Tag: Holden

This burnout video takes us across the pond to a burnout competition in Vasteras, Sweden, where a right hand drive Holden Monaro with an LS1 V8 shows off what GM performance is all about. American buyers will recognize the general appearance of the Monaro, as in the mid-2000s it was sold here in the United States as the Pontiac GTO.

There has been a great deal of talk about the Holden Commodore lately thanks to the new GTS Maloo ute being powered by the LS7 V8 from the Camaro Z/28, so for today’s Dyno Blast feature, we head Down Under for a look at a Commodore in action. In stock form, the Holden Commodore packing […] More »

Personally, I miss the El Camino. It provided usability, power and a stance that couldn’t be beat. It was epic. Maybe not epic to drive because let’s face it, it was built in the 60’s and 70’s, but it was epic nonetheless. Here in the States, we haven’t had a resurgence of the El Camino […] More »

This week’s video heads Down Under, where we get to watch a Holden VX Commodore powered by an LS1 V8 doing some nasty, smokey burnouts in a big open parking lot. Some might call these rolling burnouts and some might call it drifting, but at the end of the day this is nothing but some […] More »

This week’s Dyno Blast video takes us to Australia where a 1970 Holden HG sedan packing a twin turbocharged LS1 is strapped to the rollers for its initial tuning runs. This old school Aussie sedan is running a pair of Turbonetics turbos sending just 7 psi into the engine where that compressed air and fuel […] More »

A few months ago, GM released that it would be shuddering their Holden operations in Australia. Well it seems that Holden didn’t quite get the memo and decided to release something truly awesome and scary, a 577 horsepower Ute. For those that don’t know what a Ute is, think El Camino or Ranchero. Essentially, it’s […] More »

There has been a lot of fallout thanks to GM ending Holden’s manufacturing in Australia. Now, Holden tuner Walkinshaw and owner, Ryan Walkinshaw, may be making the move the Detroit if he wants to tune more GM products. In December of last year, General Motors announced officially that Holden manufacturing will be wound down and […] More »