# hsv holden maloo r8 **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141 **Category:** SON240sx Automotive **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141 "2009-01-14T18:04:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Nate\_Drake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nate_drake/32/5704_2.png) [@Nate\_Drake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nate_Drake) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/1 "2009-01-14T18:04:25Z")
hey guys, so im talking to a guy i work with who just recently came here from austrailia. and we were talking about cars and he started to talk about this. holden maloo r8 rwd v8 317 kw from factory… this is what gm is in austrailia. (holden) now tell me why gm doesnt bring this here?? like wtf id buy it in a second ![http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Holden/HSV/Maloo/hsv_maloo_ute01.jpg](http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Holden/HSV/Maloo/hsv_maloo_ute01.jpg) ![http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2007/11/19/19HSV_m_m.jpg](http://images.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2007/11/19/19HSV_m_m.jpg) ![http://www.autospies.com/images/users/4wheels0/CSP_HSVmalooR8.jpg](http://www.autospies.com/images/users/4wheels0/CSP_HSVmalooR8.jpg) is anyone else aware of these cars or am i just new. ---
### Author: ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/2 "2009-01-14T18:07:01Z")
Reminds me of an El Camino ---
### Author: ![CSK-240-R1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/csk-240-r1/32/5698_2.png) [@CSK-240-R1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CSK-240-R1) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/3 "2009-01-14T18:07:02Z")
yea similar to the holden ute maybe just a older version, it a modern day el camino i would love one of these, same v8 power plant as the gto, 6L i believe ---
### Author: ![PureEuroM3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@PureEuroM3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureEuroM3) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/4 "2009-01-14T18:07:26Z")
You are new. ---
### Author: ![BRA\_GANZAAAAAA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bra_ganzaaaaaa/32/5673_2.png) [@BRA\_GANZAAAAAA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BRA_GANZAAAAAA) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/5 "2009-01-14T18:10:06Z")
pontaic g8, cadiallic catera, pontaic gto ---
### Author: ![Nate\_Drake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nate_drake/32/5704_2.png) [@Nate\_Drake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nate_Drake) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/6 "2009-01-14T18:12:00Z")
^^^ none of which are a ute. lol i figured you would all have heard of it. i thought it was prtty awesome though ---
### Author: ![BRA\_GANZAAAAAA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bra_ganzaaaaaa/32/5673_2.png) [@BRA\_GANZAAAAAA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BRA_GANZAAAAAA) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/7 "2009-01-14T18:23:00Z")
catera, g8, and gto are all hoden’s gm doesn’t bring them here cause there no market them ---
### Author: ![Nate\_Drake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nate_drake/32/5704_2.png) [@Nate\_Drake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nate_Drake) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/8 "2009-01-14T18:35:06Z")
> [@oh mister newman....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-mister-newman/19861/80): > > catera, g8, and gto are all hoden’s gm doesn’t bring them here cause there no market them yea i have just been reading about all that. the maloo looks alot like the g8 but with some better styling imo. ---
### Author: ![RED\_LINE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/red_line/32/5656_2.png) [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/9 "2009-01-14T18:38:26Z")
^ true say, do some research on non-jdm stuff and you’ll catch the large criky smokey drift! lol GM International markets and the like…Holden is Pontiac in North America with the G8 and Monaro 😉 The Holden Maloo should pretty much share the same suspension or chassis as the Pontiac G8/Monaro ---
### Author: ![Nate\_Drake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nate_drake/32/5704_2.png) [@Nate\_Drake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nate_Drake) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/10 "2009-01-14T18:42:02Z")
fords got one too ![http://digiads.com.au/carsales/used-cars/car_ad_photos/digiads_car_ads_88106_1.jpg](http://digiads.com.au/carsales/used-cars/car_ad_photos/digiads_car_ads_88106_1.jpg) ![http://p.webwombat.com.au/motoring/car-photos/ford-fg-falcon-ute-1-big.jpg](http://p.webwombat.com.au/motoring/car-photos/ford-fg-falcon-ute-1-big.jpg) ---
### Author: ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/11 "2009-01-14T18:42:05Z")
GM were gonna bring in the Ute, badged as a Pontiac… i think they were gonna call it a G8 ST but they nixed it. it’s too niche of a vehicle… in the current market it would flop bigtime ![http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/2010-pontiac-g8-sport-truck-600.jpg](http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/2010-pontiac-g8-sport-truck-600.jpg) ---
### Author: ![Nate\_Drake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nate_drake/32/5704_2.png) [@Nate\_Drake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nate_Drake) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/12 "2009-01-14T18:43:35Z")
^^^ cool, i never even heard about it ---
### Author: ![RED\_LINE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/red_line/32/5656_2.png) [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/13 "2009-01-14T18:47:46Z")
lol, people gotta look into more cars other than the “jdm universe” ---
### Author: ![Nate\_Drake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nate_drake/32/5704_2.png) [@Nate\_Drake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nate_Drake) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/14 "2009-01-14T18:59:24Z")
> [@oh mister newman....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-mister-newman/19861/83): > > lol, people gotta look into more cars other than the “jdm universe” lol i know, im bad for that. i was brainwashed at an early age that jdm was the only way to go. still beleive it 😛 ---
### Author: ![Browntown\_01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Browntown\_01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Browntown_01) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/15 "2009-01-14T19:42:35Z")
lol these have been around forever… ---
### Author: ![KoukiS14](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/koukis14/32/5522_2.png) [@KoukiS14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KoukiS14) #### Post date: [January 14, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/16 "2009-01-14T21:12:57Z")
ITs pretty sad GM axed the car, I heard it was SO CLOSE to making it here. It would have been a good mixup in the truck market. I think they would have sold better than anyone thought. ---
### Author: ![lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@lopez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lopez) #### Post date: [January 15, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/17 "2009-01-15T01:43:00Z")
eew its like that ugly subaru from back a couple years. ---
### Author: ![rogerthat240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rogerthat240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rogerthat240) #### Post date: [January 15, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/18 "2009-01-15T02:24:54Z")
There’s tons of ford, gm etc… cars we dont get… yet should… which kick ass… but not here. Turbo escorts, mondeo, scorpio, merkur xr, a variety of holdens, the list goes on… and alot of cars we get but are bastardized… ☹ Ford Falcon oh yeah… Turbo power, v8 power, oh man… so many options… ![http://image.motortrend.com/f/9737764/112_0804_05z+2008_ford_falcon_G6E_turbo+front_three_quarter_view.jpg](http://image.motortrend.com/f/9737764/112_0804_05z+2008_ford_falcon_G6E_turbo+front_three_quarter_view.jpg) ---
### Author: ![UNDEAD\_S14](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/undead_s14/32/5735_2.png) [@UNDEAD\_S14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/UNDEAD_S14) #### Post date: [January 15, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/19 "2009-01-15T10:16:48Z")
i read this car was still a go in the US, for this summer, but that was a couple months ago. the aussies have som pretty sick cars over there. I love watching the Australian V8 series, mostly Monaros and Falcons but the tracks are so sick down there. ---
### Author: ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn) #### Post date: [January 15, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hsv-holden-maloo-r8/121141/20 "2009-01-15T10:33:14Z")
V8 Supercars are Commodores and Falcons and yes they pwn