We follow a HSV GTSR W1 down the production line | Wheels Australia 

@Malachi Stephenson I said "local production"

I'm a ford man too, but was disappointed.. built in the U.S with an Americans name on the motor' I thought holden was more aussie than that' watch the first 30 seconds of this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FPeYEG76ii8.html ford definitely more Aussie

@@bears2604 ah but the rest of the car is Australian, and anyways the LS is a great motor

I thought you only did planes! :D

The reason Ford and Holden went broke is because they kept making Car's NO ONE WANTED wich was Big Heavy RWD Family Sedans...the market had shifted decades prior and they didn't listen or react...simple as that really

Delta Dox

It's been said before, but deserves repeating, we had Elle McPherson and replaced it with Mrs Brown. As a kid, visiting your local Holden or Hsv ( for some people Ford) dealer was like the Mecca, seeing the new models coming out. The Aussie Utes, the rumble of the V8's and 6cyl engines. Bang for your Buck, best in the world!!! Building Quality defeigns a nation, for Us by Us and exported throughout the world. This reflected our national values. Not make, take, use, abuse and throw away. This is what Australians traditionally despised about other nations who treated their people that way. These cars have value for money and appreciate in value as the years go on. Our Car is like our best friend, which gets you from A to B. A bit of love, care and periodic maintenance will serve you well forever. As apposed to today's pushed mentality of use, abuse and throw to the scrap heap.

Even sadder now Holden is finished..

@@johnsmithjr9843 if it's been said before. You've said even better that the last person to say it!

@@johnsmithjr9843 from a an American stand point the Chevy ss Pontiac G8, GTO, which are Holden in USA are alot cheaper and same value as Holden, I think what hurt Australia is every thing is stupid expensive especially labor 22 AUD to work at Burger King, excuse me Hungry Jack, is just stupid

Search up Steve fFsher on instgram no.1 HSV buyer and enthusiast. Owned every GenF LSA HSV's and owns a W1 and drives it everyday

I drive mine Evey 3 weeks.

Milad Bazouni much respect 👊

Only for the rich bro.

Well it is a $300,000 car.

same, thought they would be a consistent hero car for child me. Now I can finally buy one they arnt made anymore :(. Now I want to save up and have an ss as a weekend car, use it for fun kilometers not boring ones.

Big rip

Why could they not just start a GM factory there and let australia build their own designs

Thieving bastards! Thanks for the update.

Are they really going to continue building them in 2021? From all the sources Ive seen, production on the Chevy SS/ VF base will be ceased entirely. I hope you're right though!

@@beginizationHolden was part of GM.

It won’t…Holden is dead. Get a 1:18 scale model instead. SUVs and high cost killed the Aussie brand.

Will never happen...Holden had their chance and Refused to listen to Buyers and the Market...NO ONE WANTS a Big Heavy RWD Family Sedan...the Commodore/Falcon were decades old Dinosaurs...Simple as that

i work at a holden dealership as a mechanic . First couple of weeks in of being there a white W1 came in for a service , my mate was working on it and i got pulled away to do something else !! i so wanted to join him so we could go on a test drive afterward such a shame . sexy beasts of cars . Still the GTS-R and LSA Clubbys are still beasts to drive.

Half the factory workers were Philippino and didn't give a stuff about the cars

stupid comment.

You beat me to it...

Have you been in before

I know that you probably like to be ignorant to the facts, but go and look at the work HSV are doing now. They are doing even MORE work converting US cars such as the Silverado and Camaro! Even the Colorado gets awesome brakes and suspension, interior bits like seats and wheel and a decoupling anti-roll bar..... But you don't want to know about that.

HSV haven't changed at all, they receive a car and replace everything with their HSV spec products. Exactly what they did with all holdens delivered to them previously. Literally, nothing has changed in the HSV factory.

i just watched that part hahaha

AI F haha, widebody got about another inch of flex compared to standard bars. Only way to fix it and keep low weight is carbon fibre bars. Would be 500k Commodore then.

5:56 Jayzuz! That's the worst paint I've ever seen on a brand new car, let alone a $1/4M one!!

Ikr

AI F try washing it...😂😂😂 then you know what panel flex is...

Why? I couldn't be happier. Overpriced lemons with shitty customer service and not to mention the amount of tax payer money they stole and we got nothing back. Suck shit Holden, karma is a bitch.

Paul H uhm, you’re wrong

Triggered.

Paul H must be a barra fan boy lol jog on

Ben Davy Butthurt bogan fanboy detected.

TRUTH SEEKER The whole factory setup is a joke. The plant manager is named Cherry, he's Filipino and has half his family from back home working there. Most of the rest are casuals from Skilled. Also the full time staff steal parts. I worked there for roughly 4 years

The guy said team environment, that's laughable as it's FAR from that.

Art Vanderlay Yes the Manager's name was Cherry your right, It is funny how when one third world immigrant gets a supervision job they help their own kind at the expense of Aussies..I had a similair experience at Toyota for 12 years where my group leader and team leaders were all Vietnamese..they got all the overtime and promotions. I am a qualified mechanical engineer whilst they could barely speak English....I felt a glass ceiling after about two years when I realised I wasnt going any further no matter what I did...I love cars and have a great knowledge of them but it doesnt help...Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone in feeling this way about HSV Holden.

@@ArtVandelayOfficial thats what they do help there family friends first its there culture

Nicholas Seeto it’s like 1960s style speed shop / we had TASCA, yenko, Shelby here in the states ... back when the big 3 were really the 3 , and parts were all built in house (and in country) and labor was cheaper so this type of construction was viable ... now you have to be putting out a 210mph hyper car for the consumer to put a value on human labor like this

Nah those parts are all recycled. The stuff that gets removed like bumpers, skirts and wheels all went back to the Holden factory to be re-used on other cars destined for HSV conversion

Well it only makes sense.it was a small market and it was all recycled shit.i love them dont get me wrong and they use GMs powerplants. But you cant survive as a manufacturer building cars the way they did

True dat. I grew up in England and always drove cars with high output/small displacement engines (when you're paying upwards of $2.50 a litre for fuel....) like most performance car enthusiasts there. V8s were for Range Rovers and Jags. When I got my Aussie citizenship last year I treated myself to an XR8, and haven't look back. It's almost cartoonish, and it makes me grin every single time I fire it up. And right now I'm shopping for a late Commodore SS-V so I can try out that LS series 6.0 V8. Fuel economy? Pfff. I wanted economy, I'd buy a Nissan Micra.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster Try the 2012 VE SSV Series II Redlines, bro. They’re really good and monsters when it comes to enhancements

Toyota had MORE parts of the Camry MADE HERE including engines than Holden Commodore did...Where was the Government hand outs for Toyota?...Where was the Patriotism for Toyota???...Both Holden and Toyota are foreign owned companies anyway

can you think of a second reason yet?

or an r34 GTR for half the price and you can keep the enthusiast driving experience with insane power. But yeh r35 if you want raw performance... and they look awesome.

This is more of a collector's car, sadly So performance isn't realistically the focal point of the car

cuz its the last aussie hsv

Gtr is shit 😄

Sometimes people are willing to pay whatever it takes to own a fast factory v8. An R35 will never sound like a v8

You can always reprogram

Laws

Because all cars made in Australia and most cars brought to Australia are speed limited to 250km/h (155mph) by law

James Davies When you say that it’s by law, what laws?

NO ONE Wants/wanted them...is the reason Holden went arse up

Van Deman Ferrets Tasmania. Nikkie actually you are wrong about that General Motors in the states who owns the Australian subsidiary was bailed out at the time of the GFC then a female CEO was put in place who went around putting the company into more and more debt , if you look at the balance sheets if you dare to look at the stock market General Motors is absolutley drowning in debt and continues to borrow money !! Why should governments continue to bail out companies that continue to make poor buisness decisions putting ultimately taxpayers in a bigger struggle ? Sounds like you actually know stuff all about what happened to General Motors it was management of these companies internally that fucked it , in fact it would not surprise me if General Motors in the states collapses completely and this time I doubt the American government will bail them out

“The mighty LS9”!

You sure it was stock?

And what did ford have to Hang they’re hat on cockbag, they’re boss motors were overweight piles of shit that we’re mercilessly thrashed by ls motors the the last car down the line for ford, a shitbox fg dedicated gas puss wagon. The last for Holden, an ssv redline and the w1. Back to your ford forums.

This is better than a Corvette

they tried doing that and yall didnt buy any so they canceled it

You are full of it 😄

Bong Keun Chee with that money you could build a much faster car

MegaHz exactly!

APPLE JUUCE true but at the same time if you build a car for not even a fraction of the cost and blow the engine o well you'd still have enough to build 3 or more cars with the amount of money it takes to buy this

APPLE JUUCE and don't get me wrong I think this car is sick, just not worth it at all

kinsel yup a sports car is meant to be driven and driven hard

Every person that built those cars now out of a job company sacked all of them lol

Until the first corner.

Lol true

Joe what’s with all the Holden owners liking the tracks more then the roads and drags strips? 🤔 mmmm I wonder why 😂

matt mus Wrong it gets slapped by a Sprint 6.

What a bunch of simpletons 😄

Some of those Engines go online for sale roughly between 22k ~ 26k

I was 40 when that video was shot, you think i am going to say HSV's are overhyped pieces of shit on camera.

Had mine for 6 years not 1 problem they are a magnificent vehicle 😁👍

[Cykoid] at 480 horse power I don't think so,the mustang gt would be flat out pulling the skin off a custard.

Demi Liaver they do 11 second 1/4 mile stock

[Cykoid] 11.83 on the 6 pass is more likely low 12's on average not bad but not amazing either.

And the mustang will take you out and about 30 other people in the crowd you just plowed into XD

@@Cykoid you do like to fantasise don't you 😄🖕