I-Secret Holden Colorado V80,000 engu-$8 ecishe yaqala ukwenziwa: I-HSV SportsCat super ute yayikude nezinyanga ukusuka endaweni yombukiso, ishaya iFord Ranger Raptor V8 enamahemuhemu.

Ngaphambi nje kokuthi i-HSV SportsCat V8 ingene ekukhiqizweni, i-GM yakhipha uhlobo lwe-Holden okungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi.

Bheka emuva kuJanuwari 2020, namahemuhemu mayelana nokuthuthuka okungenzeka kwe-dual-cab Ford Ranger Raptor V8 evunyelwe efekthri. Besingazi ukuthi i-HSV empeleni ibisendleleni efanayo ngaleso sikhathi ne-SportsCat V8 ezinze e-Holden, e-Colorado. Eqinisweni, kwakusele izinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela ngaphambi kokukhululwa.

Yiqiniso, ngemva kwenyanga, iGeneral Motors (GM) ayizange nje imemezele ukuthi izosika uhlobo lwe-Holden e-Australia naseNew Zealand, kodwa futhi nokudayiswa kwesitshalo saseColorado eRayong, eThailand kuya ku-Great Wall Motors (GWM). Futhi ngakho, amathuba okwethula ukukhiqizwa kwe-SportsCat V8 ayengasekho.

Yebo, inkampani engumzali i-HSV Walkinshaw Group yaqala ukumemezela esidlangalaleni izinhlelo zayo zokuthengisa i-SportsCat V8, iphawula ukuthi ithuthuke kakhulu kangangokuthi ukugunyazwa kokugcina okuvela ku-GM kwafika ngaphambi nje kokuba kumenyezelwe ukuphela kokukhiqiza kuka-Holden.

Kodwa i-SportsCat V8 kwakungeyona yodwa i-Colorado V8 HSV eyakhiwe, njengoba ngaphansi kohlelo oluyimfihlo lwangaphambilini eminyakeni embalwa edlule, inkampani yayingenise isampula ye-ZR2 isuka ku-Chevrolet Colorado okungeyona yaseNyakatho Melika futhi yaqeda ukuthuthukiswa kwenjini okukhulu.

NjengeSportsCat kanye nenjini yayo ejwayelekile engu-2.8-litre turbodiesel four-cylinder, i-HSV ithathe iColorado ZR2 kanye nefekthri yayo engu-3.6-litre yemvelo aspirated petrol V6 yase ifaka iChevrolet yesizukulwane sesithupha engu-6.2-litre eyi-V1 LT8 eshiwo ngokwemvelo. Imoto yezemidlalo yeCamaro 2SS.

I-Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8 yayisesendleleni yokuba ngaphezulu nje kwe-prototype.

I-automatic transmission engu-2-speed 6L50 torque converter esuka ku-SportsCat kanye ne-Colorado ZR10 iphinde yathathelwa indawo yi-10-speed 90L8 kanye namagiya ayisishiyagalombili angu-90L2 kusukela ku-Chevrolet Silverado yesizukulwane sesithathu elayisha usayizi ogcwele kanye ne-Camaro XNUMXSS, ngokulandelana.

Ku-Colorado ZR2 V8, isistimu yokushayela wonke amasondo (okuhlanganisa nekesi lokudlulisa igiya eliphansi) lahlala lisebenza kanye nokukhiya umehluko wangaphambili nowangemuva, kuyilapho ukumiswa kwakungashintshile, nakuba kwakunenguqulo eshintshwayo yebha elingemuva le-anti-roll. kamuva ekuthuthukisweni.

Kodwa-ke, iCamaro 2SS iphinde yanikela ngama-brake calipers ayo e-Brembo e-Colorado ZR2 V8, kwathi i-SportsCat yathola amasondo ayo angu-18 inch alloy namathayi odaka.

Nakuba uhlelo lwe-SportsCat V8 bekuwukuba ingeniswe kwamanye amazwe njenge-Holden Colorado isuka e-Thailand bese iphinde ifakwe esikhungweni se-Walkinshaw Group e-Clayton South, e-Victoria kanye ne-SportsCat evamile, ukuthi kwakuzokwenzekani nge-Colorado ZR2 V8 kwakungacaci kahle.

I-HSV ixoxisane ne-GM ukuze iqedele ubunjiniyela ukuze i-Colorado ZR2 V8 inikelwe eNyakatho Melika, noma ngokunokwenzeka futhi "iyenze kabusha" ukuze ithengiswe kwesokudla kwedrayivu e-Australia naseNew Zealand, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi endaweni noma phesheya kwezilwandle.

I-HSV SportsCat V8

Ekhuluma no I-CarsGuide neminye imithombo yezindaba ngesonto eledlule, okhulumela i-Walkinshaw Group uthe, “Kunezinhlelo ebesifuna ukuziqeda.

“Futhi mhlawumbe manje sebengohlelo oluzalwa beshonile okungenzeka ukuthi ngeke siluqede manje ngenxa yokuvalwa kweGM (Holden e-Australia naseNew Zealand).

"Kodwa lokho bekuyinto ebesizokhathazeka ngayo njengoba siqala ukukhiqiza."

Umphathi Jikelele we-Walkinshaw Group u-Rick Percold umemezele lokhu. I-CarsGuide impendulo evela kumakhasimende e-HSV ikhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa kwe-SportsCat V8.

"Sasivame ukuba sebhizinisini lenjini ye-V8 (ngezinsuku ze-Holden Commodore), ngakho umsebenzisi wokugcina wayefana nokuthi, 'Singakwazi yini ukuthola into enenjini ye-V8 kuyo?' uthe.

I-Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8

“Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba yimakethe enkulu. Kuyishwa nje futhi, ngicabanga, isikhathi esibi kakhulu kithi ngoba sichithe isikhathi esiningi esigabeni socwaningo nentuthuko yale moto ukuze siyilungise, siyimise kahle, ukuze, ngeshwa, i-Holden ivaliwe. lapha e-Australia. ".

UMnu. Perchold wengeze ngokuthi i-HSV icabangela i-SportsCat V79,000 MSRP ebangeni lika-$83,000 kuya ku-$8, okubonisa inkokhelo okungenani engu-$10,000 phezu kwe-flagship evamile ye-SportsCat SV nohlelo lokukhiqiza oluhleliwe lwasekuqaleni lwamayunithi angu-$1000-2500.

Kunoma ikuphi, ukubaluleka kwe-SportsCat V8 ikakhulukazi kugcizelelwa ipuleti elikhwezayo ngaphansi kwe-hood ye-prototype yayo kuphela eqediwe, efundeka ngokuthi "Last True HSV". Futhi ukwenza iphuzu ngempela, kuqedwe ku-Panorama Silver efanayo ne-VL Walkinshaw eyisakhiwo sodumo yasekupheleni kwawo-1980.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uMnu Perchold uthe idrayivu yesokunxele i-Colorado ZR2 V8 "ngokungenzeka" isiza icala lebhizinisi le-GMSV ngokwethula idrayivu yesokudla i-Chevrolet Colorado eye yahlelwa kabusha yi-Walkinshaw Group ukuze ihlale ngaphansi kohlu lweSilverado lwesizukulwane sesine.

"Empeleni, [iColorado ZR2 V8] ikhombisa nje lokho esikwaziyo ukukwenza, noma ngabe ikuyiphi imoto enkulu, ukuthi singakhiqiza into enjalo," esho.