Last VE is an SS Z series sedan (says the Australian)

[Jamolad]

And Brazil. And the UK. And Canada. And South Africa.

Forgot about Brazil, but didn't know about Canada and South Africa. Was it the Pontiac G8 in Canada? What badge did it carry in South Africa?

In a moment of madness and if I had more money than sense, I'd buy a Roadpacer and drive it around here just to confuse everyone. The look and sound would be bizzare, an HJ Premier revving to the moon! Maybe it could be hotted up with the triple rotor 20B or the early '90s Le Mans racer quad rotor. The road pacer had the one tonner diff (4.44:1) IIRC to help give some hope of low end torque...

Cheers, Matthew

Most would think it was a weird sounding old Kingswood with caravan mirrors mounted on the front guards. Didn't know they had that diff ratio. Would be awesome if you did get a Roadpacer one day - just tell your mates you are bringing in a 'grey import' from Japan.

[Troutman]

Yes the G8 was sold in Canada, while there are a tiny number of Caprice PPVs too. One G8 enthusiast passed a village called Holden in Alberta, Canada and snapped this pic.



South Africa has the Chevrolet Lumina which is much the same as the Middle Eastern version, except right hand drive. Unlike the Middle East, there is a ute version available - though also unlike the Middle East, there's no Caprice. This is a modified example at a Top Gear show.



For a bit of trivia, there was also a prototype 'Bitter Vero Sport' which would have been sold in Germany and the Czech Republic if it had gone into production alongside the Caprice-based Vero.

I can recommend my Youtube channel for anyone interested in this topic: http://www.youtube.com/user/wmcapriceforum

As for the Roadpacer, there are vids around, such as this one:

[super coach]

sorry re-read the post/article Australian got it wrong in a paragraph and called it a SSV Z Series. Apologies car is correct in the photos

[redvxr8clubby]

Of course it sold the most. It ran for nearly 7 years. VX was like 3 or something like that

VX was only 2 years - late 2000 (October from memory) to late 2002. I had an August 02 built VX II Calais, my brother in law has a September 02 built VY Calais.

[macca_779]

VX was only 2 years - late 2000 (October from memory) to late 2002. I had an August 02 built VX II Calais, my brother in law has a September 02 built VY Calais.

Yeah your right come to think of it