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Holden’s US police car ready for orders
GM announces order and delivery dates for Holden’s Australian-made Caprice PPV
CHEVROLET is just three months away from taking orders for the Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) designed and manufactured by GM Holden in Australia.
General Motors has announced full specifications and detailed order and delivery dates for both the 9C1-codenamed police version and (9C3) detective variant of its Holden Statesman-based Caprice PPV.
The unmarked 9C3 detective package will open for orders first in October, before hitting North American streets in April 2011, while the fully marked 9C1 police version opens for orders in January before hitting the beat in the US next June.
Chevrolet says the release of the large, rear-wheel drive Caprice PPV alongside the front-drive Impala and AWD Tahoe PPVs will make it the only brand to offer a full line of specialised police vehicles.
As we’ve reported, the Adelaide-built Caprice PPV will vie with Ford’s new Taurus-based Police Interceptor, Dodge’s Charger and a purpose-built police vehicle from US start-up company Carbon Motors for business in the lucrative North American law enforcement vehicle market, which some estimates put at up to 80,000 vehicles a year.
Holden is now gearing up for production of the vital new model at its Elizabeth assembly plant in South Australia, where a second shift will be reinstated in November primarily to produce the Series II VE Commodore and Cruze small-car.
The Caprice PPV represents a return of exports to the US after the abolition of GM’s Pontiac brand – and with it the Holden-made G8 sedan – as part of GM’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
GM’s fleet and commercial operations general manager Brian Small said: “When we began designing our latest police vehicle, we went directly to our customers and found that they were looking for a rear-wheel, large sedan with a V8 engine. “By announcing the available specs and ordering information now, we’re following through with our promise to provide them with the advanced technologies that best serve their needs for comfort, performance and safety.
“Chevrolet’s history with law enforcement spans across almost as many years as the brand itself and we’re ready to see the Caprice PPV report for active duty.”
Chevrolet 2011 Caprice - Holden’s US police car ready for orders | GoAuto
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[size=3] 2011 HSV E Series 3 Grange to self park
After exclusively revealing photos of the E Series 2 range of HSVs in August 2009, we are able to bring you images of the E Series 3 Grange. While we can’t publish the original images, these computer generated images show a revitalised Grange that has now also succumb to the LED treatment.
HSV sources suggest the E Series 3 HSV Grange will feature the same 325kW powerplant as its GTS sibling, bringing it to the top of the power tree alongside the GTS. The Grange also benefits from a 33kg weight reduction, expected to make it fractionally faster in unison with the 325kW power-plant.
The reason E Series 3 has arrived so soon after the E Series 2 is due to the new interior set to feature across the entire VE Commodore Series 2 range (can be seen in our previous expose here). Styling modifications to the rest of the HSV range are expected to remain relatively minimal, with the interior benefitting from the bulk of the changes.
The most exciting feature to make its way to the Grange will be self parking technology, according to sources, similar to that seen in the Volkswagen and Lexus range of vehicles. Developed by Siemens VDO (the same German company that was tasked with developing the new VE Commodore Series 2 interior), the self parking technology is called Park Mate and has been in development since 2005.
If the technology, as seen fitted to the vehicle photographed, makes it into the production specification HSV E Series 3 Grange, it will be the first car to utilise the technology from Siemens VDO.
The telling signs of the technology are two additional parking sensors on the front and rear bumper bars. The deeper cut ultrasonic sensors on the front bumper bar are mounted to the edges to allow the vehicle to turn into a parallel park without touching the vehicle in front. The rear, deeper cut ultrasonic sensors are used to identify the size of an empty park and indicate to the driver that it’s an appropriate size for the vehicle.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/74691/2011-hsv-e-series-3-grange-to-self-park-spy-shots/
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Australia's high performance car manufacturer, Holden Special Vehicles, has launched a limited edition model to help celebrate 20 years of its most successful and enduring nameplate - the ClubSport.
The ClubSport brand first appeared as a permanent fixture within the HSV range back in June of 1990 as a VN HSV ClubSport. Featuring a 5.0 litre engine boasting 180kW and 400Nm only 410 VN series ClubSports were built. The model has evolved today to become the highest selling vehicle in the HSV line-up.
General Manager of Marketing and Communications, Tim Jackson, said this milestone was worthy of celebration for the company.
"If we step back 20 years to 1990, this really was a watershed year for the HSV brand. Not only did we introduce our first ClubSport model in June but 1990 also represented our first Bathurst victory with the Holden Racing Team, who are also celebrating 20 years of success this year.
"The ClubSport has such great history and meaning within our business, and it has always been our purists vehicle - bringing track focused performance and handling to a road vehicle," Tim Jackson said.
For that reason HSV has taken a 'back-to-basics' approach with the 20 years of Clubsport model producing a feature packed high performance vehicle for the true HSV collector.
The 20 Years of ClubSport model will receive as standard HSV's performance suspension, 20 inch Pentagon wheels in Millennium silver and leather seats for no additional cost.
It will be identifiable by a unique decal on the rear window, which the HSV enthusiast will recognise as a modern iteration of the original VN "CS ClubSport" badge, to commemorate the anniversary of the model.
General Manager of Sales, Darren Bowler, said he expected the car to be well received within the HSV Dealer network and amongst HSV's strong customer base.
"With this level of value add at no additional cost we anticipate the 100 vehicles will move very quickly and good luck to the person who manages to grab No.1 in the model build.
"City Motors HSV in Perth recorded the highest HSV vehicle sales in 2009 and have been rewarded with the privilege of retailing the No. 1 vehicle to the lucky HSV buyer," Darren Bowler said.
The 100 limited edition 20 Years of ClubSport models will start appearing in HSV Dealers show rooms across Australia from late June. The vehicle will come with an RRP of $66,690 for manual and $68,690 for automatic.
HSV ClubSport Fast Facts:
- The ClubSport model has been exported to both the UK and the Middle East markets.
- The best build year for ClubSport was 2003 with over 2200 being built.
- When the first ClubSport went on sale (VN), its RRP was $33,320 (man) and $34,140 (auto), and a total of 410 were built. Its engine was a 4987cc V8 producing 180kw ' 400Nm.
- The ClubSport model has had four different engine variants over its lifespan including the original 5.0 litre then the 5.7 litre LS1, 6.0 litre LS2 and the current 6.2 litre LS3.
Source - HSV Media
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