{"id":292,"date":"2009-07-27T22:01:51","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T14:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2010-01-28T23:13:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:13:05","slug":"holden-special-vehicle-gts-a-high-performance-australian-muscle-holden-commodore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/holden-special-vehicle-gts-a-high-performance-australian-muscle-holden-commodore\/","title":{"rendered":"Holden Special Vehicle GTS : A High Performance Australian Muscle &#8211; Holden Commodore"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like \n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/holden-special-vehicle-gts-a-high-performance-australian-muscle-holden-commodore\/\" \n\t\tlayout=\"button_count\" \n\t\tshow_faces=\"true\" \n\t\twidth=\"450\" \n\t\theight=\"30\"\n\t\taction=\"like\" \n\t\tcolorscheme=\"light\" \n\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:5px;\"\n\t\tclass=\"fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget\"><\/fb:like><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_DgBhyDWShvQ\/Smnoi1bgSxI\/AAAAAAAACFY\/WNCRb8VHtMI\/s512\/hsv2_L_700.jpg\" alt=\"HSV GTS 2010\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is HSV GTS, the aussie favourite Australian Muscle. You might be asking again. This is Holden Special Vehicle Gran Turismo Sportivo, a car based on Holden Commodore also rebrand as the Pontiac G8 in the states. For short, this is a 4 door high performance car comparable to BMW M5. As this car is only available in Australia , it is about AUD 75,000 (That&#8217;s around RM 215k) where as a BMW M5 cost about AUD 240,000. Now that&#8217;s about 3 times more the price with a similar performance figure.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_DgBhyDWShvQ\/SmntU00G4hI\/AAAAAAAACGU\/EsZQySgMHYk\/s800\/HSV-GTS-engine.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HSV GTS is powered by GM&#8217;s 6.2 litre LS3\u00a0Generation 4 alloy\u00a0V8 engine, with an output of 317 kilowatts (425 hp) of power and 550 newton metres (406 ft\u00b7lbf) of torque. As a result, 0-100 in below 5 seconds. The same engine that is fitted into a <span class=\"med\">Chevrolet Corvette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"med\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more Continue Reading here along with Interior &amp; Exterior Gallery--><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_DgBhyDWShvQ\/Smnom3Jvc0I\/AAAAAAAACF0\/zE-VERQhgTI\/s512\/GTS_news_article.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With aggresive bodyworks, fenders and bumpers &#8211; the HSV GTS is a hardcore performance sedan. Performance with number of seats point of view, it is a definate value (performance) for money package.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p><\/p>\n<fb:like \n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/holden-special-vehicle-gts-a-high-performance-australian-muscle-holden-commodore\/\" \n\t\tlayout=\"button_count\" \n\t\tshow_faces=\"true\" \n\t\twidth=\"450\" \n\t\theight=\"30\"\n\t\taction=\"like\" \n\t\tcolorscheme=\"light\" \n\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:5px;\"\n\t\tclass=\"fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is HSV GTS, the aussie favourite Australian Muscle. You might be asking again. This is Holden Special Vehicle Gran Turismo Sportivo, a car based on Holden Commodore also rebrand as the Pontiac G8 in the states. For short, this is a 4 door high performance car comparable to BMW M5. As this car is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[318,319,320,316,315,317],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-holden","tag-6-2-ls3-v8","tag-commodore-gts","tag-commodore-hsv","tag-holden-special-vehicle-gran-turismo-sportivo","tag-hsv-gts","tag-pontiac-g8-modifcation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}