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2010 HSV ClubSport CS special edition celebrates 20 years

By Tim Beissmann |

Holden Special Vehicles is celebrating 20 years of the ClubSport with the launch of the “20 Years of ClubSport” HSV CS ClubSport, a special edition vehicle limited to just 100 examples.

The CS ClubSport features HSV performance suspension, 20in millennium silver Pentagon alloys and leather seats, as well as a “CS ClubSport” decal on the rear window in a modern take on the original VN badge.

HSV general manager of sales, Darren Bowler, said he expected the limited edition ClubSport to be highly sought-after by the HSV faithful.

“With this level of value add at no additional cost we anticipate the 100 vehicles will move very quickly and good luck to the person who manages to grab No.1 in the model build,” Mr Bowler said.

He said City Motors HSV in Perth recorded the highest HSV vehicle sales in 2009 and had subsequently been rewarded with retailing the No. 1 vehicle.

The ClubSport name first appeared as a permanent model in the HSV range in June, 1990 with the launch of the 180kW/400Nm 5.0-litre VN ClubSport. Just 410 were built, and they started at $33,320 for the manual and $34,140 for the automatic.

Following the original 5.0-litre was the 5.7-litre LS1, the 6.0-litre LS2 and the current 6.3-litre LS3, which produces 317kW of power and 550Nm of torque and is the top-selling model in the line-up.

HSV’s Tim Jackson said given the ClubSport’s more modest beginnings, the decision was made to celebrate the anniversary with a “back-to-basics” approach.

“If we step back 20 years to 1990, this really was a watershed year for the HSV brand. Not only did we introduce our first ClubSport model in June but 1990 also represented our first Bathurst victory with the Holden Racing Team, who are also celebrating 20 years of success this year.

“The ClubSport has such great history and meaning within our business, and it has always been our purists’ vehicle – bringing track focused performance and handling to a road vehicle,” Mr Jackson said.

The 20 Years of ClubSport limited edition CS model will appear in Australian HSV dealer showrooms from late June, and will be priced from $66,690 for the manual and $68,690 for the automatic.


 
  • Jumbo

    So all in all it is some leather, suspension and wheels. Not at all impressive for a 20 year special edition.

    I don’t count the sticker aswell because they couldn’t even make it a badge or a sticker for the body.
    There is just to much “That’ll do” in this car for me.

    • Jabba the Hut

      It’s as big a let down as ford’s 50th anniversary Falcon. Both reflect budget restraints imo.

  • ox

    180kw back in 1990! how things have changed.

    • matt

      lol considering a 1990 Mazda 929 with a 3.0 litre V6 made 140Kw…. pushrods were crap then, and crap now

      • Trouble

        But who the f*** wants one?

        • Dave

          I would take one – the look great

    • Devil’s Advocate

      I was thinking the same thing considering there a now a handful of 4cyl hatchbacks that produce similar power and torque! Then there is the garden variety “povo pack fleet special” Commodore that has more power from 2 less litres capacity. The torque advantage of the old VN would make all the difference in every day driving though…

      • toxic_horse

        That was then, this is now .
        it is pointless to compare a modern 4 cyl with a 20 year old car. Back then most 4clys would be lucky to make 60kw.

        • Devil’s Advocate

          I wasn’t comparing them in the way you seem to be implying, you just assumed… If you read the chain properly you would have seen I was agreeing with ox when he said “how things have changed” and I was just providing some examples on how far technology has come. Especially considering the base model of the same car now has more power than the top of the line high performance version back then. I was even giving that “20 year old car” a compliment due to it’s mountain of torque hence highlighting that torque is better than power in everyday driving! Just like you said, that was then this is now.

          As an aside, I had a 1987 model 1.6L 4cyl that had 100kw from the factory, however it was the exception rather than the rule! :-)

          • ox

            7.0L 600kw in 2040? :)

  • D

    I prefer the ‘I just want one’ sticker.

    I would hardly call this car a special edition though- what about a unique paint job to truly set it apart?

  • billy

    If they wanted to go back 20 years they should have drop the price by half haha.

    • Radbloke

      Well, the seats look like they’re straight out of a VS GTS.
      So, what, this thing is a ClubSport ClubSport then? Surely the brains trust down at HSV could have done a little better than that!

  • LSD

    Geeeez…….that is one FUGLY car !!!! what the hell is going on with the front end? WTF?? Way too try hard even for a HSV!! Must have alot of left over bits and pieces they wanted to flog off !! YUK !!!

    • Dave

      You want ugly – go visit your local honda, subaru or skoda dealer. This HSV, its aggressive in its styling. Is it too much for you? – buy a toyota

  • F6

    Well its just like 20 years ago or more in the engine department!! Inefficient fuel guzzling huge capacity 2 valves per cylinder pushrod engine……

    • David

      Coming from a guy named ‘F6′ – a car with a cast iron engine block.

      • The Truth

        Cast Iron = Bloody Hard to Break

        • Jabba the Hut

          …but heavy and inefficient.

          • jp

            correct me if i am wrong, but haven’t comparisons shown that it is not that much more inefficient as a sidi 3.6 litre….. with a hell of a lot more credentials, a performance?

  • Bundy

    Hey LSD…where have u been? These cars have been out for ages and them comments are abit old…..and let me guess u r a ford fan with nothing better to do…..grow up..

    • jp

      prob is a ford fan, but it still doesn;t make this car any better lookin

  • davie

    heres some inflation figures:

    In 1990 the clubsport cost 33k, now 20 years later costs 66k

    In 1992 the wrx cost 40k, now 18 years later costs 40k

    • James Cortez

      Yes, how do you explain the rationale? Clubsport is now overpriced and the maker is greedy? Stick to WRX then.

    • Why?

      18 years later the interior hasn’t changed. The exterior gets uglier year after year. Of course Subaru has to keep the price the same in order to get buyers through the door.

      • Dave

        The HSV gets better, with more gear, room and power. The WRX just get uglier and plasticy. The HSV is a sports sedan. The WRX, is often seen being driven around by older people and not by enthusiasts

    • The Truth

      1990 – $183 per KW
      2010 – $208 per KW in a better package

      Not that bad really…

    • Andrew M

      A sort of fair comment, but in that time import taxes have gone down and the aussie dollar up (by a fair bit)

      • TomJ

        Davie, thats like saying in 1990 the clubsport 33k, and in 2010 the SS costs 45k

        The WRX has moved upmarket, significantly. A STi is close to $70,000. The base WRX has about as much in relation to a 1992 model as the current SS does the 1990 clubsport.

        Here’s another difference, a modern SS will severly outperform a 1990 clubsport, were as a current WRX would struggle to outperform a 1992 model.

        • Sumodog

          Wrx was 42k in 1994 and that was when it was introduced to Australian market.

  • Fasthonda

    The front is just awful!
    All you tradies if you want to look manly etc don’t
    buy the Clubsport versions.I’ve seen some driving R8 utes with those daytime lights and the drivers (to quote Jeremy Clarkson) look like cocks.

  • F6

    David……but oh what an engine !!!! Its still a better engine than anything GM could come up with and it is regarded as one of the best engines in the world. What engine do Holden make thats anywhere near as good as the F6 engine? Oh wait i forgot……HOLDEN dont make any engines they just assemble them from spare parts or import them fully from America. It must be sad for you to know that the best engine Holden ever had in the Commodore wasnt even a Holden engine…..it was a NISSAN engine!! And nothing they have had since has come close to that…….what a joke!!!

    • Ben XR6T

      Will certainly agree with you there!!

      I have nothing against the Holden V8 but its supprising to still see that with every new model they just increase the displacement and keep the same engine design. But in saying that they still manage to meet emissions so they must be doing something right.

      I think they (HSV) have lost their way abit. I used to love the look of them but now its another story.

      • toxic_horse

        They do this because thats what there customers want and buy. Makes sense really.

    • topdog

      Very true the falcon is the last aussie car to have a aussie engine still,I was sad when they said they were going to axe it but luckly there not

      • tom

        The Falcon isn’t an Australian car. There was an American version of the Falcon back in the late 50′s early 60′s just before it was released in Australia.

    • Red Dwarf

      Holden do build engines in Australia the new DI V6 [in the VE] is built here. Infact the Holden Engine Company makes has made engines for a number of other car companies including Suzuki and Alfa Romeo.

      Yes Holden import the LS-3 V8 engines but Ford import their V8s as well

      As for the Nissan Inline 6cyl [from the VL] Yes it was a great engine but I don’t think that it could produce 340Kw like the Direct Injection Twin Tubo Optimised V6 which is reportedly going to feature in a new VF Sports Commodore next year – I mean a Turbo VL only made 150Kw

      • Ben

        yeah they build there own V6, but omg, its not exactly on the same playing level of the inline 6 now is it? And yes Ford/FPV import there V8s, but they assemble them with imported and LOCAL parts. There new V8 they have been working on for well over a year, yes, it is a yank V8, but it has been developed in house at FPV :-) HSV….I just BEAT one!!! All hail the mighty FLYIN FALCON!!!

  • Shak

    CA any news on the new spy pics of the VE II interior. looks nice from the pics i have seen.

    • Andrew M

      Well wont you be kind enough to share these pic??

      • Shak

        Under the CA code of Conduct i cant Share links or Website domain names. look them up if you want to seem them, yu obviously have some knowledge of the internerd as you found your way to this site.

  • Matt

    Needs more LEDs and plastic bits.

    • ox

      Yeah and they’ll charge you an extra 10k if it it did. Hard to see how it’s worth 20k over the already awsome SS/V

  • Bob

    So basically a special edition with GTS wheels, seats, better suspension and a bit more hype. Should effectively see them give away the bits for no incremental sales, or possibly even steal sales of GTS models and make less money.

    Not so smart.

  • ohreally

    so the special edition bits are the stickers and …. some stitching?

  • TomJ

    Holden is really spending big with that sticker, that shows to me they can’t even be bothered making a badge.

  • Worker from Grill’d

    Should make a special edition and call it BOGAN

    Anybody that wears mocassins gets extra bonus

    Would and will sell like hotcakes

    LOL

  • Vince

    Can have all the stickers it wants.. still ugly as sin. Maybe they will take off the blinkers for the new version :)

  • TomJ

    The styling’s growing on me

    As a direhard Holden fan it pains me to say this, but the Commodore is currently too large, and too old to be relevant. I know the VF will just be a exterior and interior facelift but the problem with the car is that it is just too big now.

    Give us a 3 series sized Commodore Holden, all the efficiency gains in the world with the alloytec engines won’t do what cutting 200kg of mass will.

    • ox

      Totaly agree, great cars but to big & heavy, that goes for the falcons too. They need to downsize and stay rwd

    • Joker

      Still not growing on me :(
      It’s just to damn over the top.
      Better luck with the VF HSV.

  • m@

    It is a 6.2 not 6.3 “the current 6.3-litre LS3″

  • Gibbo

    “HSV performance suspension”- shouldnt that be standard on all Clubsports?

  • http://SsangYong James Cortez

    If they manufacture everything in Australia, it won’t be able to compete price wise. Aussie labors are spoiled. Periodic pay rise supported by union, smoko, tea break, sicky. Can’t compete with the North American market due to small volume. can’t compete with Asian market for the labor is too G*d d**n expensive in downunder.

  • Goodfa

    Since they are only making 100 they will not discount these.
    You would be crazy to buy one at full price when the E3 is only three or four months away.

  • Ben

    Im happy for hsv fans that the inside is nice, this way you dont have to look at it disgusting face, omg, how many times do hsv have to belt there cars with the ugly stick??? I hope the 50th aniversery XR8 or new FPV’s dont follow this path, follow ac/dc’s path that they did with there music, simple is best….Enough said.

  • hrt2010

    All these special edition cars with special badges and leather seats are really quite boring…time for a car with WOW factor. HSV, please build a new GTS-R!!!