en-us http://www.madwhips.com/holden/albums/ http://www.madwhips.com/1968-holden-hurricane-concept-car/ Future car from the past! Featuring GPS and reverse camera. Powered by 4.2lt V8 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:25:49 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/1968-holden-hurricane-concept-car/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-black-edition/ HSV will produce a limited run of 250 units of the Black Edition, available in sedan, ute and sports wagon. Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:22:03 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-black-edition/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-gts-s-at-southbank/ Great collection of GTS's on display from VP, VR, VS, VX, VY, VE and Coupe. Alot of these models were very built in very limited numbers. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:19:01 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-gts-s-at-southbank/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-w427-at-southbank-show/ Super rare and expensive W427, $150k when new and still worth as much today. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:37:20 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-w427-at-southbank-show/ http://www.madwhips.com/vn-sv5000-with-group-a-engine/ My car of the show, mint SV5000 in the Holden Racing Green with VN Group A twin throttle bodies. The attention to detail on this car is amazing. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:52:14 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/vn-sv5000-with-group-a-engine/ http://www.madwhips.com/walkinshaws-on-southbank/ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:42:31 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/walkinshaws-on-southbank/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-show-at-southbank/ Great turn out of HSV's at Southbank on Good Friday. Alot of rare models including W427, Walkinshaw, VC HDT, SV5000, VP GTS, VX GTS, VY GTS, GTS Coupe and VZ HRT. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:48:28 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-show-at-southbank/ http://www.madwhips.com/turismo-blue-monaro-cv8z/ Very collectable Holden Monaro in a great colour! Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:51:58 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/turismo-blue-monaro-cv8z/ http://www.madwhips.com/hdt-30th-anniversary-blue-meanie-1st-spot/ Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:06:04 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hdt-30th-anniversary-blue-meanie-1st-spot/ http://www.madwhips.com/awesome-vl-group-a-walkinshaw/ My all time favourite Aussie Muscle car!  1988 VL Group A Walkinshaw!  Only 750 built.  HRT took this crazy aero package to Bathurst and won!  These are very collectable and worth plenty! Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:33:41 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/awesome-vl-group-a-walkinshaw/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-at-2011-melbourne-gp/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:16:10 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-at-2011-melbourne-gp/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-e-series-iii-clubsport/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:11:08 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-e-series-iii-clubsport/ http://www.madwhips.com/1980-brock-hdt-commodore/ Super tough race car driven by Peter Brock in 1980, the all time greatest touring car driver in Australia. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:55:00 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/1980-brock-hdt-commodore/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-clubsport-r8-tourer/ Hot looking tourer from HSV, 317kw!! Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:50:24 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-clubsport-r8-tourer/ http://www.madwhips.com/tough-ve-hdt-ute/ I love the look of the HDT body kit and wheels on the ute, looks super tough! Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:50:16 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/tough-ve-hdt-ute/ http://www.madwhips.com/new-usa-cop-car-testing-in-melbourne/ The Holden Statesman is now being exported to the USA for the cops to use badged as a Chev Impala!  These cars are developed in Melbourne, was cool to see one on the road!  Super tough with the black steel wheels, alot different from the usual Statesman luxury look. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:53:55 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/new-usa-cop-car-testing-in-melbourne/ http://www.madwhips.com/2005-holden-efijy-concept/ Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:30:55 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/2005-holden-efijy-concept/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-r8-maloo-at-eastern-creek/ Despite my usual ranting about overweight cars, I will admit to really liking these. I think they look great, and they sound wonderful. 317kw helps too. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:44:19 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-r8-maloo-at-eastern-creek/ http://www.madwhips.com/black-hsv-w427/ I've never seen one of these on the road, the only ones I've seen before were at the Sydney Motor Show. HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) is to Holden what AMG is to Mercedes. The W427 hit the tarmac in 2008, and runs a 7 litre 375Kw - over 500bhp - naturally aspirated V8 which kicks the car to 100 k's in 4.7 seconds. Not bad considering that it weighs 1.9 tonnes. Sidebar : what are cars so bloody heavy these days? Discuss. It has a unique-to-the-W427 6 speed manual, no auto option. 20 wheels wear 245mm & 275mm Bridgestones. Six piston... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:23:06 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/black-hsv-w427/ http://www.madwhips.com/holden-monaro-cv8r/ Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:11:56 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/holden-monaro-cv8r/ http://www.madwhips.com/ve-calais-6-litre-slammed-on-22-inch-wheels/ Jason manager of Bob Jane always runs great wheels on his Calais, this is his latest set!  They look awesome slammed on 30 series rubber! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:40:40 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/ve-calais-6-litre-slammed-on-22-inch-wheels/ http://www.madwhips.com/holden-sv6-ute-in-otorohanga/ I thought this might be a good picture to make one of my first albums with. as you can see its a standard Holden Commodore SV6 ute that i managed to get a good picture of thought it might be nice to put some good Aussie car pitures on the site. I can tell you its also totaly awesome to drive. Enjoy!!! Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:31:46 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/holden-sv6-ute-in-otorohanga/ http://www.madwhips.com/1958-holden-in-sydney/ After not seeing one of these for years, I saw this on the road yesterday. There were also a great collection of them at Bathurst over Easter. http://www.madwhips.com/1958-holdens-at-mt-panorama-circuit-bathurst-australia/ It's bit hard to see in this iPhone pic, but it was being driven by a young platinum blonde, she may have been on her way to an event, or just living in the 50s. The car has most of the options available at the time : weathershield above the windscreen, front & rear mudflaps, door handle scuff protectors (they're the little triangular thingies beneath the door handles). I'm fairly sure that back... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:50:45 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/1958-holden-in-sydney/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-walkinshaw-e2-supercar/ This car can be described in one word as a 'beast'! The exterior changes are rather minor but the give the car an overall more aggresive look. I really like the exhausts!! The main changes though are under the bonnet, this baby produces 480kW and 803nM of torque. That is more power and more torque than a Murcielago LP640. These insane power figures are achieved by a Walkinshaw Performance WP190 Supercharger. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:58:00 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-walkinshaw-e2-supercar/ http://www.madwhips.com/2-black-holden-utes/ Saw these twins parked in the street. The one on the other side of the road has standard rims. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:11:18 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/2-black-holden-utes/ http://www.madwhips.com/ask-for-sexy/ I think the word I'm looking for here is "deluded." This is a Holden Astra convertible, not a Gallardo Spyder. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:05:26 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/ask-for-sexy/ http://www.madwhips.com/peter-brock-1948-holden-racer/ Peter Brock was Australia's most revered, and one of its most successful racing drivers. He was known as "Peter Perfect". He won the the Bathurst race at Mount Panorama, Australia's most prestigious endurance road race, a record 9 times, the only person to do so. He died in September 2006 at the wheel of a Daytona Coupe replica in a race in Western Australia. He had raced this 1948 Holden at Goodwood the week before and arrived back in Oz (I think) the day before the event in which he died. It is presumed that fatigue and/or jet lag may have... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:10:32 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/peter-brock-1948-holden-racer/ http://www.madwhips.com/holden-monaros-at-wollombi/ On the weekend that I rented the Elise http://www.madwhips.com/lotus-elise-that-i-rented-for-a-weekend/, I came home via Wollombi, a couple of hours north of Sydney. When I pulled in at the pub there, I found that the Monaro boys were there also. These shots show both early, mid, late and even 4 door versions of the Monaro. The Monaro is the sporty version of the 'standard' Holden Kingswood & Commodore sedans. The first Monaro was introduced back in 1968, and proved to be a great success, both in the showroom and on the racetrack. They've also been exported to South Africa, Great Britain, the Middle... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:14:52 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/holden-monaros-at-wollombi/ http://www.madwhips.com/tough-ve-ss-ute-on-22s/ Just thought this looked tough on 22's! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:51:38 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/tough-ve-ss-ute-on-22s/ http://www.madwhips.com/supercharged-hsv-ve2-gts/ This is the latest VE2 GTS but this has been supercharged and also has some great looking after market pipes at the back too. I like the unique wheel design on the GTS too. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:43:52 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/supercharged-hsv-ve2-gts/ http://www.madwhips.com/green-holden-commodore-with-strange-rims/ I have never seen rims of this design before Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:56:41 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/green-holden-commodore-with-strange-rims/ http://www.madwhips.com/v8-supercar-busted-by-the-police/ As a promotion for this weekend's V8 Supercar race at Olympic Park in Sydney, this Commodore has been liveried as a replica racecar. It's been driving around Sydney to get some exposure for the sponsor. I don't think this is the exposure they were seeking. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:52:21 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/v8-supercar-busted-by-the-police/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-clubsport-r8-e-series-2-at-v8supercars/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:49:39 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-clubsport-r8-e-series-2-at-v8supercars/ http://www.madwhips.com/lumina-ss/ spotted outside the villagio mall in doha qatar Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:56:27 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/lumina-ss/ http://www.madwhips.com/white-hsv-r8-maloo/ If you don't live in Australia, you've probably never heard of this car. Down here we don't have the F-350 class of monster trucks, we have these instead. It's the ute version of the Holden Commodore, which some markets know as the Pontiac G8. There's also a corresponding Ford, based on the Falcon. HSV - Holden Special Vehicles - makes the big mutha version of the more mundane Commodores. This is the ute version. It runs a 6.2 litre V8 giving 317 kw. Hence the 317 badge on the tailgate. 550 Nm of torque sounds good too. I love it! For... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:50:00 -0500 http://www.madwhips.com/white-hsv-r8-maloo/ http://www.madwhips.com/tough-ve-ss-ute-on-20-inch-gts-rims/ Tough in white. I had the earlier shape SS ute, I'll post some pix soon. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:17:04 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/tough-ve-ss-ute-on-20-inch-gts-rims/ http://www.madwhips.com/gts-monaro/ HT GTS MONARO Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:03:34 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/gts-monaro/ http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-r8-maloo/ This top of the line ute runs a 317kw LS2. 19s. Huge 4 piston calipers front & rear. 6 speed manual or 6 speed auto. Love it! Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:12:51 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-r8-maloo/ http://www.madwhips.com/holden-vl-commodore-ss-group-a-sv/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:11:37 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/holden-vl-commodore-ss-group-a-sv/ http://www.madwhips.com/holden-hsv-gts-307/ This rather wicked GTS 307 was in the car park at Eastern Creek racetrack yesterday. HSV is the performance arm of Holden, which is the Australian arm of General Motors. The Pontiac G8 as  sold in the US is derived from the Holden Commodore. HSV gets hold of them and in go the 'roids. 307 kilowatts (413 hp), 20 inch wheels, 6 speed manual or 6 speed auto, ABS, EBD, EBA (electronic brake assist), Magnetic Ride Control suspension,  uprated interior etc etc etc. The extra appendage sitting on the bonnet (hood) of this one is not standard. Sat, 02 May 2009 18:24:25 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/holden-hsv-gts-307/