Ko te $ 80,000 Secret Holden Colorado V8 i tata ki te mahi: Ko te HSV SportsCat super ute he marama i tawhiti atu i te papa whakaaturanga, i te patu i te korero Ford Ranger Raptor V8.

I mua tata i mua i te whakaurunga o te HSV SportsCat V8 ki te whakaputa, ka mau a GM i te waitohu Holden ki te tuimotu.

Ka hoki mai ano ki Hanuere 2020, ka kaha ake nga korero mo te whanaketanga pea o te waka rua-rua Ford Ranger Raptor V8 kua whakamanahia e te wheketere. Kaore matou i mohio he rite tonu te HSV i tera wa me te SportsCat V8 kei Holden, Colorado. Inaa, he iti noa nga marama e toe ana i mua i te tukunga.

Ko te tikanga, i te marama i muri mai, kaore a General Motors (GM) i whakapuaki i te tapahi i te waitohu Holden i Ahitereiria me Niu Tireni, engari ano hoki te hoko o te tipu Colorado i Rayong, Thailand ki Great Wall Motors (GWM). Na me te whai waahi ki te whakarewa i nga mahi SportsCat V8.

Ae, ko te kamupene matua a HSV Walkinshaw Group i whakapuaki tuatahi i ana mahere ki te hoko i te SportsCat V8, me te kii he tino matatau ratou ka tae mai te whakaaetanga whakamutunga mai i a GM i mua tata i te panuitanga o te mutunga o te mahi a Holden.

Engari ehara ko te SportsCat V8 anake te Colorado V8 HSV i whakawhanakehia, i raro i tetahi kaupapa huna o mua i nga tau e rua i mua, i kawemai e te kamupene he tauira ZR2 mai i te kore-North American Chevrolet Colorado me te whakaoti i te whakahoutanga miihini nui.

Pērā ki a SportsCat me tana pūkaha 2.8-rita turbodiesel wha-cylinder engine, ka mau a HSV i te Colorado ZR2 me tana wheketere 3.6-rita te hinuhinu V6 ka whakakapia ki te reanga tuaono o Chevrolet 6.2-rita V1 LT8. Camaro 2SS waka hākinakina.

Ko te Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8 kua eke ki runga ake i te tauira tauira noa.

Ko te paerewa ono-tere 2L6 torque converter tuku aunoa mai i te SportsCat me Colorado ZR50 i whakakapihia e te 10-tere 10L90 me te waru-tere 8L90 mai i te tuatoru-whakatupuranga Chevrolet Silverado tiki-rahi-rahi me Camaro 2SS, ia.

Mo te Colorado ZR2 V8, ko te punaha taraiwa wira katoa (tae atu ki te putea whakawhiti taputapu iti) i mau tonu me te maukati i nga rereketanga o mua me muri, i te mea kaore i rereke te whakatārewatanga, ahakoa kua taapirihia he putanga whakawhiti o te pae anti-roll muri. i muri mai i te whanaketanga.

Heoi ano, ko te Camaro 2SS ano i koha i ona piston Brembo brake calipers e wha-piston ki te Colorado ZR2 V8, i a SportsCat i whiwhi 18-inihi nga wira koranu me nga potae paru.

Ahakoa ko te mahere mo te SportsCat V8 me kawe mai hei Holden Colorado mai i Thailand, katahi ka whakauruhia ki te whare Walkinshaw Group i Clayton South, Wikitoria i te taha o te SportsCat, he aha te ahua o te Colorado ZR2 V8 kaore i tino marama. .

Kua korero a HSV me GM ki te whakaoti i te mahi miihini kia taea ai te tuku Colorado ZR2 V8 ki Amerika ki te Raki, ka "whakahangaia ano" ranei mo nga hoko taraiwa taha matau i Ahitereiria me Aotearoa, ahakoa i te rohe, i tawahi ranei.

HSV SportsCat V8

E korero ana ki Arataki Waka me etahi atu panui i tera wiki, i kii tetahi kaikorero mo te Roopu Walkinshaw, "He kaupapa i hiahia matou kia mutu.

"A, tera pea he kaupapa kua whanau ake nei kaore pea tatou e mutu inaianei na te katinga o GM (Holden i Ahitereiria me Aotearoa).

"Engari he mea tino maaharahara taatau i te wa e neke ana matou ki te mahi whakangao."

Ko te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Roopu Walkinshaw a Rick Percold i whakapuaki tenei. Arataki Waka Ko nga urupare mai i nga kaihoko HSV i akiaki i te whanaketanga o te SportsCat V8.

"I noho matou i roto i te umanga miihini V8 (i nga ra o Holden Commodore), na te mea i penei te kaiwhakamahi mutunga, 'Ka taea e taatau te tiki tetahi mea he miihini V8 kei roto?' ka mea ia.

Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8

"Ki taku whakaaro he maakete nui tera. He tino pouri noa iho a ki taku whakaaro he wa tino pouri mo tatou, na te mea he nui te wa i pau i a tatou i roto i te wahanga rangahau me te whakawhanaketanga o tenei waka kia tika ai, kia tika ai, kia tika ai te whakatuu, na reira kua tutakina a Holden ki konei Ahitereiria. ".

I kii a Mr. Perchold kei te whakaaro a HSV ki te SportsCat V79,000 MSRP i roto i te awhe o te $83,000 ki te $8, e tohu ana i te utu o te $10,000 neke atu i runga i te tino rangatira o te SportsCat SV me te oma hangahanga tuatahi mo te $1000-2500 waeine.

Ahakoa he aha, ko te hiranga o te SportsCat V8 e tohuhia ana e te pereti whakairi i raro i te awhi o tana tauira kua oti anake, e kii ana "Last True HSV". A, ki te tino whakatau, kua oti i roto i te Panorama Silver rite te VL Walkinshaw rongonui o te mutunga o te tekau tau 1980.

Ko te mea whakamiharo, i kii a Mr. Perchod ko te taraiwa maui Colorado ZR2 V8 "ka taea" te awhina i te keehi pakihi a GMSV ma te whakauru i te taraiwa-a-ringa Chevrolet Colorado i hangaia ano e te Walkinshaw Group ki te noho i raro i tana rarangi tuawha-whakatupuranga Silverado.

"Ko te mea nui, [te Colorado ZR2 V8] e whakaatu noa ana i nga mea e kaha ana tatou, ahakoa he aha te waka matua kei roto, ka taea e tatou te whakaputa i tetahi mea penei," ko tana korero.