Asiri $ 80,000 Holden Colorado V8 wanda kusan ya fara samarwa: HSV SportsCat super ute ya kasance watanni nesa da wuraren nunin, yana doke jita-jita na Ford Ranger Raptor V8.

Ba da daɗewa ba kafin HSV SportsCat V8 ya kasance saboda shigar da samarwa, GM ta ɗauki alamar Holden a layi.

Fita zuwa Janairu 2020, kuma jita-jita game da yuwuwar haɓakar masana'anta da aka amince da su biyu-taksi Ford Ranger Raptor V8 sun ƙaru. Ba mu san cewa HSV a zahiri yana kan hanya ɗaya ba a lokacin tare da SportsCat V8 da ke zaune a Holden, Colorado. Hasali ma, saura ‘yan watanni kafin sakin.

Tabbas, wata daya bayan haka, General Motors (GM) ba wai kawai ya sanar da cewa yana yanke alamar Holden a Ostiraliya da New Zealand ba, har ma da sayar da shukar Colorado a Rayong, Thailand zuwa Great Wall Motors (GWM). Kuma tare da shi ya sami damar ƙaddamar da samar da SportsCat V8.

Ee, kamfanin iyaye HSV Walkinshaw Group ya fara bayyana shirye-shiryensa na siyar da SportsCat V8, lura da cewa sun sami ci gaba sosai cewa amincewar ƙarshe daga GM ya zo jim kaɗan kafin a sanar da ƙarshen samarwa na Holden.

Amma SportsCat V8 ba shine kawai Colorado V8 HSV da aka haɓaka ba, kamar yadda a ƙarƙashin shirin sirri na baya shekaru biyu da suka gabata, kamfanin ya shigo da samfurin ZR2 daga Chevrolet Colorado wanda ba na Arewacin Amurka ba kuma ya kammala babban haɓaka injin.

Kamar SportsCat da daidaitaccen injin turbodiesel mai nauyin lita 2.8, HSV ya ɗauki Colorado ZR2 da masana'anta mai nauyin lita 3.6 na man fetur na halitta V6 kuma ya maye gurbinsa da ƙarni na shida na Chevrolet's 6.2-lita na zahiri da ake so V1 LT8. Camaro 2SS motar wasanni.

Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8 yana kan hanyarsa ta zama fiye da kawai samfuri.

Daidaitaccen mai canza saurin juzu'i shida na 2L6 mai jujjuyawa ta atomatik daga SportsCat da Colorado ZR50 kuma an maye gurbinsu da 10-gudun 10L90 da 8L90 mai sauri takwas daga Chevrolet Silverado mai cikakken girma na ƙarni na uku da Camaro 2SS, bi da bi.

Don Colorado ZR2 V8, tsarin tuƙi mai ƙayatarwa (ciki har da ƙaramin ƙaramar canja wurin kaya) ya ci gaba da aiki tare da kulle gaba da bambance-bambancen baya, yayin da dakatarwar ba ta canza ba, kodayake an ƙara sigar maɓalli ta baya. daga baya a ci gaba.

Duk da haka, Camaro 2SS kuma ta ba da kyautar birki mai girman piston Brembo guda hudu ga Colorado ZR2 V8, yayin da SportsCat ta karɓi ƙafafun alloy ɗin inch 18 da tayoyin laka.

Yayin da shirin SportsCat V8 ya kasance an shigo da shi azaman Holden Colorado daga Thailand sannan kuma a sake gyara shi a cibiyar Walkinshaw Group a Clayton South, Victoria tare da SportsCat na yau da kullun, abin da zai zama na Colorado ZR2 V8 bai fito fili ba. .

HSV ya tattauna tare da GM don kammala aikin injiniya don haka za a iya ba da Colorado ZR2 V8 a Arewacin Amirka, ko kuma yiwuwar "sake" shi don tallace-tallace na hannun dama a Ostiraliya da New Zealand, ko a gida ko waje.

HSV SportsCat V8

Magana da Jagoran Cars da sauran kafofin watsa labarai a makon da ya gabata, mai magana da yawun kungiyar Walkinshaw ya ce, “Akwai shirye-shiryen da muke son kawo karshen.

"Kuma tabbas yanzu sun fi tsarin haihuwa wanda watakila ba za mu ƙare ba a yanzu saboda rufewar GM (Holden a Ostiraliya da New Zealand).

"Amma wannan tabbas wani abu ne da za mu damu da shi yayin da muka matsa zuwa samarwa."

Babban Manajan Rukunin Walkinshaw Rick Percold ya sanar da hakan. Jagoran Cars martani daga abokan cinikin HSV sun haifar da haɓakar SportsCat V8.

"Mun kasance muna cikin kasuwancin injin V8 (a lokacin Holden Commodore), don haka mai amfani da ƙarshen ya kasance kamar, 'Za mu iya samun wani abu mai injin V8 a ciki?' Yace.

Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 V8

"Ina tsammanin zai zama babbar kasuwa. Abin takaici ne kawai kuma ina tsammanin lokaci mai wuyar gaske ne a gare mu, saboda mun dauki lokaci mai yawa a cikin bincike da haɓaka wannan motar don gyara ta, don saita ta daidai, wanda ya sa Holden ya rufe a nan. Ostiraliya. ".

Mista Perchold ya kara da cewa HSV yana yin la'akari da SportsCat V79,000 MSRP a cikin kewayon $ 83,000 zuwa $ 8, yana nuna ƙimar aƙalla $ 10,000 akan flagship na yau da kullun SportsCat SV tare da shirin samarwa na asali na $ 1000-2500 raka'a.

A kowane hali, mahimmancin SportsCat V8 na musamman yana jadada ta hanyar faranti mai hawa a ƙarƙashin murfin samfurin kawai da aka kammala, wanda ya karanta "Last True HSV". Kuma don tabbatar da ma'anar, an gama shi a cikin Panorama Azurfa kamar fitaccen VL Walkinshaw na ƙarshen 1980s.

Abin sha'awa, Mista Perchold ya ce motar da ke hannun hagu na Colorado ZR2 V8 "mai yiwuwa" yana taimaka wa kasuwancin GMSV ta hanyar gabatar da motar Chevrolet Colorado na hannun dama wanda Walkinshaw Group ya sake tsarawa don zama a ƙarƙashin tsarin Silverado na hudu.

"Mahimmanci, [Colorado ZR2 V8] kawai yana nuna abin da muke iyawa, komai babban abin hawa a ciki, cewa za mu iya samar da wani abu makamancin haka," in ji shi.