HSV imports Camaro, Silverado...tweeks Colorado.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I spotted a blue Camaro today not far from my house in Gordon. They look really good in the flesh IMO.

They do certainly look and SOUND great. Followed one the other day in the Mustang.

The strange thing is the owner had a S550 Mustang before. Perhaps the Australian public is willing to pay 20k more than a Stang to get a Camaro that's put together twice.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

They do certainly look and SOUND great. Followed one the other day in the Mustang.

The strange thing is the owner had a S550 Mustang before. Perhaps the Australian public is willing to pay 20k more than a Stang to get a Camaro that's put together twice.

Just not that many of them. They are predicting to sell about 1000 of them for the year. Ford sell that many stangs in about a month and a half.

[arronm]

Shame why dont get the best looking car.

[Batmobile]

Originally Posted by arronm

Shame why dont get the best looking car.

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Agree. If I wasn't to go the Mustang route I would certainly favour the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat before the Camero. With the Camero set to arrive, it is possible the Hellcat may follow then causing Ford to bring a factory supercharged Mustang. Wahoo

[xeeclipse]

Have you seen the kerb weight on those challengers?? A flying pig, unlike the mustang which cuts an FGX xr8, xr6 sprint a new ******* off the showroom floor.
A bloke had a magnus-son challenger at winton pushing 700hp. 'Mate... it doesn't stop or go around corners for sheet!!'

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Just not that many of them. They are predicting to sell about 1000 of them for the year. Ford sell that many stangs in about a month and a half.

And thats probably why, when every man and his dog has a Mustang or could walk into a Dealer and buy one off the lot, whats the price of exclusivity...$20k apparently.

Thats $20k more that 1000 people are prepared to pay each year to avoid being one of the Joneses, and when Joe Bloggs rolls up to a cruise or down the strip in his exclusive HSV camaro with people fawning all over it, that $20k additional outlay will be but a distant memory.

[au2000]

Originally Posted by arronm

Shame why dont get the best looking car.

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Hell yes, this is on my wish list .. If these come to Australia, I'll be putting my name down for 1

[naddis01]

You can buy the Challenger in Australia now but they make the Camaro look like a bargain.

$180000 for the Hellcat and $350000 for the Demon.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/res...sb=~Price&pg=1

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by naddis01

You can buy the Challenger in Australia now but they make the Camaro look like a bargain.

$180000 for the Hellcat and $350000 for the Demon.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/res...sb=~Price&pg=1

$100,000 car listed at $350,000 and cannot even be driven on Australian roads? Lol wow. Give me a supercar any day of the week for that price. I'm not even a big supercar fan.

[GTP534]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

And thats probably why, when every man and his dog has a Mustang or could walk into a Dealer and buy one off the lot, whats the price of exclusivity...$20k apparently.

Thats $20k more that 1000 people are prepared to pay each year to avoid being one of the Joneses, and when Joe Bloggs rolls up to a cruise or down the strip in his exclusive HSV camaro with people fawning all over it, that $20k additional outlay will be but a distant memory.

That sounds so corny but it’s pretty accurate!

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

And thats probably why, when every man and his dog has a Mustang or could walk into a Dealer and buy one off the lot, whats the price of exclusivity...$20k apparently.

Thats $20k more that 1000 people are prepared to pay each year to avoid being one of the Joneses, and when Joe Bloggs rolls up to a cruise or down the strip in his exclusive HSV camaro with people fawning all over it, that $20k additional outlay will be but a distant memory.

It's much simpler than that.
At $86,000, the HSV engineered Camaro looks like an absolute bargain compared to other import convertors.

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by jpd80

It's much simpler than that.
At $86,000, the HSV engineered Camaro looks like an absolute bargain compared to other import convertors.

Its probably even simpler than that, i doubt the premium is even a consideration.

HSV Camaro, they just want one.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

Its probably even simpler than that, i doubt the premium is even a consideration.

HSV Camaro, they just want one.

Probably but let's hope they want more than just one...

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Probably but let's hope they want more than just one...

Well they'd fork out 90k on each rendition of a fancy tax,i 90k on a limited build sports coupe every 3 years is quite on the cards, that exclusivity will provide reasonable resale.
After the initial hit, the prospect of a 20-30k changeover every 3 years doesn't seem so difficult.
Whether GM offer a factory RHD version and spoil the HSV party will remain to be seen.

Either way, Game on...

[jpd80]

I'm glad that HSV have products to "remake" and sell and I hope that they expand their range of RHD vehicles.
Ive seen their conversion work and IMO, near on perfect with what you'd expect from factory RHD.

Bent, what i like most about all of this is all the used Mustangs and eventually Camaros that will
come onto second hand market, it means lots and lots of HP cars around at affordable prices.

[BENT_8]

Originally Posted by jpd80

I'm glad that HSV have products to "remake" and sell and I hope that they expand their range of RHD vehicles.
Ive seen their conversion work and IMO, near on perfect with what you'd expect from factory RHD.

Bent, what i like most about all of this is all the used Mustangs and eventually Camaros that will
come onto second hand market, it means lots and lots of HP cars around at affordable prices.

Agreed, when news of HSV's intentions first surfaced a few people thought it would be some kind of half ****d effort and im not really sure why.
HSV arent silly, they know who their target audience is and what is expected of them to satisfy that crowd, if they get it wrong, they will be exposed.

Its got to be a good thing no matter which side of the fence your allegiences lie.
Its a new era, every Yin needs its Yang, let the fun begin i say.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

Agreed, when news of HSV's intentions first surfaced a few people thought it would be some kind of half ****d effort and im not really sure why.
HSV arent silly, they know who their target audience is and what is expected of them to satisfy that crowd, if they get it wrong, they will be exposed.

Its got to be a good thing no matter which side of the fence your allegiences lie.
Its a new era, every Yin needs its Yang, let the fun begin i say.

Rather than half assed, I think the concern was the actual cost after conversion but an article last year,
revealed that HSV actually drove down the change over time from 130-140 hrs to 60-70 hrs.

By being clever, they're actually making a lot more money and providing desirable products
at more affordable prices, I'm sure that other importers would have been charging over $100K

Considering the RHD Ram 1500 is less than $90K, maybe someone could look at F150s..

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by arronm

Shame why dont get the best looking car.

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Actually spotted one couple of weeks ago in the city. It was parked up so couldn't hear it but you could spot the car people, their necks were snapping looking back