Mate's 2012 Holden SS V Redline Ute

[Cabbage]

A mate of mine just bought a 2012 Holden SSV Redline Ute to replace his VS. Brought it around yesterday so I could have a look. He got it from Sutton's in Rockdale, sticker price was about $54K I think but he got it for $43 which included reversing camera, GPS, leather, whichever 18inch wheels he wanted, was the grey colour can't remember what its called, manual etc etc.

Was a nice looking ute, I love the one piece body more than the separate tray of the Fords. The wheels he got were polished which I think look out of place on new vehicles, would prefer the matt alloy style. Had a really cool soft tonneau cover which sealed on to the tray in a clip seal sort of way.

Now the reason for this post is, I reckon these utes offer awesome value and look great. I didn't get a chance to drive it but have driven other SS's so i would think the performance and handling would be just as good. What I didn't like was the pretty ordinary interior. Now I assume all redline utes get the red trim inserts which are pretty confronting against the greyish/dark interior. But the worst of it was parts of the dash were red and looked like they had been given a very ordinary vinyl spray job, something similar to what you could do in the backyard. How they think this looks good or even my mate thinks it looks good is beyond me. The interior is not too bad without this "redline" treatment, perhaps some red piping on the seats etc would have been better. It did have a pretty cool SS emblem on the tray wall between the seats.

I think they made a pretty darn good ute look ordinary with this interior. It may appeal to some and that s great, but generally I think it looked cheap and nasty.

On a side note he did get three years of free car washes which I thought was pretty decent. If it was mine I would change the wheels, get rid of the red inserts, lower it and exhaust and it would be perfect.

Cheers,

Clinton