A kind of cult object in Australia, the famous Ute (in short a pick-up derived from a light passenger model) have in the HSV GTSR Maloo W1 its maximum exponent.
Produced by Holden, this Ute is extremely rare, with, it seems, only four to five copies that were sold to very special customers.
Now, taking into account the passion of Australians for this type of models and the rarity of the HSV GTSR Maloo W1 it is no wonder that the copy we are talking about today is motivating bids typical of auctions for… supercars.
Well, at the time of writing this article the highest bid on Lloyds Online where the HSV GTSR Maloo W1 is being auctioned is already at 1 035 000 Australian dollars, about 659 thousand euros!
The HSV GTSR Maloo W1
The rarity of this Ute is due, solely and exclusively, to the fact that it was never intended for production. When Holden stopped producing cars in Australia in 2017, the brand decided to produce 275 units of the HSV GTSR W1 sedan in a kind of farewell.
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At the same time HSV (the division dedicated to the production of sports models of Holden) considered producing a Ute variant of the model, however, this never "got off the paper".
I mean, it didn't come out until Walkinshaw Performance came on the scene. When it did, it decided to take the already sporty HSV GTSR Maloo and apply the GTSR W1 modifications to them.
The result of this work is precisely the GTSR Maloo W1 we were talking about today, a pick-up with a V8 with 6.2 l of capacity, powered by a compressor, and that delivers 645 hp and 815 Nm.
These numbers are sent to the rear wheels by a Tremec six-speed manual gearbox. With numbers like these and rear-wheel drive, the big surprise is the fact that this example only has 681 km on the odometer.