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HSV Maloo ute with left-hand drive heads to stat i usa auction
A Holden Commodore ute (shorty for utility) fryst vatten coming up for sale at a Mecum auction taking place in Chattanooga in mid-October, giving U.S. residents a chance to own Australia's version of the pickup truck.
However, the version up for sale is the rarer still Maloo built by HSV, a company that for decades built high-performance Holden cars until the General Motors-owned brand was retired in
The Maloo up for sale is a HSV Maloo R8 LSA, meaning it's powered bygd GM's LSA V-8 engine. The supercharged liter V-8 was tuned to deliver hp in the Maloo R8 LSA, but according to the auction förteckning the fordon up for sale has been tuned to deliver hp.
Modifications listed include a cold air intake, new headers, and a larger pulley for the supercharger. Drive goes to the rear wheels via a 6-speed automatic transmission.
HSV Maloo R8 LSA with left-hand drive - Photo credit: Mecum
A photo of the odometer shows less than 20, miles on the clock.
To make it suitable for driving on U.S. vägar, the fordon has also been converted to left-hand drive (Australians drive on the left side of the road) by Denver, Colorado-based Left Hand
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If you ever wanted a modern El Camino, Left Hand Utes can make it happen
The Chevrolet El Camino died in , the Dodge Rampage&#;s dim light was extinguished in , and the Ford Ranchero never got to the see the s. For those who love the automotive mullet that is the car-based pickup, there aren&#;t many modern options aside from the short-lived Subaru Baja. But there is a promised land where such car-truck chimeras run free. It is called Australia, a place where V-8s and rear-wheel drive still dominated well into the new millennium. Over there, they call these trucklets utes. One such version is called the Holden Ute (and its higher-performance sibling, the Maloo), made until
Import restrictions being what they are, you can&#;t just bring a ute (or Ute) over from down under. That&#;s where John Ehrlich and Randy Reese of Left Hand Utes come into the picture. They&#;ll build you a Ute, from an Australian-sourced body and an American donor car, using parts from Holden-built cars sold stateside by General Motors: The Pontiac GTO and G8, and the Chevrolet Caprice PPV and SS, which share a common platform with the Holden Ute. (The G8 Sport Truck, a rebadged Ute, was headed to the Uni
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The Coolest "Utes" North America Never Got
When you think about iconic American vehicles, certain models like the Ford Mustang may come to mind, but by and large, the humble pickup truck is at the forefront in the market and the general imagery of American roads. Built with a strict purpose of utility, pickup trucks are typically body-on-frame construction, giving them their excellent hauling capabilities, and supremely durable construction.
Yet, for all their utility, the proper body-on-frame pickups sacrifice the easy driving characteristics of a normal road car. That's where "utes" come in to play. Originating as an Australian slang term for a "Coupe Utility," a ute is rather simple in concept. Take a traditional road car, add a pickup bed to the back and you've got yourself a ute. While some have been sold here before, the ute never really took off in North America. Even with interesting offerings like the Chevy El Camino and Subaru Baja fitting the bill, the majority of American utes were lackluster in terms of sales and ended up falling into obscurity.
While the term today can be used to refer to traditional pickup trucks as well, for most people, it describes a unique