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Holden Special Vehicles Production To End In December

While Holden itself will cease manufacturing in Australia in October, its longtime performance partner, Walkinshaw-backed Holden Special Vehicles, will hold out awhile longer.

HSV plans to end its manufacturing operations in December of 2017, two months after the final Holden Commodore rolls off the assembly line. According to Motor, final details and a specific date have not been set. What the final model will be is also unknown at this time.

HSV has ended production of the Grange, GTS, and 6.2-liter LS3 V8-powered Clubsport and Maloo models thus far. The performance brand expects production to remain strong through the end of this year, however. Demand for its 6.2-liter supercharged LSA V8-powered models remains strong. Those include the GTSR, GTSR Maloo, Senator, Clubsport and Maloo. Of course, the bonkers HSV GTSR W1 is part of the mix as well, which features GM’s 6.2-liter supercharged LS9 V8 engine.

Following the end of production, HSV’s future still remains unclear. It has been rumored the Holden Special Vehicles name will go away and it will be rebranded solely as “Walkinshaw.” Plans for a hotter Holden Colorado are also likely on the table.

Most recently, plans for HSV to convert the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro to right-hand drive have surfaced. A public confirmation of the program is supposedly on the horizon, which has the blessing of General Motors product chief, and former Holden boss, Mark Reuss.

HSV will be the final Australian auto manufacturer left following Holden’s final day of production. Ford shut its manufacturing operations down last year; Toyota will cease production this coming October as well.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. Bring the UTE to U.S.A!

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  2. Spotted a car transporter heading to hsv with a Colorado, would be interesting to see the end result.

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  3. Be nice we send you the colorado’s, then send us the Holden UTE’s. Would sell like mad.
    Over here Camaros everywhere , not much else, same offerings become dated, no GM competion for them, now that Cadillac is gonna retool image. Need better variety.

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    1. Actually, our Colorado was designedly in Australia and built in Thailand for the rest of the world while the US and Canada get their own variant that’s was designed in the USA for your region mate.

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  4. What a shame!…the end of an era! Credit and kudos to the Aussies for being bold and creative, offering exciting performance vehicles like FCA does here in the States.

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    1. Australia will still manufacture cars, and HSV will still manufacture those Colorados and maybe the 2018 Commodores. Also, there are many Australian car brands left that won’t shut down and probably never will. HSV isn’t dead, they may end production of the Australian made commodores but that doesn’t mean HSV is dying, HSV’s sales have remained rock solid, Australia is still a great automotive manufacturing country. Holden won’t end, Holden might stop manufacturing on Australian soil but they will still surely modify the 2018 Commodore and give it and Australian-made V6, with a heavily tuned chassis and modified interior and rear. And Toyota, Ford and Holden still have car designing studios throughout Australia, Australia is a GREAT car manufacturer and will not stop manufacturing cars or car parts. We may have lost 3 of the LARGE car brands MANUFACTURING, but there are hundreds of medium and smaller scale car brands… Search them up too, you will love the look of them.
      Here A list:
      Bolwell
      Elfin
      Purvis
      Quantum
      Joss
      Tomcar
      Ford Performance
      HSV
      E-Varley
      Arcspeed
      Nota

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