HSV SV6000 released

[Zero5]

To be released at the Melbourne Motor Show today:

http://www.hsv.com.au/index_new.asp?...005/sv6000.htm

[Danv8]

Don't like the colour but Phantom Black would look a treat. I wouldn't say no to one.

[VX SS S2]

A good looking model progression from the VS SV5000... but they should have made it in phantom black with the grey inserts again... this colour will look old very quickly... and it looks too similar to the Hyper colour that came out in '01

[ROGUE]

a lot of money to pay for a re-badged clubby with a PDA....

[Febs]

Guys:

"Note: 30 of the first 50 vehicles will come in Devil Yellow the remainder will be Phantom Black."

[C4B]

So a standard R8 is worth $70 grand.

Or you can buy one now with a PDA (not even a good brand) for $80,000.

Go and buy yourself an R8, spend another $2000 on a laptop and then buy a copy of HPTuners for $1000 and you'll have the same car, be able to do 10 times what the HSV_DIL_DO system can do, and you'll be $7,000 better off.

Can you imagine how the SV6000 will sell when it's five years old (and the PDA is long dead) and you've got to explain why your SV6000 has a slot in the centre console that holds a piece of toast.

[VX SS S2]

I think that scarcity will keep the price slightly higher than if is was a Clubby... i know what you mean... but the SV6000 won't have build numbers going into the ,000's

[XLR8 V8]

A good looking model progression from the VS SV5000... but they should have made it in phantom black with the grey inserts again... this colour will look old very quickly... and it looks too similar to the Hyper colour that came out in '01

Don't you mean the VN SV5000?
And they should have painted it the same British Racing Green as the original SV5000 ..... still offer the Phantom ones, but BRG would have been a much better option than Devil Yellow. From what I've seen on the street, Devil suits the Monaro/Coupes just fine, but screams "Too Much Yellow!" when on a sedan - especially with no second colour highlights are used like this car

[Knight Phlier]

Yep but the standard R8 Clubbie doesn't get the 6 Piston AP's ($3750), The Tyre Pressure monitors ($1400) and the Xenon Headlamps ($1800).. I think the R8 gets the 4 Piston AP's but this one is upgraded to the GTS/AP's.

The PDA with NAV system would be worth about $1500. You could probably do it yourself cheaper but Holden would value it between 1500-2000 realistically.

So in hindsight, a R8 Clubby @ 71K, plus 8.5K in extras is why they are asking for 80K!

[SteveK]

Sorry to say folks, but the Devil Yellow color has always been and will always be a coupe color for me. It just doesn't sit right on a sedan.

I see the new XR6 with their yellow and immediately think taxi. The color looks fine on their utes, but on a Sedan, the color just doesn't go.

Feel sorry for those Devil Yellow Monaro owners.

Cheers,
Steve

[VX SS S2]

Don't you mean the VN SV5000?
And they should have painted it the same British Racing Green as the original SV5000 ..... still offer the Phantom ones, but BRG would have been a much better option than Devil Yellow. From what I've seen on the street, Devil suits the Monaro/Coupes just fine, but screams "Too Much Yellow!" when on a sedan - especially with no second colour highlights are used like this car

Oh yeah, sorry... i was thinking of the SLR5000 that they had in the VS... but even to link it with the old VN, they could have used maybe a slight variation on the VX Clubby British Racing Green they had..?

[madhsvgrange]

I quite like the colour. It'll get you noticed.

Quote fromn web site - Maybe the subtle yet eye catching styling enhancement of the wide colour-coded stripe along the doors looks better in the flesh.

[ssberlina]

What the hell are HSV thinking with the location of the PDA. How the hell are you supposed to look at the centre console as a navigational tool.

The location under the radio is bad enough trust me.

[HSE2]

What the hell are HSV thinking with the location of the PDA. How the hell are you supposed to look at the centre console as a navigational tool.

The location under the radio is bad enough trust me.

Perhaps the execution isn't 100% but the thinking certainly is. I think most enthusiasts like to have as much information about what the car is doing at their disposal. Depending on the systems car monitoring abilities it potentially shows the direction HSV is heading. I give them an "A" for effort at least.

[hqracer]

You guys are forgetting the memorable GTS-R that came out - limited numbers in Yellow that are worth a lot of money now....

Also, your missing this car has the Xenon lights, TPM system, GTS style AP racing brakes.

Well worth the money I would say.

Cheers