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<blockquote data-quote="Jiffy" data-source="post: 16369149" data-attributes="member: 124414"><p>Yup - it's a great shame that Holden is closing here. The Australian made cars were pretty good - the original Holdens were ok and the hot versions had 327 and 350 Chevy drive trains however Holden eventually designed and released a 308 and 253 small-block V8 - not bad and was the mainstay for years and competed against the locally designed and manufactured 351 2v/4V and 302 2V Clevelands.</p><p></p><p>Holden released the Monaro in the US as the Pontiac GTO with LS-1 and LS-2 (IIRC) which was a great day for local pride - that was an ok car!</p><p></p><p>When Holden released the VE series in the late noughties, it was a great looking car with LS-X drivetrains, and Holden sold them in the US as the Chevy Caprice police car and the Chevy SS.</p><p></p><p>Nice cars, and a shame to see them go, and a non-factory RHD Camaro (they are converted to RHD here by a local boutique factory) and sold at a premium, but they cannot compete with the factory RHD Mustang which is selling well here and 90% are V8 and local hot and S/C versions are available.</p><p></p><p>Ford wins. Again. Shame about the V8-Supercars series though, lots of questions over our tin-top V8 racing series.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jiffy, post: 16369149, member: 124414"] Yup - it's a great shame that Holden is closing here. The Australian made cars were pretty good - the original Holdens were ok and the hot versions had 327 and 350 Chevy drive trains however Holden eventually designed and released a 308 and 253 small-block V8 - not bad and was the mainstay for years and competed against the locally designed and manufactured 351 2v/4V and 302 2V Clevelands. Holden released the Monaro in the US as the Pontiac GTO with LS-1 and LS-2 (IIRC) which was a great day for local pride - that was an ok car! When Holden released the VE series in the late noughties, it was a great looking car with LS-X drivetrains, and Holden sold them in the US as the Chevy Caprice police car and the Chevy SS. Nice cars, and a shame to see them go, and a non-factory RHD Camaro (they are converted to RHD here by a local boutique factory) and sold at a premium, but they cannot compete with the factory RHD Mustang which is selling well here and 90% are V8 and local hot and S/C versions are available. Ford wins. Again. Shame about the V8-Supercars series though, lots of questions over our tin-top V8 racing series. [/QUOTE]
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