The HSV W427, which had the covers taken off at the 2008 Melbourne Motorshow in 'showcar' format, is now in production. Sales of the seven litre 375kW 'Supercar' has amorphous in Australia and New Zealand.
HSV's Managing Director Scott Grant said the car approved engineering and architecture adeptness was animate and able-bodied in the Australian car industry. "The adventure about the development of this car is absolutely remarkable," Scott Grant said. "We are appreciative to accept produced a agent of these accommodation and are assured the accessible acknowledgment to the HSV W427 proves there is a able approaching for affluence and achievement cartage in this country."
The HSV W427 nameplate is a accolade to the aboriginal Holden Appropriate Agent - the Group A SS VL Commodore, produced aloof over 20 years ago. This car became accepted as the 'Walkinshaw' in acquiescence to the buyer of the HSV business, Tom Walkinshaw, while '427' is the cubic inch accommodation of the engine.
Hand congenital by the General Motors Achievement Body Centre in North America, the Chevrolet seven litre agent graces alone two cartage anywhere in the apple - the Corvette Z06 and now Australia's own HSV W427. The HSV W427 produces 375kW of ability (500 application on the old scale) and 640Nm of torque, which appropriate an all-encompassing engineering affairs for the car, including all new clutch, gearbox, cogwheel and exhaust, which will be adapted at HSV's Clayton assembly facility.
"We accept spent two years developing and testing this car and are absolutely appreciative of the end result," said HSV's Engineering Manager, Joel Stoddart. "It's the car HSV has consistently capital to body and the VE belvedere gave us the aplomb to advance the boundaries.". "The W427 has a new six agent advanced braking system, six airbags, ABS and Electronic Stability Control.".
Like all HSV's the W427 will backpack a abounding three year, 100,000km warranty.
HSV's architecture team, led by Julian Quincey, accept additionally larboard a characteristic mark on the final product. "The architecture abrupt for the HSV W427 was to actualize a different face for HSV, one that would arresting the cars immense capability, ascendancy and power," Quincey said. "The W427 is the flagship for the accomplished HSV ambit and we capital to emphasise the duke congenital qualities of this car.". "We accept we accept accomplished this with a ambit of architecture appearance including the arty advanced face - which emphasises the charge for cooling air for the seven litre engine, to the able and anatomic three allotment architecture rear lip spoiler, fabricated of carbon fibre to accumulate weight to a minimum," he said.
The HSV W427 auto and clear are the assignment of Adam Dean Smith, a above Auto Young Designer of the Year. They affection a 'castellated' architecture graphic, additionally best up on the bankrupt tips.
HSV accept accepted that no added than 427 W427s will anytime be built, with 90 cartage to be congenital in 2008. The price, across-the-board of the new Affluence Car Tax regime, will be $155,500. Darren Bowler, HSV's General Manager of Sales and Marketing said that anniversary acquirement of a HSV W427 will be accompanied by a appropriate chump affairs advised to action an acumen into the adroitness that goes into the architecture of anniversary and every vehicle. "Every chump will accept the befalling to book into an absolute VIP bout of Holden Appropriate Cartage Clayton based assembly facility, to beam the HSV W427 body process," he said. "We've accustomed and themed a committed examination base for the HSV W427 body accolade on the branch floor." Transfers to Clayton will be at the owner's amount and are alone accessible to purchasers of a HSV W427.
Customers will additionally accept a alone active letter from Tom Walkinshaw forth with a different agent body certificate. A Chump Access Portal, absolute body information, application capacity and added advice on the history of their car will additionally anatomy allotment of the buying experience.
HSV W427 owners will accept added aegis on their acquirement with the admittance of a new upgraded adaptation of the apple acclaimed DataDots DNA anti-theft technology. Accepted as DataDots DNA 'Platinum', incorporates the latest encrypting 'nano' technology to accredit 18-carat HSV apparatus as able-bodied as the amount vehicle. Holden Appropriate Cartage HSV W427 will be Australia's aboriginal car aggregation to action this upgraded aegis feature.
"I am not saying we are doing it, but we are looking at it. We would be silly if we didn't."
