You are living your life right if..........

[Paul-C]

You learn something new every day.

For 5 years I have been telling all who ask that the Holden HSV 4 door is 'an Australian GM / Vauxhall Omega body' I have just been told that the only thing it shares is................
the door handles. Oops. From now on, I know nothing.

I feel a complete t*t

[ringram]

tisk tisk

[009]

maybe one or two other bits too, but not much more!

[simonb9]

Paul-C said:

You learn something new every day.

For 5 years I have been telling all who ask that the Holden HSV 4 door is 'an Australian GM / Vauxhall Omega body' I have just been told that the only thing it shares is................
the door handles. Oops. From now on, I know nothing.

I feel a complete t*t

Surely floor pan/chassis/doors are all the same ?? Thats no disrespect to the Holden (I want one !!) as I know everything else is different, engine/box/suspension/brakes, etc,etc,etc.......but there must be some similarities ??

[Paul-C]

simonb9 said:

Paul-C said:

You learn something new every day.

For 5 years I have been telling all who ask that the Holden HSV 4 door is 'an Australian GM / Vauxhall Omega body' I have just been told that the only thing it shares is................
the door handles. Oops. From now on, I know nothing.

I feel a complete t*t

Surely floor pan/chassis/doors are all the same ?? Thats no disrespect to the Holden (I want one !!) as I know everything else is different, engine/box/suspension/brakes, etc,etc,etc.......but there must be some similarities ??

Thats what I thought but no, not the same.

[o.versteer]

Paul-C said:

You learn something new every day.

For 5 years I have been telling all who ask that the Holden HSV 4 door is 'an Australian GM / Vauxhall Omega body' I have just been told that the only thing it shares is................
the door handles. Oops. From now on, I know nothing.

I feel a complete t*t

Don't feel a t*t, at least not for that reason, as you're largely right. It's based on the Omega "GM2800" platform, but heavily - as in very - tweaked to become the Holden Commodore. It doesn't share body panels, but neither do a Golf and and Audi TT. More stuff here:

www.users.on.net/~nweber/commodore/vt/index.html

edtied for ytpos!

Edited by o.versteer on Thursday 22 February 21:16

[Paul-C]

Thanks...........good info

[simonb9]

Does anybody know the dimensions of a Holden HSV 4 door ?? Might not go in my garage now ??!! The info says it is longer and wider than the Omega platform...........

[Husaberk]

Parked my GTS next to an Omega last week and it's definitely several inches longer..

[uk hsv]

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