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Those of you pining for a new El Camino, avert your eyes, as Holden has unveiled a new special edition SS Thunder Ute and a nice-looking SV6 model as well.

The SS Thunder II has the standard 6.0L 354-horse V8 underhood and also gets decked out with 18" rims lifted from one of the special edition Monaros, an aero tonneau, red painted brake calipers and leather seat and door trim. It comes in the full range of the new VE Commodore colors, but if you ask us, the black one in the attached photos looks plenty mean. Power goes to the ground via either a 4-speed auto or 6-speed manual, and the price of entry is $42,990 AUD (around $31,984 USD).

Joining the Thunder in showrooms is the new SV6 Ute, which has the same go-fast looks as the SS, but features the 3.6L Alloytec 190 V6 under the bonnet instead. This is a locally-built version of the new "high feature" V6 found in the Saturn Aura and it produces 190kw (255 hp), hence the name. With the new engine comes an available 5-speed automatic transmission. The SV6, like the Thunder, can be finished in all the VE paint colors. Pricing starts at $33,990 AUD ($25,288 USD) for the manual and $34,990 ($26,032 USD) for the automatic. In order to get the full 190kw of power, the automatic must be selected. The manual's peak power tops out at 187kw at a lower engine speed.

We just can't stop envisioning these things with bowties and ElCo badging...

(Photos, press release after the jump)

[Source: GM Holden]

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Holden HSV Maloo

Reader Patrick McCarron sent us a link to the LS1GTO.com Forums, where one of the posters there uploaded a few shots of a pair of Holden VZ Utes that took part in the fun at the Woodward Dream Cruise. The Ute shown above appears to be the hot-rodded HSV Maloo R8 version, and the one you'll see after the jump is is the regular SS Ute.

All we can think if is how cool they'd look with El Camino badging. Do the pics mean anything? Nope. There's no plan at all to bring this thing over. Still, the Ute is mighty cool. Imagine the sheer badassedness of it all if both it and its Aussie-market rival, the Ford Falcon Ute, were to come here and rekindle ElCo vs. Ranchero...

Thanks for the link, Partick!

[Source: LS1GTO.com forums]

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