Friday 12th September 2014

HSV Maloo GTS: world's fastest ute

The car we know as the Vauxhall VXR8 GTS, made into a pick-up. Mad, mad Australians

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That two of the colour options for the HSV Maloo GTS are Jungle Green and Some Like It Hot (it's a bronzey red) says a lot about the car as a whole; it's doesn't take itself too seriously.

Pick up. Supercharged V8. 585hp. Wow

The GTS is a 250-car limited edition ute for Australia and New Zealand, with just 10 going to the latter. You'll remember Holden won't sell Australian developed cars from 2017 so this is its last hurrah for the barmy V8 pick up. Quite a way to go.

As with the four-door GTS, the Maloo uses the GM 6.2-litre LSA supercharged V8 with 585hp and 546lb ft. The magnetic dampers haven't made it across but the pick-up does feature the Driver Preference Dial, AP brakes with forged six-pot front calipers (plus 390mm/372mm discs) as well as torque vectoring through the ESC. And nearly six hundred bloomin horsepower.

For those wanting to take their GTS to the drag strip (and why wouldn't you?), there's a six-speed Tremec manual available. A six-speed auto is optional. And in case the bi-modal exhaust and Jungle Green hasn't announced your arrival loudly enough, the GTS identifiers show this just another utility vehicle. There are LSA and GTS badges, 20-inch wheels in a 'Dark Stainless' finish and HSV daytime running lights.

So it's an appropriately daft valedictory model for Holden Special Vehicles. It's not especially relevant or tasteful or innovative. But the Maloo GTS does look outrageous fun, and that's good enough for us.

[Sources: HSV, caradviceAU]

[GTEYE]

The world is certainly a better place for having this kind of thing.

Gloriously irrelevant, but still glorious.

[soad]

So, it has gained a supercharger now? Madness! I'll take it in yellow.

[Mudgey]

What the hell, is PH reviving Max Power magazine?

[QuattroDave]

LOVE IT. Especially in that discrete green!

[anonymous-user]

Mudgey said:

What the hell, is PH reviving Max Power magazine?

Max power was all about barried boy racer cars, this is a car you can buy a showroom from the manufacturer

[soad]

Mudgey said:

What the hell, is PH reviving Max Power magazine?

The ute is an Australian icon. It's a bit like 4x4's driven by people who've never been to the countryside.
The ute's are driven by people who've never done a day's hard work!
A performance ute may seem stupid over here, but it's bound to appeal down under.

[Debaser]

Brilliant!

[Rob in Oz]

Entree for ownership is a barbed-wire tattoo around each gym-enhanced bicep...

[Penguinracer]

It now needs to set a 'Ring lap record with four hay bales in the back!

Porsche, Mclaren & Ferrari can feel free to tie a quartet of bales to their vehicles if they want to meet the challenge .

Bale size should be standardized (W x H x L) at 450mm x 300mm x 1100mm & weigh 25 kg.

[MarkwG]

soad said:

Madness! I'll take it in yellow.

- indeed - but I think it's green or orange only, unless you break out the rattle cans..?

[Europa1]

Challenging looks, pointless, irrelevant.

Where can I get one?!

[gshughes]

Headline is world's fastest ute, but the article doesn't tell us how fast it is. Fail?

[oilit]

where do i go to import one ?

why coudn't landrover build one of these with a SC jaaag engine in it ;-) Much more interesting that the repmobile JL just ann [yawn] ounced

[leglessAlex]

The most Bogan thing I have ever seen. I want one.

[vz-r_dave]

Also I like that the article needs to clarify what this actually is..... it's like we are on a 'whatcar' forum lol. PH is swinging that way, eventually people on here won't even know what a V8 is.

'The car we know as the Vauxhall VXR8 GTS, made into a pick-up. Mad, mad Australians'

[kambites]

That is really, really, really ugly and stupid...

... but somehow appealing.

[Prawnboy]

have no time for fast soft-roaders, but i love fast pick-ups.
life is confusing.

[jamespink]

soad said:

So, it has gained a supercharger now? Madness! I'll take it in yellow.

I just said that to myself!

[Crazy Don]

I have the pauper version which manages without the supercharger but 400bhp still makes it a lot of fun. Currently landscaping my daughters house a V8 wheelbarrow aka Commodore Ute makes those trips to the tip much quicker. It is also fully tax deductible as it is designated as a work vehicle and the 6 speed manual with large bore exhaust you can dream you are in a Maserati as blip through your down changes.

[soad]

Crazy Don said:

I have the pauper version which manages without the supercharger but 400bhp still makes it a lot of fun. Currently landscaping my daughters house a V8 wheelbarrow aka Commodore Ute makes those trips to the tip much quicker. It is also fully tax deductible as it is designated as a work vehicle and the 6 speed manual with large bore exhaust you can dream you are in a Maserati as blip through your down changes.

Wow, just wow! Perfect for the job at hand!