Holden Special Vehicles apparent a seven litre affairs at the 2008 Melbourne Motor Show, the aftermost instalment of the aggregation s 20th ceremony celebrations.
The car to be accepted in its final development stages as the W427 is accomplished in the aforementioned Panorama Silver acrylic arrangement as the aboriginal Group A SS VL Commodore, appear at the Melbourne Motor Show of 1988, absolutely 20 years ago.
HSV Managing Director, Scott Grant, said the W427 was a accolade to how far the aggregation has appear in aloof twenty years.
"To be able to aftermath a agent of these accommodation is absolutely remarkable", Scott Grant said.
"The W427 will be absolutely possibly the fastest alley registrable Supercar anytime produced in Australia and amid the quickest anywhere about the world", he said.
While ability achievement abstracts are still to be confirmed, the W427 is acceptable to aftermath in balance of 370kW of ability and 640NM of torque.
"It will additionally be one of the safest cars HSV has anytime put on the road", Scott Grant said.
A new six agent advanced braking arrangement will accommodate a 50% access in pad area, while the Holden W427 additionally receives a revised ESP calibration, six air bags, bigger administration and new Magnetic Ride Control settings.
The Holden W427 receives a bimodal alive bankrupt arrangement to advance babble affection and aback burden management.
Styling and architecture highlights accommodate an all new advanced fascia, a three allotment carbon fibre rear spoiler, 20 inch machined faced admixture wheel, different bankrupt tips and red covering interior.
Scott Grant said Holden HSV would be introducing a different chump relations affairs to accompany the barrage of the new vehicle.
"The W427 will alone be produced in bound numbers and we appetite to reflect that exclusivity in how we affix with our Supercar customers", Scott Grant said.
This affairs will see the LS7 agent actuality adapted at Clayton, forth with the dry sump arrangement and a ambit of added engineering features. We are attractive at opportunities to acquiesce owners to appointment HSV and appearance the different accomplishment action that goes into architecture this car.
The Holden W427 will go into assembly in the average of the year and will be accessible for auction in dealerships in the third division of 2008.
Make no mistake, while the blueprint of the car apparent on the angle today at the Motorshow may change hardly amid now and back assembly begins, this car is destined to accomplish as big an appulse as the aboriginal Walkinshaw twenty years ago.
Specifications
- Exterior
- All new Front Fascia exclusive to W427
- All new three piece rear spoiler in carbon fibre
- All new 20 inch wheel
- Interior
- HSV performance seats in full red hot trim with W427 logo, steering wheel, gear shifter and console lid in full red hot leather
- Powertrain
- 7.0 Litre, LS7 Engine with HSV specific calibration
- 370kW @ 6500 rpm
- 640Nm @ 5000 rpm
- Over radiator style cold air induction system with high flow air filter
- Dry sump lubrication system with 2 stage pump
- Hand fabricated aluminium oil reservoir, with internal baffles for high G loading
- Front mount, 13 row engine oil cooler
- Ceramic coated, high flow four into one extractors
- High flow catalytic converters and exhaust system (3 into 2 ¾ )
- Active bi-modal rear mufflers for exhaust back pressure management to improve noise quality
- High strength limited slip differential
- New high strength six speed manual gear box (TR6060)
- GMPT LS7 Clutch with new actuator and pedal assembly for high clamp loads
- 7.0 Litre, LS7 Engine with HSV specific calibration
- Suspension
- New springs, 30% stiffer than GTS
- Revised ride height 20mm lower than GTS
- New stiffer rear suspension bushing
- All new MRC calibration
- Brakes
- New 6 piston front braking system (50% increase in pad area)
- Strap drive, 2 piece floating front rotors (380 x 35mm compared to 365 x 32mm one piece on GTS)
- High friction pad material
