Supercharged Maloo on the way?

[ARAF]

Maybe someone needs to postpone their order for a while. Oh no, it's supercharged.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/holden-to-...

[preciousmetal]

[GaryNoGrip]

Just thinking and I'm pretty sure I don't really need a house, where do I sign?

[MyM8V8]

I think he may be gutted, however with only 150 being made, the chances of one coming over here must be slim???

[hammo19]

MyM8V8 said:

I think he may be gutted, however with only 150 being made, the chances of one coming over here must be slim???

We could all club together and import one - I would be happy to look after it and manage the bookings.

[ARAF]

MyM8V8 said:

I think he may be gutted, however with only 150 being made, the chances of one coming over here must be slim???

I was thinking about this over night, and if my post was cruel and needing amending. I came to the conclusion that I think he would be gutted if it had the LT1 fitted.

With the LSA, I think there's more chance that he would flog the blower on and spend the money on a cam and decent tune from someone.

[ringram]

Interesting.

So a few things spring to mind.

Looks like an extra £10k plus on top of the std maloo
At present its only vapour-ware
9 months lead time plus limited run, probably means putting interest and deposit down now for delivery in 12+ months, Ive already waited 8 months.

If it was available now, would I have purchased..? Good question. For the drivetrain, I probably would have.
But as its not even available yet, there is nothing to buy..

Maybe once its official there will be a Gen-F Maloo for sale..
But I need something for the next 12 months anyway.

[ringram]

ARAF said:

I was thinking about this over night, and if my post was cruel and needing amending. I came to the conclusion that I think he would be gutted if it had the LT1 fitted.

With the LSA, I think there's more chance that he would flog the blower on and spend the money on a cam and decent tune from someone.

Dont worry I anguished over it for months, I could have ordered around Oct last year, but waited till Jan before pulling the trigger. Stuff like this always happens. Otherwise customers would never upgrade and we would be driving VB Commodores to this day.

You may be interested to know an email has gone to Dougie enquiring.. Ill be hanging onto the R8 SV when it arrives for a while in any case. Im sure if its kept clean and stock there will be a market for it.
If the Maloo GTS does exist its XMAS before the first ones arrive, so be late next year earliest if any make there way here. Thats if they are not already all sold out!

[MyM8V8]

I asked Dougie to order one for me.

[ARAF]

Aussie HSV dealers are starting to say that they have an allocation of these.

I'm guessing that the 'limited' production run could be extended to add a few for Vauxhall???

[ringram]

No confirmation from HSV yet...

[Codswallop]

Is it wrong that I like the old car more than the new one?

[preciousmetal]

Codswallop said:

Is it wrong that I like the old car more than the new one?

You don't still have a Betamax video machine do you

[Codswallop]

preciousmetal said:

You don't still have a Betamax video machine do you

Beatamax was a bit before my time, but I'm still rocking the old school mega drive

[neiljohnson]

Be good to see a few over here & no doubt it will be quite a motor!!

[motomk]

Read somewhere else they have all been sold.

[MyM8V8]

motomk said:

Read somewhere else they have all been sold.

Think HSV must have missed a trick there.


They could have sold thousands, given the circumstances.

According to Dougie, no chance of one coming here, even if one was available. Apparently they (VX) wouldn't have been able to offer a full after sales parts regime for a one off like that?

[ringram]

On the plus side there are 3 official Maloo's on the way plus the unofficial red one already at WPUK..

Get your order in now

[MyM8V8]

ringram said:

On the plus side there are 3 Vauxhall Maloo's on the way plus the genuine HSV red one already at WPUK..

[ringram]

Ok turns out this was legit.

All sold out the day of release by midday apparently.

First ones delivered November.

That suggests build time is down to 3-4 months now. Was closer to 6 in Feb.