Comments on: Torana reaches record price at auction

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:55:04 +0000

Yeah, it’s something like Garth Tander being a V8 champion while Mark Webber isn’t. All those dollars for such a worthless vehicle.

By: john

john — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:26:40 +0000

Underneath all of this is the “I am too good to be Australian”. If you really look at who is behind calling Torana lovers Bogans and the people that like GT Falcons or just fords they are all racist Migrants. People who like Fords have a grudge and need to prove to Aussies that we are hopeless that there was only grass and trees here when the migrants turned up and they built all and sundry and carried us all the way. I say to all who believe that people who like Holden’s are Bogans that they should get on the next boat and go home. My family was pioneering this place before there were docks that migrants tied there boats to. Guess what Bogans made the docks for them to tie there boats to. They created the farms for them to grow there crops and other items. They greased the wheels of progress with there blood their lives and there families lives while the rest of the world bitched and fought world wars over jack sxxt. Which lead them to run away from there mess to this country. Which they continue to do.
I say to all you pigs who want to call us Bogans, get out of our country as we are not more than the product of what this country has done to our families for generations leaving our families tired and in need of repair. When things actually became good every looser in the world came here and stole everything out from under us. Helped by an uncaring Government that shipped them here as they again held the unfortunate back by pulling losers from all over the world to prevent us locals from having a decent bit of the cherry. Even they didn’t want to give us a helping hand apparently our lives were just the grease in the wheels of progress. Anyone who calls anyone a Bogan is a migrant and they will never be Australian, until they become a bogan. Thats what this place does to you.

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:13:22 +0000

Pragmaticus,why bother commenting if you have no idea what your looking at ? Oh and the Blower on the XB didnt work,it was all show !

You obviously have no knowledge of Aussie Muscle cars……..you think this is expensive then 800k for a 1971 XY GT phase 3 of which 300 were made and 93 remain will floor you!

By: pragmaticus

pragmaticus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:01:42 +0000

As an addendum to my previous message:

Upon closer inspection of the vehicle (and I think all cars are at least worthy of another look), I see by the evil cant of it’s tires and their low-profile, that the car is probably set-up to move out when one tromps on the peddle.

And if the air-dams and wheel-well extensions fastened with stainless steel fasteners indeed have utility, then I may presume that it does have intentions of high-speed merriment, and thus, upon second thought, find it’s design fairly endearing….sorta like a wolf in grandma car clothing.

By: pragmaticus

pragmaticus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:45:19 +0000

You got to be kidding me?? I was oginally looking up specs on the Ferrari 246 Dino and somehow landed upon this Holden. I am not sure what the exchange to US dollars would be but $180,000aus for a car that looks like a pimped up chevy citation seems up bit much…even for the wacky land down under!!! I mean, at least the Mad Max car had a supercharger and wasn’t a four-door. I am looking for the fuzzy-dice and bobble-head on this one but cannot see any. Maybe it is Holden’s version of the 1964 Ford ThunderBolt (of which only 10 or so existed), except in awful 1970’s plummage instead of the slightly better 1960’s???

By: True Blue

True Blue — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:39:42 +0000

Good folk, don’t bag each other for car loyalties that you don’t agree with but respect all who are toiling to preserve the old Aussie “Muscle Cars”. You all know that the “Green Police” will prevail and it’s good to know there are some people preserving motoring history for subsequent generations. Not so selfish really. Yes, the oldies do use a bit of fuel but their low km useage probably doesn’t equate to as much as “mums taxi” ferrying progeny around that should be introduced to their legs.

By: Duck

Duck — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:13:00 +0000

FORD Is NO.1 say……….”New Holdens are bad”

Well thats odd because i hear that new fords are crap and old fords were good, which i believe!
Holdens are as good as they used to, there actualy getting better!

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:57:38 +0000

The highly unpopular HB torana was a rebadged Vaxhaull Viva.. I think the LC/LJs kept the Viva’s floorpan, but apart from that they were all aussie.

By: troy

troy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:19:05 +0000

AND improved them

By: Realcars

Realcars — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:48:21 +0000

Yeah, the Torana was originally a derivative of the Vauxhall Viva?

During the sixties and seventies the Jap makers copied many Euro designs and concepts.

By: atlantis

atlantis — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:41:38 +0000

if im rich, i’ll buy a brand new car that i can drive like crazy, i’m not spending my cash for some oldie display..

By: Johny

Johny — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:43:59 +0000

“Toyota E type. Yes an historical exhibit of Japanese copying prowess.”

Wasn’t the Torana just a rebadged Opel? I’m not saying this is bad though, just saying Holden isn’t as ‘original’ as you think.

By: dlr1

dlr1 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:05:54 +0000

I seem to recall a press release about the 1989 Batman movie with Michael Keaton that mentioned that even the Batmobile was fitted with RTS and TST.

By: Rich0

Rich0 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:26:55 +0000

obviously i meant the article between the kingswood and the 5 series…

By: Rich0

Rich0 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:26:02 +0000

Realcars – your right, R.T.S was a revolution at the time, pity they where still sticking R.T.S badges on commodores right up to the VS days when R.T.S was well past its day… But yeah that article between the kingswood and the commodore! BMW flew the then editor over to Germany for a please explain! They just couldn’t accept that some aussie cheapo car could handle better then their car! That’s untill they flew a kingswood over to germany and drove then thing and where all like “how can zis be?”

To be fair though those germans only make a mistake once! The next 5 series was brilliant

By: Rich0

Rich0 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:22:09 +0000

Bogan Hater – this thread has been taken over by nob heads in general, its not just on the holden side of the fence!

“ALL HOLDENS ARE CRAP TOYOTA’S RULE COS THE AURION HAS MORE POWER = BETTER AND NEW HOLDENS SUCK MORE THEN OLD HOLDENS HAHAHA HOW FUNNY THAT FORDS ARE BETTER TOO COS MY DADDY TOLD ME THEY ARE!!!!!!!!!111 TORANAS ARE SHIT COS THEY JUST IS I HAD ONE 20 YEARS AGO AND EVEN THO IT WAS THE BASE MODEL I STILL KNOW THAT THE A9X WAS SHIT TOO COS IT JUST IS HEY AREN’T WE JUST A GIANT BUNCH OF TOSS POTS?”

yes you are…

By: Bogan hater

Bogan hater — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:07:58 +0000

Man this site’s been overrun by Holden lovin’ bogans.

This article was about Holden Torana yet somehow the Aurion has been dragged into it – what’s up with that? They’re not in the same class or era. But that’s bogans for you. Probably shagging their cousins right now

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:48:22 +0000

Realcars
My lx 3.3 Torrie stuck to the road like shit to a blanket

Thats because it was shit and I`m guessing it still is

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:46:17 +0000

Just go to show once again some people have more money than sense, but I guess as an investment maybe but I`d rather be enjoying driving a car not looking at it

By: Realcars

Realcars — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:37:38 +0000

R.T.S That was magic at the time.

Remember wheels doing a comparo between 3.3 HZ Kingswood SL (RTS equipped)and 5 series BMW of the era and the Kingswood came out on top?

My lx 3.3 Torrie stuck to the road like shit to a blanket.