HSV GTS (2015 - Eastern Rebels)
You'd think that a supercharged Ford V8 with 335 kW and near 600Nm would be hard top. That you might just give up and go home.
It doesn't work like that in Australia though. Holden had long had horsepower one-upmanship until the Supercharged Ford appeared, so a measured response was always likely to be forthcoming.
HSV (Holden Special Vehicles - Holden's inhouse hotshop) revived the revered GTS moniker, fist used on the Monaro Coupe in the 1960s muscle car era, to name the car. The key ingredient being a 6.2 litre V8, also equipped with a supercharger, to output an astounding 430kW and 740Nm. This bested the fastest Ford by nearly 100kW and 150Nm.
This was not the end of the story however, as third party ran both vehicles (the Ford being the final GT-F 351kW edition), and found, to their surprise, that the Ford laid down a mean 348.6kW at the rear wheels, while the GTS 'only' managed 339.6kW. Close, but no cigar.
Story can be found here:
www.motoring.com.au/news/2014/sports/ford-performance-veh...
Let it be said that I am not surprised - Holden was always big on stretching the truth, and the Ford Miami supercharged V8 has way more going on than is said in any official documents.
Nonetheless, the Eastern Rebels thought they might try their hand at a vehicle enhancement, and kitted out this HSV GTS to the nines, and wrapped it in some giant band-aid tires and their trademark Black-Dark Grey-Yellow paint scheme.
This Lego miniland-scale HSV GTS Sedan has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 87th Build Challenge, - "A Tale of Two Rivals", - a challenge where the models are dressed in the livery of either of two fictional car customising houses: The Western Outlaws: Red Black, Tan. Or Eastern rebels: Yellow, Black and Dark Grey.
HSV GTS (2015 - Eastern Rebels)
You'd think that a supercharged Ford V8 with 335 kW and near 600Nm would be hard top. That you might just give up and go home.
It doesn't work like that in Australia though. Holden had long had horsepower one-upmanship until the Supercharged Ford appeared, so a measured response was always likely to be forthcoming.
HSV (Holden Special Vehicles - Holden's inhouse hotshop) revived the revered GTS moniker, fist used on the Monaro Coupe in the 1960s muscle car era, to name the car. The key ingredient being a 6.2 litre V8, also equipped with a supercharger, to output an astounding 430kW and 740Nm. This bested the fastest Ford by nearly 100kW and 150Nm.
This was not the end of the story however, as third party ran both vehicles (the Ford being the final GT-F 351kW edition), and found, to their surprise, that the Ford laid down a mean 348.6kW at the rear wheels, while the GTS 'only' managed 339.6kW. Close, but no cigar.
Story can be found here:
www.motoring.com.au/news/2014/sports/ford-performance-veh...
Let it be said that I am not surprised - Holden was always big on stretching the truth, and the Ford Miami supercharged V8 has way more going on than is said in any official documents.
Nonetheless, the Eastern Rebels thought they might try their hand at a vehicle enhancement, and kitted out this HSV GTS to the nines, and wrapped it in some giant band-aid tires and their trademark Black-Dark Grey-Yellow paint scheme.
This Lego miniland-scale HSV GTS Sedan has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 87th Build Challenge, - "A Tale of Two Rivals", - a challenge where the models are dressed in the livery of either of two fictional car customising houses: The Western Outlaws: Red Black, Tan. Or Eastern rebels: Yellow, Black and Dark Grey.