en-us http://www.madwhips.com/hsv-maloo/albums/ 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/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/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-hsv-maloo/       These are some shots of a Australian-only vehicle called an HSV Maloo. It's based on the Holden Commodore utility (known here as the ute), which I believe is to be sold in N. America as a Pontiac G8. HSV is Holden's Special Vehicle division which does hotted-up versions of the production cars and utes. It runs a 6 litre LS2 with 307 kw. Should be enough, though it's a bit heavy at 1800 kilos. These are very popular here, despite the petrol prices. Ford has equivalent offerings too. HSV is soon to release a thing called the HSV... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:47:01 -0400 http://www.madwhips.com/holden-hsv-maloo/