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Holden Special Vehicles to End Production of 503-HP Supercar
By Alan Harman
WardsAuto.com, Apr 14, 2009 8:00 AM
Sales of the fastest road-legal car ever produced in Australia are in the slow lane.
GM Holden Ltd.’s Holden Special Vehicles unit said in December it was capping production of its W427 7.0L Supercar at 200 units, half the 427 vehicles planned when the model was announced earlier last year.
But now it appears even that number has not been reached, with HSV saying orders for the W427 will close at 5 p.m. April 28, “giving prospective owners (several) weeks to place an order for a piece of Australian motoring history and one of the finest cars ever produced in this country.”
“We announced late last year the last build for the W427 would be mid-2009, and we now need to confirm orders for the final build of the program,” HSV Managing Director Phil Harding says in a statement.
Harding cites rave reviews from customers, the media and motoring aficionados and says one Australian auto magazine recently described the W427 as belonging to a group
The A$150,000 ($107,468) muscle car, a heavily modified version of the Commodore sedan, has a U.S.-sourced V-8 engine. HSV says the W427 achieves 503 hp and 472 lb.-ft. (640 Nm) of torque.
from Wiki:
The HSV W427 is the limited edition flagship of the current E-Series range, released in celebration of the company's 20th anniversary.
The W427 is based on the GTS, but replaces the 6.2L LS3 V8 with the 7.0L LS7 V8 used in theChevrolet Corvette Z06. Power outputs are 375kW @ 7000rpm and 640Nm @ 5000rpm[1], and 0-100km/h is achieved in 4.7 seconds[2] making the W427 both the most powerful and the fastest car ever built in Australia. It features recalibrated Magnetic Ride Control and stiffer suspension settings than the GTS, as well as a toughened 6-speed manual gearbox, a new exhaust system and larger 6-piston brakes[2].
The W427's name is the result of a combination of factors. W is to honour the founder of HSV, Tom Walkinshaw[3]. The 427 is simply the engine capacity in cubic inches, however it is also a nod to the HRT 427: a similar 7.0L V8 engined car which never went into production due to financial pressures.
The original concept model was produced in the same colour as the very first HSV model; the VL Commodore SS Group A SV.
The W427 went on sale in August 2008 and retails for AUD$155 500. A maximum of 427 will be built, and will be sold only in Australia and New Zealand.

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