HSV W427 Commodore Sedan Price and Specs Announced

500hp LS7 power for $150,000 AUD

Holden Australia / Super Holden HSV W427

by Brian Potter
June 20, 2008 8:00 PM
Filed Under: Holden

Holden Special Vehicles announced today production volume and pricing of the W427 Commondore sedan which originally appeared at the Melbourne Motor Show this past February. With only 427 units to be produced, each of Holden's 64 dealers in Australian and New Zealand will be allocated one unit assuming they have an order. The remaining units will then be allocated to dealers based on 2007 sales figures. HSV’s owner and founder Tom Walkinshaw confirmed the price of the W427 will be $150,000 AUD as well as final power output of 375kW (502hp) and 640NM (472 ft/lbs) of torque coming from the 7.0-liter LS7 V8 from the Z06 Corvette. The Holden Special Vehicles W427 goes on sale in August.

Key features of the W427 as at June 20, 2008

Price

$150,000 AUD

Volume and Distribution

HSV will build, to order, up to 427 W427s.
Each Australian and New Zealand dealer (around 64 in total) will be entitled to one HSV W427 in the first production batch, provided they have a firm retail order.
Further 2008 allocations will be prioritised to dealerships according to 2007 sales figures.

Exterior

All new Front Fascia exclusive to W427
All new 3 piece rear spoiler in carbon fibre
All new 20 inch wheel

Interior

HSV E series performance seats in full red hot trim with W427 logo
HSV steering wheel, gear shifter and console lid in full red hot leather trim
HSV specific trim panels

Powertrain

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 3⁄4”)
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

Suspension

New springs, 30% stiffer than GTS
Revised ride height – 20mm lower than GTS

Source: HSV

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Comments

Joe_Limon

June 20, 2008 9:01 PM

now that is an expensive 4 door gm...

BavarianMS

June 20, 2008 9:02 PM

150K whats the point when you can just get an M5. But it doesn't look all that bad if you want to drive something different.

Spyshot-73

June 20, 2008 10:26 PM

Yeah but real men drive holdens , and dont import crap.

Lutzie

June 25, 2008 4:06 AM

Real men with deep-seated inferiority complexes maybe? Big dumb aussie crap. Anyone can strap a bigger and bigger engine in a basic car... where's the intelligence? The meaty super-efficient diesel (although I realise that diesel is overpriced in Australia so maybe GM-H don't have the incentive).

mn07

June 20, 2008 11:04 PM

AUD so how many US dollars is that?

mn07

June 20, 2008 11:04 PM

$150,000 AUD so how many US dollars is that?

Joe_Limon

June 20, 2008 11:15 PM

go to google and type "150000 aud in usd"

_M7_

June 20, 2008 11:23 PM

it doesent matter... its too expensive...for that money I can have a well made porsche or if you want speed the GTR...or a lotus, Jag... an M3

HISH

June 20, 2008 11:59 PM

hell no !

no one gonna pay 130k for commodore!!!!!

I prefer to bay the most powerful car the gm has made which is the corvvete zr1 and just for 100k !!!

Bremen_Koenigsegg

June 21, 2008 12:18 AM

That's still a good US$140k! I understand exclusivity, but honestly?

BabyMilo

June 21, 2008 1:31 AM

geez $150 grand aud for a car that has crap build quality... and looks like most of the other hsv's something tells me not a good investment

davethepetrolhead

June 22, 2008 8:32 AM

Um dude you need to lay off the crack... HSVs are fantastic cars well built and go well maybe your'e thinking of Toyota's TRD Aurion when you talking about a crap car.

BabyMilo

June 23, 2008 10:02 AM

um dude have u ever sat in a hsv??

davethepetrolhead

June 23, 2008 11:48 AM

Um dude yes i have sat in a HSV and as i said before lay off the crack dickhead

Aesthetics

March 10, 2009 8:22 AM

its a lot of money for some red neck tech lol

samuelzeus

June 21, 2008 2:55 AM

When Nissan is selling the GT-R in Australia, the price will be almost the same as this piece of GM crap. Australian market is always rip off and maybe that you can call "a market in the third world". Like Porshe 977 turbo cost you $300k+, oh yeah, GT-R is still in the half price for sure, I don't think GT-R is just too good for them.

BMWer

June 21, 2008 3:38 AM

Um, how exactly is that price warranted??!? Where is the built in value for US$140k?? I don't get this one at all...absurd. The M5 is a much better car than this, and at much less $$$, let alone the M3. I guess I'll just shake my head and look up at the sky for a brief moment...

BabyMilo

June 21, 2008 7:46 AM

um dude here in australia the m5 is $70,000 aud more than this and the m3 coupe is $7000 aud more but not as practical but yes i agree this is still a cr*p car

bimmer_e30

June 21, 2008 4:08 AM

yeah but we get f****d over down here. a m5 is 230k aud, e92 m3 around 180k. so 150k for this hsv is about the same as a cayman s, so its still not in the price range of the euro supersaloons, maybe a 550i.. think thats still more expensive tho

bookemdanno

June 21, 2008 4:18 AM

yeah guys, absolutely no point comparing AUD to USD etc. have to look at the prices in the australian car market (so saying that an M5 is cheaper is completely untrue). the 427 is still hideously expensive, but they've already had 1500 expressions of interest, and i'm pretty confident they'll sell each and every one they make.

122

June 21, 2008 5:43 AM

i'll take it that those people who said "its too expensive" probably live in the US or maybe in europe, where the price of the car should be cheaper due to demand and due to the transportation costs. (mind you it takes at least 24hrs to fly from europe to australia) Sure it is expensive (in an australian point of view) , but australians usually pay the premium anyway.

lucifa

June 21, 2008 7:44 AM

erm... down here youre looking at 230k as a base price for an M5 w/o any on-roads, insurance or dealer charges before you even open the bmw extras brochure. 150k for a car with effectively identical power as an M5, in a country that doesn't have the twisty, windy roads of europe is sounding a pretty good deal. and you've all missed the point of an HSV. the purpose of a holden is you buy the base car, buy any of the dozens of $2k supercharger kits and throw out 750 odd hp in a country with wide, long straight roads. and before you even think of bringing up the GT-R, remember this isn't some everyday track car. its an enormous, comfortable street cruiser with the power to pull away from a porsche at the lights when the fancy takes you.

Lutzie

June 25, 2008 4:13 AM

Yeah... Wide straight roads - but most of these puppies will be thundered around in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Not to mention, on the open road, the full-on Australian traffic police and the extensive speed camera network that all serve to make the 8-10mpg this thing might get seem kinda pointless. But - people will buy it for its future investment potential if nothing else.

mps

June 21, 2008 4:52 PM

So why the hell did they put it on the moon?

radmeister

June 21, 2008 6:47 PM

They should have put it on mars instead and let it idle for a few days, the greenhouse gasses would have been enough to melt that ice under the soil.

kimbo

June 21, 2008 8:45 PM

hahah radmeister, good one hahahah

nathandavid88

June 22, 2008 4:01 PM

There is a reason why this is so expensive, it's because each of these cars basically gets 2 engines. HSV's are partially built up in Holden's factory, including putting the engines in and then taken over to HSV to finish them.

However, Holden can't install the LS7 engine as it is not a standard Commodore engine type, and the firewall needs to be modified to take the LS7. The car gets the normal 6.2L engine (it needs a powerplant to be able to be driven off the line) and when it's taken over to HSV they pull out that engine and manually put in the LS7. That means this car is much more hand built than your normal HSV, and with the low volume of production, it gets an appropriate price.

saame

June 22, 2008 9:59 PM

220 000 aud for an M5 isn't so much.. Or ofcourse it is, (=134000 eur) but you have to pay as much here in Finland too.. Because of the taxes we have..

gugas

June 23, 2008 12:18 AM

Here in Brazil a BMW M5 costs US$ 338,463. Be happy everybody!!

MrJenko

December 20, 2008 10:27 PM

so far they have sold 90 and will only make 200, less than half of the original 427 they wanted to make.

Aesthetics

March 10, 2009 8:24 AM

just buy an ls7 and put it in the coupe, upgrade everything and save more money

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