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Aussie Envy: HSV E Series 2 lineup unveiled

Just as wounds from the Pontiac G8 being ripped from us are beginning to scar over, HSV has torn them open anew by revealing version 2.0 of its Commodore-based E Series lineup. It's facelifts all around for the gang of Aussie stoplight brawlers, four of which – The GTS, Maloo R8, ClubSport R8 and ClubSport R8 Tourer – even get the erstwhile Poncho's twin-scoop hood. The more luxurious Senator Signature and long-wheelbase Grange models have smooth hoods and less overall ornamentation. Either one would have made a sublime ... Read more →

Crazy Kiwis: Buy a new Mitsubishi Triton, get a free goat with purchase Jonathon Ramsey

New Zealand Mitsubishi wants you to buy a Triton ute, and to lure you into doing it they're using goats -- because really, who can resist a goat? Said Mitsu's New Zealand sales and marketing manager, ...

REPORT: RWD Commodore platform could underpin Caddies, G8 GT could make a comeback Damon Lavrinc

With Pontiac's death official, Holden stands to lose around $1 billion annually with the demise of the Pontiac G8. However, Holden doesn't plan to go quiet into night. The Aussie automaker has ...

Tear in my beer: GM reportedly kills off 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Chris Paukert

Hold on to your Budweiser coozies: Details are scarce at the moment, but Pickuptruck.com is reporting that Pontiac has quietly euthanized plans to introduce the 2010 Pontiac G8 ST. The muscular ...

VIDEO: Skyline R32-amino, wait... wha? Chris Shunk

The Nissan Skyline R32 is a legend on the track and in the eyes of tuners around the world. There are legions of fans who have tweaked their R32s to go faster and move with more agility, but we ...

Pics Aplenty: The new FPV range launches Down Under 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the FPV F6, more galleries after the jump FPV's seemingly endless rollout of its new FG Falcon-based lineup has finally culminated in the actual launch of the cars (how novel), which we've already touched upon. To that end, we'll keep this brief and turn you ...

New York '08 Preview: 2010 Pontiac sports truck, GM wants you to name it! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Pontiac G8 ST After more than two decades, the ghost of the El Camino has finally risen from the grave, at least for U.S. drivers. It never actually went away in Australia. Now that the Pontiac G8 has ushered in a new era of affordable rear-wheel-drive ...

Report: Pontiac G8 will spawn wagon, sport truck 2 years ago on Autoblog

Automotive News is reporting what's been suspected all along: GM will bring a both a wagon and a Ute to the U.S. after the launch of the G8 next year. Citing three sources intimate with the project, the report goes on to say that the two models will be built in Australia and will be similar to the ...

LA 2007: Volkswagen Tiguan priced to sell at $22,490 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view in high resolution The new Tiguan cute-ute factored big into Volkswagen's press conference at this year's LA show. And no wonder, as Vee-Dub is hoping its new small sport-ute sells big, especially in the all-important US market, and especially in California where ...

Fiat crossover expected in 2010, Alfa version to follow 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Italians are known for making great sports cars, touring cars, supercars, even little itty-bitty cars. Sport-utes, not so much. Lamborghini's monster LM002 notwithstanding, the last time few times Fiat tried its hand at SUVs, it came up with the Sedici (a slightly taller than normal compact car ...

Sydney 2007: Holden Commodore Sportwagon and HSV Maloo break cover again 2 years ago on Autoblog

Automakers go to great lengths preventing images and details of new cars being released prior to their official debut, but sometimes, well... often, they still fail. Holden is the latest automaker to suffer this fate, with images of its new VE Commodore wagon and high-performance HSV Maloo ute ...

Bob Lutz on US Ute: "Odds are it will happen." 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more pics of the Holden VE Ute A few weeks ago we wrote about an email exchange between "Maximum" Bob Lutz and a GM Inside News forum member by the name of MonaroSS. In the exchange, Lutz claimed he and his colleagues were behind a move to bring the Australian-built Holden ...

High Aussie dollar threatens more Holden exports 2 years ago on Autoblog

Before you start sweating, rest assured Holden's VE Commodore will be heading Stateside as the Pontiac G8, but as for other models such as the two-door Ute, things are looking in doubt. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz is a key backer of bringing the Ute to the U.S. but revealed at this week's Frankfurt ...

Pontiac G8 Ute a distinct possibility 2 years ago on Autoblog

Holden is planning on turning out the full capacity of 147,000 Zeta-based vehicles at its Elizabeth plant in South Australia. Part of the production increase can be attributed to the Pontiac G8's impending arrival, but there have been cagey references to importing the VE Ute, which shares the VE ...

El Camino may return, but it won't be a Chevy! 2 years ago on Autoblog

Holden just released a new version of its Australian Ute, and it's been rumored that the VE Trucklet will be US-bound. There's no doubt that GM is taking a look at the possibility of reintroducing the El Camino's ethos to American consumers, and fans of past El Caminos (and Sprints and Caballeros) ...

REPORT: MINI-ute in development 2 years ago on Autoblog

With the MINI Clubman rapidly approaching production, and the new cabrio coming along, the BMW-owned automaker is reportedly working on another variation of the theme: the MINI crossover. Although rumors have been bouncing around for a while of a MINI-derived mini-ute, the automotive sleuths over at ...

Fiat 500: the derivatives are coming, including possible mini-ute 2 years ago on Autoblog

Not a moment's rest for the people over at Fiat, who've been pursuing an aggressive rejuvenation program. The ink on the press releases for the new 500 isn't even dry, and already they're working on new versions of the retro super-mini. Launched as a standard three-door hatch, new versions could ...

Chevy El Camino could return for 2011 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Chevy_El_Camino_could_return_for_2011_PICS'; Mike Levine at PickupTruck.com is speculating that there's a good chance the El Camino name will be revived in the near future. The prospects just seem too good considering that Holden, GM's Australian division, ...

Man up with the Ford Falcon XR8 Ute 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Ford_Falcon_Commercial_Shows_Ultimate_Man_World'; It's very much a man's world in this new TV spot for Ford's Aussie-market Falcon XR8 Ute. It's a land where sandwiches are delivered by the paperboy in the morning, the ice cream man is replaced by the ...

Ford Ranger on the ropes 2 years ago on Autoblog

We posted some conjecture about the Ranger not too long ago, with some Photochops to illustrate possible ways Ford could keep its smallest pickup alive. Automotive News has looked in to their crystal ball and determined that the future of the Ranger is murky, at best. The first bad sign is that the ...

Holden reveals Special Edition Commodore SVZ Ute and Wagon 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for Ute gallery. Click here for Wagon gallery. GM's Holden subsidiary has pulled the wraps off a pair of new Commodore special editions. The Commodore SVZ Ute has the General's top-notch 3.6L VVT V6 underhood, pumping 255 horses through an optional 5-speed automatic, or slightly less if ...

Geneva Motor Show: Pre-production Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris SSUV 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to view 17 high-resolution images Spyker was focusing our attention on the C12 Zagato, its new super-exclusive supercar which took center stage. But sitting inconspicuously at the back of the booth was the D12 Peking-to-Paris "Super Sport Utility Vehicle" (SSUV). Most ...

Holden confirms G8 export (duh) and hints at return of El Camino 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's official, Holden's Denny Mooney has confirmed that the Commodore is heading to the US to join the Excitement division. To cop a phrase from my mother in law – no kidding, Dick Tracy. Bob Lutz let slip, and then owned up to the fact that the car is coming here as the Pontiac G8 during the ...

RR of the Day: Holden Commodore VU S Ute 2 years ago on Autoblog

While we may not be as obsessed with all-things-Caminage as some other sites, we have a hard time denying the useful versatility of a rear-wheel drive sedan, with everything aft of the B-pillar removed and turned into a truck bed. Rumors are beginning to circulate that GM may be considering ...

Brisbane Motor Show: Aussie Utes 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of Ford and GM Holden Utes. At the Brisbane Motor Show, which started on Friday, Ford and GM Holden, plus their tuning groups Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) and Holden Special Vehicles (HSV), had plenty of top Aussie utes on display, ranging from ...

Ford Performance Vehicles deliver "Performance Inc." Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog

Down here in Australia, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) are pushing their new range with a catchy advertising campaign including billboard style posters at airports like the one I snapped above on my camera phone. The new FPV range is billed as being "Performance, Inc." and features from left to ...

Aussies developed BMW with a bed 2 years ago on Autoblog

Why not? In Australia, Ford sells the F6 Tornado, Pursuit and Super Pursuit under the Ford Performance Vehicle (FPV) banner, hauling ass as well as anything else. BMW doesn't offer anything even close, so what is a Bimmer enthusiast to do when he has to stop at The Home Depot for garden supplies? ...

Detroit Preview: Volvo XC60 concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo's giving us a little treat in releasing these pictures of the XC60 concept SUV, which they'll be showing in a few weeks at the Detroit show. While strictly dubbed a concept show car, the kid brother to the XC90 is expected to go into production in 2009. How closely it mirrors this shapely ...

Holden SS Thunder, SV6 Utes storm Australia 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge 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 ...

Ute's da man! More Holdens in Michigan 3 years ago on Autoblog

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 ...

Mazda will cut incentive spending beginning with CX-7 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Nihon Keizai, a Japanese business publication, reported that Mazda will cut incentives spending in the U.S. in an effort to raise vehicle average transaction prices and profit margins for each vehicle it sells. As of late, automakers have been frowning upon incentives as dangerous and ...

HSV Maloo R8 Ute breaks production pickup truck speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

If your slow-ass pickup truck is making you late for work, perhaps Holden's HSV tuner division can offer a solution in the form of the Maloo R8 Ute. With 400 HP courtesy of a General Motors GenIV LS2 small-block V8, the almost-a-truck ran a two-way average of 168.66 MPH on a ...

Spy Shots: Hyundai "Terracan" 3 years ago on Autoblog

This large unibody SUV from Hyundai could be a replacement for the  Terracan sold elsewhere around the world or it could be a new CUV developed specifically with the North American market in mind. The Car Connection seems to believe the latter, and who are we to argue? Known internally as the ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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