ndikuganiza kuti ungakhale msika wabwino kwambiri. Ndizomvetsa chisoni kwambiri ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndi nthawi yomvetsa chisoni kwambiri kwa ife, chifukwa takhala nthawi yochuluka mu gawo la kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha galimoto iyi kuti tiyikonze bwino, kuti tiyike bwino, kotero kuti Holden mwatsoka adatsekedwa pano. Australia. ".

Bambo Perchold anawonjezera kuti HSV ikulingalira za SportsCat V79,000 MSRP mu $83,000 mpaka $ 8, kutanthauza ndalama zosachepera $10,000 pamtundu wanthawi zonse wa SportsCat SV ndi kupanga kokonzekera koyambirira kwa $1000-2500 mayunitsi.

Mulimonsemo, kufunikira kwa SportsCat V8 makamaka kumatsindikiridwa ndi mbale yokwera pansi pa hood ya prototype yake yokhayo, yomwe imati "Last True HSV". Ndipo kuti tifotokozedi mfundoyi, idamalizidwa mu Panorama Silver yomweyi ngati VL Walkinshaw yakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980.

Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, Bambo Perchold adanena kuti kumanzere kwa galimoto ya Colorado ZR2 V8 "mwina" kumathandiza bizinesi ya GMSV poyambitsa galimoto yamanja ya Chevrolet Colorado yomwe yakonzedwanso ndi Gulu la Walkinshaw kuti likhale pansi pa mzere wa Silverado wa m'badwo wachinayi.

"Zowonadi, [Colorado ZR2 V8] imangowonetsa zomwe titha kuchita, mosasamala kanthu kuti ili ndi galimoto yanji, kuti titha kupanga zonga izi," adatero.