HSV W427 on sale in August (375kW and 640Nm)
June 20, 2008 by Alborz Fallah
It is finally confirmed, the HSV W427 is coming in August and will cost $150,000, plus on road costs, under the current Luxury Car Tax regime.
Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) has just issued a press release announcing the program for the seven litre W427 program, including pricing, volume and distribution strategy.
Not surprisingly, only 427 W427s will be built, however all will be built to order at the Clayton production facility. HSV will give each Australian and New Zealand HSV Dealer (64 in total) one W427 (as long as they have a firm retail order) while the rest will be allocated to dealers based on 2007 sales figures.
The all important figures? Tom Walkinshaw has just confirmed the final power output figure for the W427 will be 375kW and 640NM of torque.
From the outside you can tell its a W427 thanks to its all new exclusive front fascia, all new 3 piece rear spoiler in carbon fibre and all new 20 inch wheels.
The interior is treated with HSV E series performance seats in full red hot trim with W427 logo plus HSV steering wheel, gear shifter and console lid in full red hot leather trim.
Suspension is also different over the GTS with the new springs being 30% stiffer than the GTS, while the car sits 20mm lower than GTS as well. The rear gets stiffer suspension bushing, plus HSV has had to rework the Magnetic Ride Control calibration to suit new springs, ride height and bushing.
The W427 comes to a stop using 6 piston front braking system (50% increase in pad area) with 2 piece floating front rotors (380 x 35mm) compared to 365 x 32mm one piece on GTS.
Engine details:
- 7.0 Litre, LS7 Engine with HSV specific calibration
- 375kW @ 6500 rpm
- 640Nm @ 5000 rpm
- Over radiator style cold air induction system – with high flow air filter.
- Dry sump lubrication system with 2 stage pump.
- Hand fabricated aluminium oil reservoir, with baffles for high G loading.
- Front mount, 13 row engine oil cooler
- Ceramic coated, high flow 4 into 1 extractors
- High flow catalytic converters and exhaust system (3” into 2 ¾”)
- Active bi-modal rear mufflers
- Exhaust back pressure management
- Improved noise quality
- High strength limited slip differential
- New high strength 6 speed manual gear box (TR6060)
- GMPT LS7 Clutch with new actuator and pedal assembly for high clamp loads
Print it: 
^Straight from a Daewoo! You got to be JOKING! What the hell just cause Holden puts name plates on a few Daewoo’s does not mean the Commdore is! Geeeeezzzzzz!
W427 Daewoo Dunnydore reminds me of a thunder box painted with red flames skidding down Toorak Road, $150,000 worth of sewage.
What a pile of pants. Only an out & out Holden twerp would buy such a thing. Let see how badly it will do on top gear against the decent similar priced motors.
Donkey 666 – My little fluffy Badgers and Bunnies hate these behemoths. No need
the quality of the plastics is woeful compared to other cars such as the FG Falcon, Mazda, Honda etc…….and the ergonomics of the interior is also way behind…….
The quality and design of even an FG XT Falcon interior\dash looks more quality and luxurious than this $150,000 piece of mutton dressed up as lamb……….
…but Lexus look like shinny Camrys.
Realcars, I agree……shiney even !!!! lol and Aurions look like Camry’s !! Arion……the NAME has changed !!!!! But unlike this overpriced Holden they are at least priced for what hey are….cheap shit Jap cars….
DID PM K.RUDD DO COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE (CGI)? A COMMODORE ON MOON SURFACE LOOKS LIKE IS ABOUT AS RELEVANT AS RUDD DOING THE HARDYARDS……………ALL UP IN ARMS AS AINT MUCH DOIN THERE!
I would have my money on the GTR R35. This is way too over price.
Seems hard to beleive that people will buy this for that amount of money. Then again HSV sold the Coupe 4 for around $100 000 and they were snapped up.
It all looks not to bad but the front bit looks but ugly.I mean thay are just trying to hard.Look how slick the german cars are and enginered compared to a commodore and its way over the top 150 grand thay must kidding.just buy gts spend 20 grand on motor and it will be Quicker and save over 50 thousand if thats your thing
ridiculous….
Give BMW, Audi, Nissan, Toyota etc 7 liter capacity engine… they give you a Machine that can tow a NASA rocket.
Give GM a 7 liter engine and you get a car with the same performance as some 2.5 liter engines these days.
Seriously…. its ridiculous…..
Lexus IS-F
I dunno if Oz has the Lexus IS-F out yet
But we have the current M3 and the IS-F in the “lab” undergoing some performance comparo.
A couple of upper management also had their IS-F arrived this week, shame they both got the same color.
And as most said, only rich bogans would buy this. Collectors? You’d have to be the most enthusiastic holden enthusiasts to justify spending that much on it. Other collectors such as Lindsay Fox etc, well $150,000 literally drops out of there shirt top pocket…. so they can justify that amount…
I’ll take a FG G6E Turbo in Steel Blue with a flash tune, exhaust and bigger cooler, and make a massive dent in my mortage.
Ta
So Dingo’s latest name is “Lexus IS-F” hmmmmm.
$150K you are paying for exclusivity.
The initial estimates were $125K. You all now why it jumped don’t you? LCT in part, but mostly because HSV have to sell off 427 slightly second hand LS3/gearbox combos.
They cannot slap the 7Litre in on the assembly line and Holden require a car to roll out under it’s own power.
Therefore, the original LS3 and gearbox equipped VE sent to HSV for modification then has to have a transplant for the 7Litre.
Just like the moom picture, a total joke.
But,,,,,,,HSV only have to find 437 bogans, not a big ask really.
You can get a PROPER pedigree vehicle for that, AMG, M3. GTR, etc etc
Should flop, teach them a lesson
Cheeers
F-0
Just like the moom picture, a total joke.
But,,,,,,,HSV only have to find 427 bogans, not a big ask really.
You can get a PROPER pedigree vehicle for that, AMG, M3. GTR, etc etc
Should flop, teach them a lesson
Cheeers
F-0
It’s exclusive guys, now stop winging!
Apparentaley it will do 0-100km in 4.4 secs
And will have a top speed over 300km.
They could have changed the handbrake at least!
Probably should be different in the VF Commodore, we hope!
4.4 secs?
says who?
i hope its not holdens quoted figure or you can be sure to add a few easy tenths to that
i dont think it will flop.
i actually think they have released too many though (if that doesnt sound like a contradiction).
would have been better keeping it to around 200 i reckon
even if it is the rich bogans that will buy it, dont worry there are plenty of them out there, hence it wont flop
fair enough saying they priced it at 150k to make it open to the exclusive club (as someone said)
but you cant go and price a box of corn flakes at 2 times their worth and just say its so the elite cereal eaters dont feel like they are eating the same breakfast as others who are cash strapped individuals
I thought hsv said that its gts could do 4.8 to a 100 so for 60 thousand dollars more it can only manage 4.4 to 100 if it dose do those numbers thats a lot of money for just a few tenths quicker
topdog .i agree……alo to pay for a tiny increase in speed. Anyway the GTS doesnt do 4.8……you knowhow HSV lie about their figures. If 0-100 times are important to a person then just buy an FG XR6 Turbo and flash tune it and it will beat this 7 litre V8 anyway……for around 50 grand !!!!!! what a joke HSV !!
Just imagine a guy who pays $150,000 for a Commodore having a XR6 Trbo drag him off at the lights…….PRICELESS !!!! Anyway ……over a quarter mile the HSV would need to stop for petrol…….lol
Andrew M, I got the info off http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring.
It’s not from the Holden website. CarAdvice must have deleted my hyperlink I pasted then posted. I don’t know why. Probably because they have not got the information. Well carAdvice WebWombat has the info on performance of the HSV W427. So why did you delete it? geeeeeeezzzzz………..
As i said above a FG F6 will be as fast.
hey should Aus Car Advice do a evaluation of the 2 together.
cant wait to see the report.
Go Ford
Duck,
and web wombat would have gotten that figure from holden.
the only one that would be able to state a figure would be holden. its not exactlly like the w427 is touring the press fleet for anyone else bar holden to suggest a figure
I agree with wheel nut any figures hsv have given us has never been achived by any car tester ever .And with new falcon turbo i recone if you put fatter rubber on it it would do much quiker times as its the rubber stopping it from showing full potental. so just buy 2 cars for same money 1 for her and 1 for me good exscuce to con the misses over lol
^I’m pretty sure you mean Wheelstud, not Wheelnut, because I can’t find Wheelnut anywhere on this article Topdog.
lol yep thats it wheelstud
Say what you will, BUT it’s still a Commondoor,
manufactured quality for Exacting bogan standards.
Quality cannot match Euro Cars.
For 150k+ you get better engineering from Euro cars.
hhmmmm……
BMW 4 litres make 400hp sooooo HSV 7 litres should make how many ponies ????
Just another repackaged Donkey masquerading as a thorough bred.
The joke is on the purchasers.
“but you cant go and price a box of corn flakes at 2 times their worth and just say its so the elite cereal eaters dont feel like they are eating the same breakfast as others who are cash strapped individuals” not always…
Fiji water when it came out it was like 10 bucks for a small 300ml or so and only sold in selected stores / restaurants. Even though the elements were the same as any cheaper water it made the people think its special. Likewise with this car, buyers will think they are in an elite group of Holden owners..
Im pretty sure you go to the U.S. somewhere someplace they have expensive cereals, selling directly to numbskulled celebs making them think this is elite stuff.
Wow, that is one mega-exclusive, mega-expensive, mega fugly piece of sh*t!
How come Corsa Special Vehicles can put the same engine in a commodore and sell it for much less??? I know which one Id rather for bang for your buck. For $150k though I’d take the RS4 personally.
Even though I’m not a fan of the car to call buyers of them “aspirational bogans” is a bit much. Just cos someone likes Ford or Holden doesn’t them a bogan. I’ve seen plenty of bogans driving Toyotas, Hondas & even BMW’s. Some people like the performance and experience only a V8 can give and fuel consumption is quite low on the priority list. If fuel consumption is your primary concern good on you but to whinge because other people dont give a rats about it is just asking for an argument for the sake of an argument.
“Say what you will, BUT it’s still a Commondoor,
manufactured quality for Exacting bogan standards.
Quality cannot match Euro Cars.
For 150k+ you get better engineering from Euro cars.
hmmmmm……”
Say what you will, but not everyone likes the w@nk factor that only comes with owning Euro trash, cars for posers who say CIAO at the end of phone conversations and who have those stupid clamshell phones and loudly snap them shut then look around hoping people saw them.
“BMW 4 litres make 400hp sooooo HSV 7 litres should make how many ponies ????”
First of all, hp is not the most important thing you tool, the LS7 has torque where it needs it. hp is about marketing, torque is about getting the job done. hp/litre is irrelevant for the reason I just talked about, and also because it automatically favours the smaller displacement due to the law of diminishing returns.
Not the best looking car but it grows on you
Price is alot but for holden fans looking for
something Unique this is it. No Stock Ford FG F6 will beat it.
(Quote) just buy gts spend 20 grand on motor and it will be Quicker and save over 50 thousand if thats your thing
Why would you bother? why not buy a 20k Commodore Spend 60k on it and smash everything? If you wanted a fast street car money would be better of spent elsewhere
Holden (GM) need to spend up and make a new V8
then make a lighter weight car
Lets face it this car is awesome. For those die hard ford fans that keep comparing it to a F6 wait till it acually comes out then put side by side.I work for a certain dealer and the F6 is very over rated not to mention the normal ford problems that come standard.
Why couldn’t the HRT 427 seen in the early 2000s be the base on which to build this? Wheres the carbon-ceramic brakes? Or the weight-saving? This may be a BIG sedan for a BIG country but it sure as hell is not any BIG thing. Its exactly like the Aston Martin DBS, trying to make something big out of something small. In fact its virtually dead-on being Australia’s DBS. A normal GTS but where everything is a little bit better. So as JC would say (besides what I already have said), it should of being called a “GTS-S” or perhaps in tribute to a previous car the “GTS-R”. Or maybe they should of just put the bloody 7.0L in the GTS in the first place and returned the GTS to its former glory?!?
Too much for the asking price, if i bought one i would certainly have the grille changed other than that nice car . Yep i agree Falcon F6 is overated i own one, handle’s good but i get blown away at the lights by 70yr old granny’s in their Datsun 120Y’s. Took a trip to Goulburn recently in my F6, thought i’d open it up give it a quick blat got up to 250kmh and was overtaken by a toyota Yaris. That crushed me it really did…to make matters worse the Yaris was towing a Caravan ! Got to thinking theres something very wrong with the Falcon, so took it to the local Ford dealer, service dept opened the bonnet guy pointed and said yep thats your problem, i looked and said where is the problem ? Service bloke said right there see it says F O R D !