Tag: Holden

If there is one thing that Australia will forever be known for, it’s big cube V8s in some wicked cars. Speedhunters took a look at Spot On Performance’s Torana and here are the highlights. We never got a version of the Holden LJ-chassis Torana. Being a compact, rear-wheel drive car; about the closest thing to […] More »

Sometimes, looking good and going fast go hand in hand. I’d argue there’s a beauty in the symmetry of a well laid out engine bay like this one. Everything is clean, which helps, but the star of the show is the two twins sitting up front. They’re like trumpets heralding the arrival of horsepower. Each […] More »

I love Holdens despite not ever having driven one. Well, not officially any way. Personally though, I do find it a bit odd that GM’s specialty brand from down under would somehow find its way into our hearts by showing up in the US as re-badged new age muscle cars. Maybe it’s the emphasis on […] More »

OK, so it’s only a first look, but we’ll take what we can get with the new SS because it’s going to be badass. Why with four doors, an LS3 under the hood making 415 hp/415 lb-ft and backed by a six-speed automatic with standard paddle shifters and a 3.27:1 final drive, it’s a seriously […] More »

The US-spec Pontiac G8 GT and especially the GXP are gone but they’ll never be forgotten. In the wake of all this Lutz Pontiac talk I thought it was appropriate to post something about the company. Sadly Pontiac left us not long after the fabulous four-door rocket landed on our shores, but in the time […] More »

Remember the crazy Holden with the 727 cubic-inch motor from the recent HOT ROD Power Tour, well it finally hit the dyno. We’re unsure if this is in killmode or not, but we do know that despite what sounds like an automatic with a loose converter, the big-inch beast made 781 HP at 6000 RPM. […] More »

That’s no typo: Say it with me now, seven-hundred-and-twenty-seven cubic inches of BIG block fury! Seriously, look at the size of those heads! Are you kidding me?! This Holden HSV has a 727 cubic inch motor under the hood and while it’s not an LSX motor, it’s still beyond impressive. The massive mill is said […] More »