HSV Sends Commodore Out With ZR1-Powered GTSR W1

Holden HSV GTSR W1

HSV has officially gone mental and is sending the Holden Commodore off in the most fitting way. General Motors’ Australian outfit, Holden, will end production of locally sourced vehicles in October. And that move will see the automaker ditch the rear-wheel-drive Commodore, which is rebadged and sold in the United States as the Chevrolet SS.

Unlike the U.S. version, which will come to a sad end at the end of the year without getting a faster model, HSV won’t le the Commodore die easily. Instead, the tuner stuffed the engine out of a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and other goodies before sending it on the way out.

Holden HSV GTSR W1 Sedan

The HSV GTSR W1 is the most powerful car from the tuner and it’s no surprise as to why. The vehicle features the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 LS9 from the C6 Corvette ZR1. The engine, in the Australian brute, generates 635 horsepower and 601 pound-feet of torque. Thanks to the motor, 62 mph passes by in 4.2 seconds, while the sedan can complete the quarter mile in roughly 12 seconds.

The super sedan, though, isn’t all about straight-line performance. Grip comes from Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires that shine on the track. The ride is controlled through a race-car spec SupaShock suspension system with adjustable dampers. Braking, which is sure to become an important factor with the car, is handled by six-piston AR Racing Brakes. If the car sounds incredible, that’s because it is. And to make it even better, drivers can row their own gears through a proper six-speed manual transmission.

Holden HSV GTSR W1 Interior

HSV has also tweaked the car’s exterior by adding wider fenders that give the sedan a hunkered down look, an aggressive front end with a spoiler, and a modest spoiler at the back.

This is one special machine that only a few individuals will get to enjoy. Speaking of which, just 300 GTSR W1 sedans will be built and all of those are for the Australian and New Zealand market. Pricing, which is well off the mark of what a vehicle would cost in the U.S., starts at $130,000.

If only Chevrolet took a page out of HSV’s book and gave the SS a similar treatment, because this is the right way of saying goodbye to a vehicle.